Sarah Pearce

Sarah J. K. Pearce is Ian Karten Professor of History and Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Southampton. She is known in particular for her work on Jews in the Hellenistic world and the Roman Empire, especially the life and work of Philo of Alexandria.[1]

Sarah Pearce
Born1965
London
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Oxford, University of London
Doctoral advisorGeza Vermes, Martin Goodman
Academic work
DisciplineClassics
InstitutionsUniversity of Southampton
Notable worksPhilo, The Land of the Body: Studies in Philo's Representation of Egypt The words of Moses: studies in the reception of Deuteronomy in the Second Temple Period

Career

Pearce read Divinity at the University of London gaining her BA in 1988. She moved to the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford and gained her D.Phil. in 1995 with a dissertation on the reception of the Bible in the Second Temple period.[2] Her work was published in an expanded version in 2013 as The words of Moses: studies in the reception of Deuteronomy in the Second Temple Period.[3]

Pearce moved to the University of Southampton in 1996 firstly as a Parkes Fellow and then as the first Ian Karten Fellow. She became lecturer, senior lecturer and then Professor of History.[4][2][5][6] She is a member of the University of Southampton's Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations.[7] Pearce was a co-director of the AHRB funded Greek Bible in the Graeco-Roman World Project (2001 to 2006) with Tessa Rajak at the University of Reading.[8] Pearce was a collaborator on the AHRC project based at the University of Oxford (2013 to 2016) on The Reception of Josephus in Jewish Culture from the Eighteenth Century to the Present.[9]

Pearce is working on a new English translation and commentary on Philo's On the Decalogue for the Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series.[1]

Selected publications
  • ed. The image and its prohibition in Jewish antiquity (Journal of Jewish Studies Supplement Series, Oxford, 2013)
  • The words of Moses: studies in the reception of Deuteronomy in the Second Temple Period (Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2013)[3]
  • ed. with J Jordan and A Kushner Jewish journeys: from Philo to Hip Hop. (Parkes-Wiener Series on Jewish Studies, Elstree, Vallentine Mitchell, 2010)
  • ed. with Tessa Rajak and J Aitken Jewish perspectives on Hellenistic rulers (Berkeley, University of California Press, 2007)
  • The Land of the Body: Studies in Philo's Representation of Egypt (Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2007)[10][11]
  • ed. with S Jones Jewish local patriotism and self-identification in the Graeco-Roman period (Sheffield Academic Press, 1998)
  • ed. with S Jones and T Kushner Cultures of ambivalence and contempt: studies in Jewish and non-Jewish relations (Elstree, Vallentine Mitchell, 1997)
  • ed. with S Jones and T Kushner Cultures of contempt and ambivalence: studies in Jewish-non-Jewish relations (Elstree, Vallentine Mitchell, 1997)

References
  1. "Professor Sarah Pearce | History | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  2. Pearce, Sarah (2007). The Land of the Body: Studies in Philo's Representation of Egypt. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 9783161492501.
  3. Kilchor, Benjamin; Kilchor, Benjamin (2013-01-01). "The Words of Moses: Studies in the Reception of Deuteronomy in the Second Temple Period, Sarah J. K. Pearce : book review". Old Testament Essays. 26 (3). ISSN 1010-9919.
  4. Barclay, John M. G. (2004-06-22). Negotiating Diaspora: Jewish Strategies in the Roman Empire. A&C Black. ISBN 9780567082947.
  5. "The Parkes Library Newsletter" (PDF). 1997. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  6. "Parkes Library Newsletter" (PDF). 1996. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  7. "Staff | The Parkes Institute | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  8. "AHRB Greek Bible Project". www.reading.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  9. "The Reception of Josephus in Jewish Culture". josephus.orinst.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  10. van der Horst, Pieter W. (2010). "Review of The Land of the Body: Studies in Philo's Representation of Egypt. (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 208)". The Journal of Theological Studies. 61 (1): 271–273. JSTOR 43665042.
  11. Bos, A. P. (2008). "The Land of the Body: Studies in Philo's Representation of Egypt (review)". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 27 (1): 127–129. doi:10.1353/sho.0.0293. ISSN 1534-5165.
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