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Position: Associate Professor in Jewish Studies
School of Humanities, University of NottinghamDepartment of Theology and Religious Studies
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
United Kingdom
Teaches (T) and/or researches (R) in:
2. History of the Jewish People: T
10: Second Temple period: T
11: Late Antiquity: T
12: Medieval: T
13: Early Modern: T
3. Religion and Religious Movements: TR
22: Jewish religion - general: T
Rabbinic Judaism: TR
24: Sectarianism in antiquity, including Gnosticism and Samaritan studies: R
27: Hasidism: T
28: Reform Judaism: T
29: Orthodox Judaism: T
5. Rabbinic Literature: TR
Early (including Talmud, Mishnah, Midrash): TR
Medieval: TR
40: Modern: T
6. Literature (other than Biblical and Rabbinic): R
42: Ancient (including Hellenistic): R
Description
I am a scholar of the Ancient Near and Middle East, focusing on Judaism from the time of Alexander the Great to Early Islam. My current research projects include a religious pre-history of Islam, for which I won an AHRC grant, and a study of the ways in which the Talmudic rabbis incorporate Christian narratives. I also work on Hellenistic Judaism and on the sociology and anthropology of ancient religion.