Ancient Jew Review is thankful for our community of contributors and readers invested in learning about Jews and their neighbors in the ancient world. For the year of 2024, these are our ten most-read pieces published this year:
The review of Geoffrey S. Smith and Brent C. Landau’s The Secret Gospel of Mark: A Controversial Scholar, a Scandalous Gospel of Jesus, and the Fierce Debate Over Its Authenticity by Andrew S. Jacobs.
Publication Preview of Narsai: Selected Sermons by Andrew Younan.
Paul the Apostle and Sanders the Critic by Matthew V. Novenson.
E. P. Sanders and the Historical Jesus by Helen Bond.
E. P. Sanders and His Impact on the Study of Second Temple Judaism by Annette Yoshiko Reed.
Mapping the Sky: Roman Augury in the Classroom by Sarah Bond, a pedagogy essay.
E.P. Sanders In Memoriam by Adele Reinhartz.
The review of Esther J. Hamori's God’s Monsters: Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures, and Divine Hitmen of the Bible by Ethan Schwartz.
The review of Thea Gomelauri's The Lailashi Codex: The Crown of Georgian Jewry by Golda Akhiezer.
Publication Preview of Prophets and Prophecy in the Late Antique Near East by Jae H. Han.
And our top three most-read articles published since our founding in 2014:
An Introduction to Toledot Yeshu by Mika Ahuvia from 2014.
Introducing the Hebrew Bible and the History of Ancient Israel by Andrew Tobolowsky from 2019.
Teaching Abortion in Bible and Religious Studies Courses by Eric J. Harvey from 2023.