Trinity Term 2025
Mondays 13:00-14:00 (Weeks 2-4)
In-person: Room 207, Clarendon Institute, Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG and online via Zoom: see link below.
Convenors: Prof. Meron Piotrkowski and Ya’el Nu’emah-Kremer
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of Jews during Late Antiquity, highlighting their multifaceted roles within the broader Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Through a close examination of literary and non-literary sources—such as papyri, inscriptions, and Rabbinic texts—we will investigate key themes in the life of Jews and Jewish communities between the Roman and Sassanian worlds, and under the rule of other religious, legal, and social frameworks.
The three sessions of Trinity Term will focus on the following topics:
Week 2, 5 May: Heresies and Heretical Beliefs
Week 3, 12 May: Guest Lecture by Dr. Shlomi Efrati: “‘And Rested the Seventh Day’: Sabbath’s Rest in Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman Exegesis and Polemics”
Week 4, 19 May: Violence Against Jews and Jewish Violence
In order to attend this reading group via Zoom, please register here: https://huji.zoom.us/j/84737887668?pwd=VzbTEHTSn8s5boKwOEbRG2rMfh1j9e.1