Krista Dalton
@kristadalton.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Religious and Jewish Studies at Kenyon College.
Author of How the Rabbis Became Experts (Princeton, 2025).
Co Editor-in-Chief http://ancientjewreview.com.
Series co-editor Theoria with Fordham UP: https://fordhampress.com/theoria.
Author of How the Rabbis Became Experts (Princeton, 2025).
Co Editor-in-Chief http://ancientjewreview.com.
Series co-editor Theoria with Fordham UP: https://fordhampress.com/theoria.
I am pleased to announce that John Penniman, Emanuel Fiano, and I are launching a new book series for the study of religion in late antiquity with Fordham University Press. If you have a book-in-progress looking for a home, please reach out to discuss your project!
fordhampress.com/theoria
fordhampress.com/theoria
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I am pleased to announce that John Penniman, Emanuel Fiano, and I are launching a new book series for the study of religion in late antiquity with Fordham University Press. If you have a book-in-progress looking for a home, please reach out to discuss your project!
fordhampress.com/theoria
fordhampress.com/theoria
Are you planning your SBL 2025 schedule? Check out the lineup of panels from the Rabbinic Literature and Culture section.
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Are you planning your SBL 2025 schedule? Check out the lineup of panels from the Rabbinic Literature and Culture section.
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Next week, Nov 4 at 7:30pm EST, @kristadalton.bsky.social will speak about her book, How Rabbis Became Experts, and how the practice of eating together shaped rabbinic culture at the University of Minnesota's Center for Jewish Studies Lecture Series 25-26. Don't miss this free event! buff.ly/WUJZ3lk
October 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Next week, Nov 4 at 7:30pm EST, @kristadalton.bsky.social will speak about her book, How Rabbis Became Experts, and how the practice of eating together shaped rabbinic culture at the University of Minnesota's Center for Jewish Studies Lecture Series 25-26. Don't miss this free event! buff.ly/WUJZ3lk
Calling all Minnesota friends. I'm giving a book talk at the St. Paul JCC next Tuesday (Nov 4th) and would love to see you! cla.umn.edu/jewish-studi...
Krista Dalton (Kenyon College) Presents: Table Fellowship as a Holy Altar: How Dinner Parties Shaped Rabbinic Judaism
People often take the existence of rabbis and their authority as a given, but that role and institution also needed to be invented–and some of the forces that shaped it may surprise you. This lecture ...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Calling all Minnesota friends. I'm giving a book talk at the St. Paul JCC next Tuesday (Nov 4th) and would love to see you! cla.umn.edu/jewish-studi...
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I'm gearing up to record on @mikemotia.bsky.social's New Book Network podcast, and people, if you want to catch up on what's been going on in ancient Mediterranean studies lately, you should go look at his catalog!
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newbooksnetwork.com/hosts/profil...
New Books Network - New Books Network
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October 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm gearing up to record on @mikemotia.bsky.social's New Book Network podcast, and people, if you want to catch up on what's been going on in ancient Mediterranean studies lately, you should go look at his catalog!
newbooksnetwork.com/hosts/profil...
newbooksnetwork.com/hosts/profil...
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Announcement! Ancient Jew Review is the new host of Models of Piety (MOP), the annual meeting of scholars of religion in late antiquity. If you regularly attend SBL/AAR, come join us at this year's cocktail hour. More info here:
MOP — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW
Announcement Bar
www.ancientjewreview.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Announcement! Ancient Jew Review is the new host of Models of Piety (MOP), the annual meeting of scholars of religion in late antiquity. If you regularly attend SBL/AAR, come join us at this year's cocktail hour. More info here:
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We are pleased to announce a dedicated podcast feed for "New Books in Late Antiquity," sponsored by Ancient Jew Review. Follow on Apple (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... ) or
Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/6uGXkAl...) now!
Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/6uGXkAl...) now!
New Books in Late Antiquity
Books Podcast · Interviews with authors of books about Late Antiquity. Sponsored by Ancient Jew Review.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We are pleased to announce a dedicated podcast feed for "New Books in Late Antiquity," sponsored by Ancient Jew Review. Follow on Apple (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... ) or
Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/6uGXkAl...) now!
Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/6uGXkAl...) now!
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New podcast! Mike Motia interviews Walter Scheidel about his book, What Is Ancient History? @princetonupress.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/what-is-anci...
newbooksnetwork.com/what-is-anci...
August 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New podcast! Mike Motia interviews Walter Scheidel about his book, What Is Ancient History? @princetonupress.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/what-is-anci...
newbooksnetwork.com/what-is-anci...
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Don't forget! You can follow Ancient Jew Review on Substack and receive every post automatically in your feed: substack.com/@ancientjewr....
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August 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Don't forget! You can follow Ancient Jew Review on Substack and receive every post automatically in your feed: substack.com/@ancientjewr....
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My new article "From Togas to Turbans: Jewish Male Head Coverings between the Roman and Sasanian Worlds" was just published by the Jewish Quarterly Review.
It is available for free download here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...!
It is available for free download here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...!
August 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
My new article "From Togas to Turbans: Jewish Male Head Coverings between the Roman and Sasanian Worlds" was just published by the Jewish Quarterly Review.
It is available for free download here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...!
It is available for free download here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...!
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Academic job posting! The small liberal arts college just outside of NYC where I teach currently has four full-time faculty in Religion, BUT we are hiring a fifth! Tenure-track job in Religion in the United States, to begin fall 2026. You'd get to work with me. slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2424
Religion in the United States Tenure Track Position
Sarah Lawrence College seeks candidates for a tenure-track position in Religion in the United States, to begin in fall 2026. We seek scholars from the fields of religious studies, area studies, and hi...
