In May, Jonathan Klawans published a piece in AJR calling for the retraction of published Dead Sea Scroll fragment forgeries. One volume has officially heeded his call: www.bloomsbury.com/us/gleanings...

Today's contribution to the Raz forum is written by Karma Ben-Jonanan. www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/11/2/modern-mirrors

We are pleased to host a forum for Yosefa Raz's 2024 book, _The Poetics of Prophecy: Modern Afterlives of a Biblical Tradition._ Today's post is a review by Yael Fisch. www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/11/2/review-of-yosefa-raz-the-poetics-of-prophecy-modern-afterlives-of-a-biblical-tradition

Today on AJR, Alex P. Jassen previews his new book exploring the diverse ways social contestation and violence were perceived and imagined by the Dead Sea Scrolls Sectarians! www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/10...

New pod! Mike talks to Jeremy Swist about Julian Augustus: Platonism, Myth, and the Refounding of Rome. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... spotify.link/b4TheyVYNXb

A new #dissertation spotlight on AJR! Megan Wines writes about her research on masculinity and Revelation @meganwines.bsky.social #newtestament

The Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls display a keen interest in the Israelite priesthood. Robert E. Jones' look at the Aramaic Levi Document reveals that this may have to do with the shifting fortunes of the priesthood in the 3rd cent BCE! www.ancientjewreview.com/2025/10/17/hellenistic-context-aramaic-dss

A new #review on AJR! Briana Grenert writes about A Memory of Violence: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity by Christine Shepardson #lateantiquity #syriacstudies @ucpress.bsky.social www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/9/...

New pods! Mike interviews Justin Stover and George Woudhuysen about The Lost History of Sextus Aurelius Victor. And if you missed last week's, Lydia Bremer-McCollum interviewed Adam Bremer-McCollum about The Pearlsong. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... open.spotify.com/show/6uGXkAl...

New pod! Mike talks to Jennifer Barry about Gender Violence in Late Antiquity podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... open.spotify.com/episode/0YH2...

Today on AJR: Charel Daniël du Toit writes about his dissertation on female characters and the parables in the Gospel of Luke #newtestament #biblicalstudies

Today Marc Herman introduces his new book, After Revelation: The Rabbinic Past in the Medieval Islamic World.

New pod! Mike interviews Tina Shepardson about A Memory of Violence: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0HyD...

Today on AJR, read the new article from Ally Kateusz, "Art as Text: When Mary Was Lazarus’s Sole Sister" @allykateusz.bsky.social www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/9/...

New pod! Matthew D. C. Larsen and Mark Letteney on Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration You can now subscribe to the show too. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Vys...

The final review of Portier-Young’s The Prophetic Body by Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme examines the sensory experience of prophecy. www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/8/...

Announcement! Ancient Jew Review is the new host of Models of Piety (MOP), the annual meeting of scholars of religion in late antiquity. If you regularly attend SBL/AAR, come join us at this year's cocktail hour. More info here:

Xenia Chan brings a decolonial lens to The Prophetic Body: "The task ahead in repairing the violence done by the dualistic mind/body hierarchy—and especially the notion of some bodies and their worth as superior/inferior—is not simply an individual task, but a communal one."

Today Martti Nissinen applies Portier-Young's work with biblical prophecy to other ancient near eastern oracles, letters, and administrative documents.

We are pleased to announce a dedicated podcast feed for "New Books in Late Antiquity," sponsored by Ancient Jew Review. Follow on Apple (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... ) or Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/6uGXkAl...) now!

New response to Portier-Young's The Prophetic Body! Corrine Carvalho probes the boundary between prophetic characters and historical bodies.

New podcast! Mike Motia interviews Walter Scheidel about his book, What Is Ancient History? @princetonupress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/what-is-anci...

Join us as we share the 2024 SBL Review Panel for Anathea Portier-Young’s The Prophetic Body. Today Frances Flannery takes a closer look at the divine role of embodiment.

New Books in Late Antiquity episode! Lydia Bremer-McCollum discusses Coptic Culture and Community: Daily Lives, Changing Times with author Mariam Ayad. newbooksnetwork.com/coptic-cultu...

