The Department of Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures hosts a series of discussions with scholars from all over the world. Their goal? To reflect on their past…
Rabbinic literature is full of instructions for how people should spend their time, from the daily prayers they must recite each morning and evening, to the way they ought to…
The first century Jewish historian Josephus Flavius tells the story of an ancient Mesopotamian queen, Helena of Adiabene, who converted to Judaism and made a pilgrimage to…
