Research
I work in the area of Hebrew Bible and its reception in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. My recent work focusd on Judaism in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt.
My book explores the role that water played in Jewish narratives composed in Egypt. Looking specifically at the exodus story, I analyzed four Jewish texts (Artapanus' On the Jews, Ezekiel the Tragedian's Exagoge, Wisdom of Solomon, and Philo of Alexandria's Life of Moses) to demonstrate how the hydric environment of Egypt played a significant role in shaping the lives and writings of the Jews of Egypt.
My book explores the role that water played in Jewish narratives composed in Egypt. Looking specifically at the exodus story, I analyzed four Jewish texts (Artapanus' On the Jews, Ezekiel the Tragedian's Exagoge, Wisdom of Solomon, and Philo of Alexandria's Life of Moses) to demonstrate how the hydric environment of Egypt played a significant role in shaping the lives and writings of the Jews of Egypt.
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Here is a list of some of my recent publications:
Book: Waters of the Exodus: Jewish Experiences with Water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. JSJSS (Brill, October 2018). Articles: “Along the Banks of the Egyptian River: Representations of the Nile in Early Jewish Literature” Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies “ISRAEL IN EGYPT”: The land of Egypt as concept and reality for the Jews in Antiquity and the early medieval period, 2020. “Writing the Exodus in Egypt: The Role of Place in Shaping Jewish Narratives” Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 25.4 (2016): 274–98. “Short Note: The Nile’s Flood According to a Second Century BCE Jewish Text” Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 7.4 (2015): 75–76. “Textual and Material Contexts: A Response to ‘Jeremiah and Baruch in 2 Baruch’” in Jeremiah's Scriptures: International Conference, June 22–26, 2014, Monte Verità, Switzerland. Edited by Hindy Najman and Konrad Schmid. Supplements to Journal for the Study of Judaism. Leiden: Brill, 2015. 3pp. |
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