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July 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Academic job posting! The small liberal arts college just outside of NYC where I teach currently has four full-time faculty in Religion, BUT we are hiring a fifth! Tenure-track job in Religion in the United States, to begin fall 2026. You'd get to work with me. slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2424
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The Burning of the Library of Alexandria but do it with bugs.
Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle infestation
Restoration workers are removing about 100,000 handbound books from their shelves and carefully placing them in crates, the start of a disinfection process that aims to kill the tiny beetles.
www.npr.org
July 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Burning of the Library of Alexandria but do it with bugs.
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To be clear on what they're proposing: human beings using water for drinking, washing, and growing crops will be rationed.
The AI datacenters will have all the water they can contaminate.
The AI datacenters will have all the water they can contaminate.
Some places will have to start rationing water - to enable AI slop.
"A data center like Meta’s, which was completed last year, typically guzzles around 500,000 gallons of water a day. New data centers [will] require millions of gallons of water a day"
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
"A data center like Meta’s, which was completed last year, typically guzzles around 500,000 gallons of water a day. New data centers [will] require millions of gallons of water a day"
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door
www.nytimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
To be clear on what they're proposing: human beings using water for drinking, washing, and growing crops will be rationed.
The AI datacenters will have all the water they can contaminate.
The AI datacenters will have all the water they can contaminate.
I would love to publish your classroom ideas at AJR. Reach out if interested!
Before we know it the Fall semester will be here. Did you try something new in the classroom? Consider sharing it with colleagues in Ancient Jew Review's August pedagogy series. Short essays that share activities, assignments, or philosophies that enhance teaching about the ancient world.
July 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I would love to publish your classroom ideas at AJR. Reach out if interested!
Officially on sabbatical! Can't wait to dive into the pile of books on my desk. Any recent favorites (academic or otherwise) that I should add?
July 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Officially on sabbatical! Can't wait to dive into the pile of books on my desk. Any recent favorites (academic or otherwise) that I should add?
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really rich conversation between @kristadalton.bsky.social, S.J. Crasnow, and Max Strassfled in JFSR on TRANS TALMUD
muse.jhu.edu/article/962994
muse.jhu.edu/article/962994
Project MUSE - Responding to <i>Trans Talmud</i>
muse.jhu.edu
June 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
really rich conversation between @kristadalton.bsky.social, S.J. Crasnow, and Max Strassfled in JFSR on TRANS TALMUD
muse.jhu.edu/article/962994
muse.jhu.edu/article/962994
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Finally, a Holy War I can join
June 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Finally, a Holy War I can join
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Jonathan Klawans issues a call for retraction of publications using forged Dead Sea Scrolls.
The Case for Retraction of Academic Authentications of Forged Fragments — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW
This position paper issues a call for editors and publishers with oversight over peer-reviewed publications of inauthentic post-2002 Dead Sea Scroll-like fragments to embark on the processes that…
www.ancientjewreview.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Jonathan Klawans issues a call for retraction of publications using forged Dead Sea Scrolls.
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New #AheadOfTheTrend: How Many Americans Are Actually Spiritual But Not Religious?
There is a common belief that more Americans are identifying as "spiritual but not religious." Utilizing data from the General Social Survey, we tested the claim to see if the percentage is rising.
Read more here:
There is a common belief that more Americans are identifying as "spiritual but not religious." Utilizing data from the General Social Survey, we tested the claim to see if the percentage is rising.
Read more here:
How Many Americans Are Actually Spiritual But Not Religious?
Ahead of the Trend Article - Title: How Many Americans Are Actually Spiritual But Not Religious? ; Date: 2025-05-15
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May 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New #AheadOfTheTrend: How Many Americans Are Actually Spiritual But Not Religious?
There is a common belief that more Americans are identifying as "spiritual but not religious." Utilizing data from the General Social Survey, we tested the claim to see if the percentage is rising.
Read more here:
There is a common belief that more Americans are identifying as "spiritual but not religious." Utilizing data from the General Social Survey, we tested the claim to see if the percentage is rising.
Read more here:
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New Books in Late Antiquity episode! Mike Motia interviews Krista Dalton about her book, How Rabbis Became Experts. newbooksnetwork.com/how-rabbis-b...
May 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
New Books in Late Antiquity episode! Mike Motia interviews Krista Dalton about her book, How Rabbis Became Experts. newbooksnetwork.com/how-rabbis-b...
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Don’t forget the AJS conference submission deadline tomorrow May 6th! associationforjewishstudies.org/2025cfp
Association for Jewish Studies
The Association for Jewish Studies is a learned society and professional organization whose mission is to advance research and teaching in Jewish Studies at colleges, universities, and other instituti...
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May 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Don’t forget the AJS conference submission deadline tomorrow May 6th! associationforjewishstudies.org/2025cfp
Sitewide sale at PUP. Check out some phenomenal Jewish studies books: press.princeton.edu/books?search...
April 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Sitewide sale at PUP. Check out some phenomenal Jewish studies books: press.princeton.edu/books?search...
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How rabbinic expertise was socially constructed, performed, and defended in Roman Palestine.
Krista N. Dalton's How Rabbis Became Experts is out now—learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Krista N. Dalton's How Rabbis Became Experts is out now—learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
April 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
How rabbinic expertise was socially constructed, performed, and defended in Roman Palestine.
Krista N. Dalton's How Rabbis Became Experts is out now—learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Krista N. Dalton's How Rabbis Became Experts is out now—learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...