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Meeting of Cultures in the Hellenistic Roman World

[RG #63] Meeting of Cultures in the Hellenistic Roman World

September 1995 - August 1996

Organizers: 

Uriel Rappaport (University of Haifa)
Israel Shatzman (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

The Research Group will explore a wide range of historical and cultural themes relating to the Mediterranean world in Hellenistic and Roman times. The disciplines of history, palaeography, archaeology, numismatics, legal history, Talmudic studies and classical philology will all play a key role in deepening the group's research.

 

Members

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Dan Barag

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dan is a professor in the Institute of Archaeology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: Archaeology and history of Israel from the Second Temple period to the Arab conquest. Ancient Jewish art. Ancient glass from the 2nd millennium BCE to late antiquity.
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Erich Gruen

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UC Berkeley
Erich is a professor in the Department of History and Classics at the University of California at Berkeley. His research interests are: Hellenistic history (cultural, social and political); Roman history (cultural, social and political); the Jews in the Graeco-Roman world (Second Temple period).
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Joseph Meleze-Modrzejewski

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Pantheon-Sorbonne University/ Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Joseph is a professor in the Centre de recherches d'histoire ancienne at Pantheon-Sorbonne University, and in the Section des Sciences Historiques et Philologiques at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes.
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Joseph Patrich

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Joseph is a professor in the Institute of Archaeology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: Nabatean art and archaeology; archaeology of Israel and of the Middle East in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.
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Uriel Rappaport

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University of Haifa
Uriel is a professor in the Department of Jewish History at the University of Haifa. His research interests are Jewish history in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman periods.
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Francis Schmidt

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École Pratique des Hautes Études
Francis is a professor in the Section des Sciences Religieuses at École Pratique des Hautes Études. His research interests are: history of Judaism in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, and historiography of ancient Judaism.
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Daniel R. Schwartz

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Daniel is a professor in the Department of Jewish History at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: Jewish history and historiography of the Second Temple period; history of Judaism and the impact of Hellenism; priestly Judaism and early Christianity.
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Israel Shatzman

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel is a professor in the Department of History at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are Greek and Roman history, and the Roman army in Judaea.