Then and Now
In her review of How the Bible Became Holy in the Wall Street Journal, Sarah Ruden wrote: He tries to undercut, for instance, the well-founded consensus that Paul was a Diaspora Jew, from a family established in Tarsus (in modern-day Turkey), who … [Continue reading] about Was Paul a Palestinian Jew?
Another review of How the Bible Became Holy, this one by Ronald Hendel, was posted on H-Net and is available here. … [Continue reading] about Another Review: H-Net
A new essay of mine just appeared: "What Does Love Have to Do with It? Sibling Relationships among Judean Jews in the First-Third Centuries CE," in Ehe-Familie-Gemeinde (eds. Dorothee Dettinger and Christof Landmesser), 103-16. Leipzig: Evangelische … [Continue reading] about Sibling Relationships among Jews in Antiquity
Reform Judaism Magazine has printed an interview with me about my book in their latest edition. An online version can be found here. … [Continue reading] about Interview on How the Bible Became Holy
Yes, I have the privilege of teaching two new courses this fall. Herein is the Syllabus for my graduate seminar. The description is below: The terms religion, ethnicity, and (less frequently) race are often used in discussions of the ancient … [Continue reading] about New Course: Religion, Race, and Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean