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