Martin Goodman (historian)

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Name Martin Goodman		Role Historian


Awards National Jewish Book Award for Scholarship Books Rome and Jerusalem: The Clas, The Roman world - 44, The ruling class of Judaea, Mission and conversion, Toleration Within Judaism Similar People Geza Vermes, Fergus Millar, Emil Schurer

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Martin David Goodman, FBA (born 1 August 1953) is a British historian and academic, specialising in Roman history and the history and literature of the Jews in the Roman period.

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Early life and education

Goodman was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, (B.A.) where he studied classical language and literature, ancient history and philosophy (Literae Humaniores). He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1980: his doctoral thesis was titled State and society in Roman Galilee, AD 132-212. In 2010 he was awarded the degree of DLitt.

Academic career

Goodman began his academic career as a research fellow, holding the Kaye Junior Research Fellowship at the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies from 1976 to 1977. He was then a lecturer in ancient history at the University of Birmingham from 1977 to 1986.

In 1986, Goodman was elected a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. He was made Professor of Jewish Studies by the University of Oxford in 1996. Since 2014, he has been the President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.

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, governor and President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.

Research and teaching

Goodman teaches Roman history and Jewish history, and has written extensively on Jewish history in the Graeco-Roman period.

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.

Honours

In 1996, Goodman was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA). In 2010, he was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College, Oxford.

Selected works

State and Society in Roman Galilee AD 132-212, 2nd edition, London 2000 ISBN 0-85303-380-3

The Ruling Class of Judaea: The Origins of the Jewish Revolt Against Rome, A.D. 66-70 , Cambridge, 1987 ISBN 0-521-44782-8

Mission and Conversion: Proselytizing in the Religious History of the Roman Empire, 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 World, Oxford, 1998 ISBN 0-19-815078-4

(joint ed.) Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, 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 978-90-04-15309-7

Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations, New York, 2007 ISBN 0-375-41185-2

(joint ed) "Rabbinic Texts and the History of Late Roman Palestine", Oxford,2010 ISBN 978-0-19-726474-4

References

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