Assistant professor, Religious Studies, McMaster University
I am Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at McMaster University. I specialize in Jewish literature of the Second Temple and I study them within the ancient eastern Mediterranean cultural contexts. In my first book I analyzed the figure of Miriam in ancient Jewish literature including the references to Miriam in the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Pseudepigrapha and the writings of Philo and Josephus. My second book examines use of divination in the Jewish texts of the Greco-Roman era.
Soccer and religion have more in common than you might think
Jul 21, 2024 16:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
People around the world have been captivated by two major soccer tournaments in recent weeks: The UEFA European Football Championship, which Spain won, and Copa América, which Canada finished fourth in. Soccer...