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Patricia Ahearne-Kroll
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Patricia Ahearne-Kroll |
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Contact Information Office: Phillips Hall 117C |
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Education Ph.D., The University of Chicago Divinity School (2005) |
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Biography Dr. Ahearne-Kroll teaches courses on the Hebrew Bible and other topics in the field of Jewish studies. Her primary expertise is in Judaism during the Hellenistic and early Roman periods, and she is currently working on several projects relating to the ancient Jewish novel, “Joseph and Aseneth.” Her research interests also include religion in Ptolemaic Egypt and the articulation of group identity in the Greco-Roman world. |
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Courses Taught 2006-2009 REL 111: Old Testament History and Literature (PDF*) REL 3001: Gender and Religion in the Ancient Near East (PDF*) REL 3002: Judaism in the Greco-Roman Period (PDF*) REL 316: Ancient Mediterranean Religions (PDF*) REL 336: Judaism in Late Antiquity (PDF*) |
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Professional Activities during 2008-2009 "The 'Other' in the Study of Second Temple Judaism: The Question of Jewish Authorship and the Case of Artapanus," delivered at a conference entitled, "The Other in Second Temple Judaism: A Conference in Honor of John J. Collins," at Amherst College, Mass (April 2008). The paper will also be published in a festschrift in Dr. Collins' honor (Fortress Press). "Joseph and Aseneth," in The Lost Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Relating to Scripture, edited by Louis Feldman, James Kugel, and Lawrence Schiffman (Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society, forthcoming). A translation and commentary of the Greek Jewish novel. "Ritualization, Hybridity, and the Canopus Decree: Strategies of Cultic Practice in Ptolemaic Egypt," to be delivered at a conference entitled, "Women in the Religious and Intellectual Activity of the Ancient Mediterranean World," sponsored by the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, and co-sponsored by Yale Divinity School, The Center for the Study of Religion and the Department of Greek and Latin at OSU (March 2009). For more information, see: http://www.mtso.edu/collinsconference/index.htm |