Thursday, March 05, 2026

Jodi Magness: autobiographical retrospective

ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Jodi Magness: Retrospective for The Ancient Jew Review.
I am honored by the invitation to write this retrospective, despite initially being taken aback by the realization that I am old enough to be asked to write one. I am also in awe of Adele Reinhartz’s piece, which was recommended to me as a model. My retrospective is less thematic and more personal than hers, as I cannot think of a better way to document my academic trajectory and research interests.

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For many PaleoJudaica posts on Professor Magness and her wide-ranging work, including the remarkable Huqoq excavation, start here (cf. here) and follow the links.

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