Martin Goodman (1953-), scholar

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

Biography

Born in 1953. Formerly taught Roman History at Birmingham and Oxford Universities, and is currently Professor of Jewish Studies at the Oriental Institute, Wolfson College, Oxford. A Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and the British Academy, 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
• 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