Hellenistic Judaism

Call For Papers: For the 2022 SBL Annual Meeting in Denver the Hellenistic Judaism section organizes three sessions. 1) Slavery and Hellenistic Judaism (open call): We invite papers that examine any aspects of the social history of enslaved, semi-dependent, and freed persons in Hellenistic Judaism, broadly conceived to encompass the period from Alexander the Great to Hadrian as well as Greek-speaking Judaism throughout antiquity. We especially welcome topics that engage with recent scholarship on enslaved persons and freedpersons in the ancient Mediterranean as well as theoretical and cross-cultural approaches that may help to reconstruct the experiences, agency, and survival strategies of enslaved or formerly enslaved persons. 2)The Galilee: Politics, Religion, Culture (open call). Research on the Galilee has gained renewed momentum over the last two decades, following archaeological discoveries at various urban and rural sites in the heart of the region and its periphery. Those discoveries have implications for understanding the socio-cultural and religious history of the Galilee from the late Second Temple period through late antiquity. We invite papers that examine questions related to the politics, religion, culture, and society of the Galilee, Galilean Jewry, and other social groups in the region within this time frame. 3)The Hellenistic Judaism Unit invites papers on the reception of Hellenistic Judaism from the 19th century to the present. The call is open, but papers focusing on the perception / reception of Hellenistic texts and / or authors in the lights of the important historical events and scholarly advancement of last two centuries, including the introduction of Hellenistic Judaism as a scholarly subfield, are particularly welcome.

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