Martin Goodman (historian)
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Martin David Goodman is a historian and writer on Roman history and the history and literature of the Jews
in the Roman period.
Goodman was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, (B.A.) where he studied classical language and literature, ancient history and philosophy. He obtained a D. Phil in 1980. In 2010 he was awarded the degree of D. Litt. He is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford
, where he is Professor of Jewish Studies
. He teaches Roman history and Jewish history, and has written extensively on Jewish history in the Graeco-Roman period.
He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1996. He has edited the Journal of Roman Studies, and the Journal of Jewish Studies. He is past President of the British Association for Jewish Studies, past secretary of the European Association of Jewish Studies, and he is a fellow and governor of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
Goodman specialises in Jewish history during the Roman period, including the, religious and political conditions of the Jews, and their interactions with other peoples of the Roman Empire. His publications include:
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
in the Roman period.
Goodman was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, (B.A.) where he studied classical language and literature, ancient history and philosophy. He obtained a D. Phil in 1980. In 2010 he was awarded the degree of D. Litt. He is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford
Wolfson College, Oxford
Wolfson College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Located in north Oxford along the River Cherwell, Wolfson is an all-graduate college with over sixty governing body fellows, in addition to both research and junior research fellows. It caters to a wide range of...
, where he is Professor of Jewish Studies
Jewish studies
Jewish studies is an academic discipline centered on the study of Jews and Judaism. Jewish studies is interdisciplinary and combines aspects of history , religious studies, archeology, sociology, languages , political science, area studies, women's studies, and ethnic studies...
. He teaches Roman history and Jewish history, and has written extensively on Jewish history in the Graeco-Roman period.
He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1996. He has edited the Journal of Roman Studies, and the Journal of Jewish Studies. He is past President of the British Association for Jewish Studies, past secretary of the European Association of Jewish Studies, and he is a fellow and governor of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
Goodman specialises in Jewish history during the Roman period, including the, religious and political conditions of the Jews, and their interactions with other peoples of the Roman Empire. His publications include:
- State and Society in Roman Galilee AD 132-212, 2nd edition, London 2000 ISBN 0-85303-380-3
- The Ruling Class of JudaeaIudaea ProvinceJudaea or Iudaea are terms used by historians to refer to the Roman province that extended over parts of the former regions of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Israel...
: The Origins of the Jewish Revolt Against RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, A.D. 66-70 , Cambridge, 1987 ISBN 0-521-44782-8 - Mission and Conversion: ProselytizingProselytismProselytizing is the act of attempting to convert people to another opinion and, particularly, another religion. The word proselytize is derived ultimately from the Greek language prefix προσ- and the verb ἔρχομαι in the form of προσήλυτος...
in the Religious History of the Roman EmpireRoman EmpireThe Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
, Oxford, 1994 ISBN 0-19-814941-7 - The Roman World, 44 BC-AD 180, London, 1997 ISBN 0-415-04970-9.
- (ed.) Jews in a Graeco-Roman WorldGreco-Roman worldThe Greco-Roman world, Greco-Roman culture, or the term Greco-Roman , when used as an adjective, as understood by modern scholars and writers, refers to those geographical regions and countries that culturally were directly, protractedly and intimately influenced by the language, culture,...
, Oxford, 1998 ISBN 0-19-815078-4 - (joint ed.) ApologeticsApologeticsApologetics is the discipline of defending a position through the systematic use of reason. Early Christian writers Apologetics (from Greek ἀπολογία, "speaking in defense") is the discipline of defending a position (often religious) through the systematic use of reason. Early Christian writers...
in the Roman Empire: PagansPaganismPaganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....
, Jews and Christians, Oxford, 1999 ISBN 0-19-826986-2 - (ed.) Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies, Oxford, 2002 ISBN 0-19-829996-6
- "Judaism in the Roman World, collected essays, Leiden, 2007 ISBN-13:978 90 04 15309 7
- Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations, New York, 2007 ISBN 0-37-541185-2
- (joint ed) "Rabbinic Texts and the History of Late Roman Palestine", Oxford,2010 ISBN 978-0-19-726474-4