Tessa Rajak

Tessa Rajak

Areas of Expertise

Special interests include social and cultural history of the Jews in Hellenistic and Roman periods; early Christianity.

Scholarship/Creative Work

Publications include:

  • The Jewish Dialogue with Greece and Rome. Studies in Cultural and social Interaction
  • Josephus: the historian and his society
  • The Jews among Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire (with John North and Judith Lieu)
  • Philosophy and Power in the Graeco-Roman World: Essays in Honour of Miriam Griffin (2002), co-ed with Gillian Clark
  • Translation and Survival: The Greek Bible and the Ancient Jewish Diaspora (2009)

Professional Affiliations

The University of Reading, UK, Professor, of Ancient History – Emeritus