Tessa Rajak (1946-), scholar

Tessa Rajak (b.1946) is a British scholar at the University of Reading, England.

Biography

Professor of Ancient History in the Dept of Classics.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Josephus: The Historian and His Society (1983 Rajak), book
• The Jewish Dialogue with Greece and Rome (2000 Rajak), book
• Translation and Survival: The Greek Bible of the Ancient Jewish Diaspora (2009 Rajak), book

Edited volumes

• The Jews among Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire (1992 Lieu/North/Rajak), edited volume

• Jewish Perspectives on Hellenistic Rulers (2007 Rajak), edited volume

Articles

• Josephus and Justus of Tiberias / Josephus, Judaism, and Christianity (1987 Feldman, Hata), edited volume

• The location of cultures in Second Temple Palestine / The Book of Acts in Its Palestinian Setting (1995 Bauckham), edited volume

• The Against Apion and the Continuities in Josephus's Political Thought / Understanding Josephus (1998 Mason), edited volume

• The Synagogue within the Greco-Roman City / Jews, Christians, and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue (1999 Fine), book

• Apologetic as anti-Judaism in Justin's Dialogue with Trypho the Jew / Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and Christians (1999 Edwards, Goodman, Price), edited volume

• Greeks and Barbarians in Josephus / Hellenism in the Land of Israel (2001 Collins/Sterling), edited volume

• Jewish Millenarian Expectations / The First Jewish Revolt (2002 Berlin/Overman), edited volume