Research
Research interests
- Interpretation of the Bible (Hebrew and Greek).
- Philo of Alexandria.
- Josephus.
- Jewish history in the hellenistic and Roman periods.
- Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt.
Current research
Philo of Alexandria's On the Decalogue
The Letter of Aristeas
Modern reception of ancient Jewish writings
Publications
Supervision
Current PhD Students
Biography
Sarah Pearce, B.D., DPhil., FRHistS, SFHEA.
I completed my DPhil (University of Oxford, 1995) on the interpretation of the laws of Deuteronomy in ancient Judaism, arriving at the University of Southampton in 1994 as a post-doctoral James Parkes Fellow in the Parkes Centre for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations and the Department of History. In 1997, I became the first Ian Karten Fellow, and was promoted in 2010 to a personal chair as Ian Karten Professor of Jewish Studies. From 2012 to 2016, I was Head of History, and since 2018 serve as the Head of the School of Humanities. I am a fomer President of the British Association of Jewish Studies (2010), and currently serve as Chair of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society, Chair of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Jewish Studies, and Co-Chair of the Society of Biblical Literature's Hellenistic Judaism unit.