Dialogues in Judaic Studies

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Nathan MacDonald, *The Making of the Tabernacle and the Construction of Priestly Hegemony*. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023.

2026-10-2201:27:58

Send us Fan Mail Through what mechanism did the Jerusalem high priests transition from serving as religious functionaries in the sixth century BCE to attaining political authority during the third or second century? This investigation examines the underlying conditions that facilitated the priesthood's ascendancy by analyzing the most significant theological texts pertaining to the high priests: the depiction of the holy tabernacle in the wilderness and the requirements for the priestly ordin...

John Martens and Kristine Henriksen Garroway, *Children and Methods: Listening To and Learning From Children in the Biblical World*. Leiden: Brill, 2020.

2026-10-1501:16:27

Send us Fan Mail This carefully selected compilation, assembled by Kristine Henriksen Garroway and John W. Martens with considerable sensitivity, presents a multidisciplinary collection of scholarly essays that examines the circumstances and significance of children across the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and the broader ancient world. While scholarly engagement with children has expanded substantially throughout numerous academic disciplines, a notable absence exists in our methodological a...

Agnes Judith Goppinger, *Moribus Antiquis Res Stat Iudaea Virisque: Exempla in Flavius Josephus' Antiquitates Iudaicae*. Leiden: Brill, 2026

2026-10-1301:20:50

Send us Fan Mail Josephus' Antiquities offers a thoughtful and detailed exploration of Jewish history, tracing its arc from the world's origins to the outbreak of the Jewish War. Yet we might pause to consider a meaningful question: whose stories truly shape this historical record? This examination compassionately investigates how Josephus portrayed Moses, David, Judas Maccabee, and Agrippa I, recognizing how he drew upon Roman exempla as his literary framework. In doing so, Josephus crafted ...

Shawn Zelig Aster, *Reflections of Empire in Isaiah 1-39: Responses to Assyrian Ideology*. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2017.

2026-10-1301:11:35

Send us Fan Mail Shawn Zelig Aster's monograph establishes a compelling connection between First Isaiah's prophecies and the eighth century BCE historical landscape, when Assyrian power dominated the ancient Near East. Through meticulous analysis of Isaiah 1–2, 6–8, 10–12, 14, 19, 31, and 36–37, Aster exposes how these passages deliver a sophisticated challenge to Assyrian imperial propaganda. He reveals that Isaiah strategically employs Assyrian propagandistic motifs while systematically dis...

Yaacov Maoz, *Jerusalem and Nineveh: The Renewal of Aramit-Ashurit in Israel and the Alliance between Israel and Assyria*. Toronto [English Version]: Self-Published by the Author on behalf of *Lishana: Aramit Renewal in Israel*, 2025.

2026-10-1201:06:17

Send us Fan Mail This is the first time a work has been produced to jointly document the history of the Assyrian Christian and Jewish peoples. The two civilizations occupy positions within a restricted collection of peoples whose endeavors and achievements fundamentally altered the course of human civilization. The domains of archaeological investigation, religious observance, ethnic composition, hereditary inheritance, cultural expression, and linguistic systems within these societies remain...

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