Don't forget! You can follow Ancient Jew Review on Substack and receive every post automatically in your feed: substack.com/@ancientjewr....

New Books in Late Antiquity podcast episode featuring Tatiana Bur's Technologies of the Marvellous in Ancient Greek Religion. newbooksnetwork.com/technologies...

A new #review today on AJR! Brad Boswell writes about Ellen Scully's Human Salvation in Early Christianity: Exploring the Theology of Physicalist Soteriology (Cambridge University Press, 2025). www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/8/... @universitypress.cambridge.org #earlychristianity

New podcast episode! Mike Motia interviews Caroline Johnson Hodge about The God of This House: Christian Domestic Cult Before Constantine. newbooksnetwork.com/the-god-of-t...

Before we know it the Fall semester will be here. Did you try something new in the classroom? Consider sharing it with colleagues in Ancient Jew Review's August pedagogy series. Short essays that share activities, assignments, or philosophies that enhance teaching about the ancient world.

New podcast episode! Mike Motia interviews Andrew Tobolowsky about Israel and its Heirs in Late Antiquity. newbooksnetwork.com/israel-and-i...

New Books in Late Antiquity episode! Mike Motia interviews Stefanie Lenk about her book, Roman Identity and Lived Religion: Baptismal Art in Late Antiquity. newbooksnetwork.com/roman-identi...

Jonathan Klawans issues a call for retraction of publications using forged Dead Sea Scrolls.

New Books in Late Antiquity episode! Mike Motia interviews Krista Dalton about her book, How Rabbis Became Experts. newbooksnetwork.com/how-rabbis-b...

Today on AJR, Joseph L. Kimmel writes about his new book, Power in the Name: A Comparative Analysis of Onomastic Invocations (De Gruyter, 2025). Our latest article in our #publication series!

Sarah Shectman reviews Liane Feldman's translation of the Priestly Source for the Ancient Jew Review. www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/5/18/book-review-the-consuming-fire

Today on AJR, Joseph Foltz reviews Paula Fredriksen's Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years (Princeton University Press, 2024).

New Books in Late Antiquity episode! Mike Motia interviews Andrew Griebeler about his book, Botanical Icons: Critical Practices of Illustration in the Premodern Mediterranean. newbooksnetwork.com/botanical-ic...

New teaching resource! Alexander Chantziantoniou and Isaac Soon share their "Text Lab" approach to teaching critical text study. Including a handy pdf template!

New podcast episode! Lydia Bremer-McCollum interviews Monika Amsler about The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture. newbooksnetwork.com/the-babyloni...

New podcast episode! Michael Motia interviews Cam Grey about Living With Risk in the Late Roman World (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025). newbooksnetwork.com/living-with-...

New publication preview of Krista Dalton's How Rabbis Became Experts (Princeton University Press, 2025). Out TODAY!

New podcast! Michael Motia interviews Mara Nicosia about Syriac Lexis and Lexica: Compiling Ancient and Modern Vocabularies. newbooksnetwork.com/syriac-lexis...

You can preorder Karel van der Toorn's Israelite Religion: From Tribal Beginnings to Scribal Legacy here. Published NEXT WEEK from Yale University Press on April 15th 2025.

New Publication Preview! Karel van der Toorn introduces Israelite Religion: From Tribal Beginnings to Scribal Legacy (Yale University Press, 2025). Available for preorder now with an April 15th publication date.

The Nominating Committee of the North American Patristics Society is still accepting nominations for positions on the board and other committees. Help shape the future of our society! Self-nominations welcome! #NAPS2025

Want to learn more from Dr. Rafael Neis? They will be teaching a mini course with Judaism Unbound on "Untangling Tselem Elohim" on Tuesdays April 22nd-May 6th. For information, visit: www.judaismunbound.com/2025-courses....

Rafael Neis offers a response to panelists, highlighting the unique position of both author and artist.

Sarah Pierce Taylor explores the theoretical framing of Neis's When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven.

New podcast episode featuring Sarah Bassett's Style and Meaning in Late Antique Art Ancients and Moderns on Seeing and Thinking with Mike Motia at the New Books Network.

"What does it mean for the offspring of a human to look like a raven?" Mike Chin explores the images with Neis's When a Human Gives Birth to a Raven.