Martin Goodman (1953-), scholar

Martin Goodman (b.1953) is a Jewish-British scholar, at the University of Oxford, England.

Biography

D.Phil (Oxford 1980) in Ancient History, is Professor of Jewish Studies in the University of Oxford and Fellow of Wolfson College. He is also a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies and a Fellow of the British Academy. Formerly taught Roman History at Birmingham and Oxford Universities; Goodman has edited both the Journal of Roman Studies and the Journal of Jewish Studies.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• State and Society in Roman Galilee (1983 Goodman), book

• The Ruling Class of Judea: The Origins of the Jewish Revolt against Rome (1987 Goodman), book

• Mission and Conversion: Proselytizing in the Religious History of the Roman Empire (1994 Goodman), book

• Judaism in the Roman World (2006 Goodman), book

• Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations (2007 Goodman), book
  • Rzym i Jerozolima: zderzenie antycznych cywilizacji (2007 Goodman), book (Polish ed.)

Edited volumes

• Jews in a Graeco-Roman World (1998 Goodman), edited volume