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Authored Books

Hezser, Catherine (2024) Rabbinic Scholarship in the Context of Late Antique Scholasticism: The Development of the Talmud Yerushalmi. London: Bloomsbury. (Education, Literary Culture, and Religious Practice in the Ancient World) (Forthcoming)

Hezser, Catherine (2024) Jewish Monotheism and Slavery. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. (Elements in Religion and Monotheism)

Hezser, Catherine (2018) Bild und Kontext. Jüdische und christliche Ikonographie der Spätantike. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. (Tria Corda)

Hezser, Catherine (2017) Rabbinic Body Language: Non-Verbal Communication in Palestinian Rabbinic Literature of Late Antiquity. Leiden; Boston, MA: Brill. (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, Volume: 179)

Hezser, Catherine (2011) Jewish Travel in Antiquity. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism; 144)

Hezser, Catherine (2005) Jewish Slavery in Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hezser, Catherine (2001) Jewish Literacy in Roman Palestine. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism; 81)

Hezser, Catherine (1997) The Social Structure of the Rabbinic Movement in Roman Palestine. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism; v.66)

Hezser, Catherine (1993) Form, Function, and Historical Significance of the Rabbinic Story in Yerushalmi Neziqin. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism; v.37)

Hezser, Catherine (1990) Lohnmetaphorik und Arbeitswelt. Das Gleichnis von den Arbeitern im Weinberg (Mt. 20:1-16) im Rahmen rabbinischer Lohngleichnisse. Goettingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht. (Novum Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus; v.15)

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Hezser, Catherine, ed. (2024) The Routledge Handbook of Jews and Judaism in Late Antiquity. London and New York: Routledge.

Hezser, Catherine, ed. (2023) Jews and Health: Tradition, History, and Practice. Leiden: Brill. (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies. vol. 76)

Hezser, Catherine and Edelman, Diana, eds. (2021) The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity. Sheffield: Equinox.

Hezser, Catherine, ed. (2020) The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine (paperback edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Oxford Handbooks)

Leibner, Uzi and Hezser, Catherine, eds. (2016) Jewish Art in Its Late Antique Context. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism)

Hezser, Catherine, ed. (2010) The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Oxford Handbooks in Classics and Ancient History)

Hezser, Catherine, ed. (2003) Rabbinic Law in Its Roman and Near Eastern Context. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism)

Hezser, Catherine, ed. (2002) Representing the Shoah for the 21st Century. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck. (Jewish Studies Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 2)

Hezser, Catherine and Schäfer, Peter, eds. (2000) The Talmud Yerushalmi and Graeco-Roman Culture. Vol. 2. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism)

Book Chapters

Hezser, Catherine (2024) 'Plurisignation in Biblical and Rabbinic Law: The Meaning and Punishment of 'Rape'.' In: Bakhos, Carol and Gray, Alyssa M., (eds.), Making History: Studies in Rabbinic History, Literature, and Culture in Honor of Richard L. Kalmin. Providence, RI: Brown Judaic Studies, pp. 385-407. (Brown Judaic Studies, vol. 372)

Hezser, Catherine (2024) 'Antiquarianism, Scholasticism, and Rabbinic Anthologies.' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Jews and Judaism in Late Antiquity. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 263-274.

Hezser, Catherine (2024) 'Attitudes Torward the Body.' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Jews and Judaism in Late Antiquity. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 216-228.

Hezser, Catherine (2024) 'Introduction: Jews and Judaism in Late Antiquity.' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Jews and Judaism in Late Antiquity. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 1-11.

Hezser, Catherine (2024) 'Rabbis and the Image of the Intellectual.' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Jews and Judaism in Late Antiquity. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 171-184.

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'New Testament and Rabbinic Slave Parables at the Intersection between Fiction and Reality.' In: Ottenheijm, Eric, Poorthuis, Marcel and Merz, Annette, (eds.), The Power of Parables: Essays on the Comparative Study of Jewish and Christian Parables. Leiden: Brill, pp. 367-388. (Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series, Volume 39)

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'Rabbinic Geography: Between the Imaginary and Real.' In: Luther, Susanne, Hartog, Peter B. and Wilde, Clare E., (eds.), Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Travel Experiences, 3rd c. BCE - 8th c. CE. Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 251-268. (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation)

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'The Rule of the Wise as an Alternative to Kingship and Democracy in Ancient Rabbinic and Philosophical Thought.' In: Czajkowski, Kimberley and Friedman, David A., (eds.), Looking In, Looking Out: Jews and Non-Jews in Mutual Contemplation. Essays for Martin Goodman on His 70th Birthday. Leiden: Brill, pp. 179-202. (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 212)

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'Outer Space in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature.' In: Mazur, Eric Michael and MacFarland Taylor, Sarah, (eds.), Religion and Outer Space. London: Routledge, pp. 9-24.

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'Ermunterung zum Wandern.' In: von Gemuenden, Petra, Merz, Annette and Schwier, Helmut, (eds.), Resonanzen. Gerd Theißen zum 80. Geburtstag. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, pp. 19-23.

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'Anti-Semitism, pagan.' In: Whitmarsh, Tim, (ed.), Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'Health and Hellenism: Philo of Alexandria ’s Discourse on Health in the Context of Greek Philosophy and Hippocratic Medicine.' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), Jews and Health: Tradition, History, and Practice. Leiden: Brill, pp. 43-68. (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, Volume: 76)

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'Health as a Jewish National Ideal in Early Zionist Writings.' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), Jews and Health: Tradition, History, and Practice. Leiden: Brill, pp. 208-230. (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, Volume: 76)

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'Introduction: The Significance of Health in Jewish History, Culture, and Society.' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), Jews and Health: Tradition, History, and Practice. Leiden: Brill, pp. 1-22. (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, Volume: 76)

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'The Mishnah and Roman Law: A Rabbinic Compilation of ius civile for the Jewish civitas of the Land of Israel under Roman Rule.' In: Cohen, Shaye J.D., (ed.), What is the Mishnah? The State of the Question. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 141-166.

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'Physical Strength and Weakness as Means of Social Stratification in Palestinian Rabbinic Discourse of Late Antiquity.' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), Jews and Health: Tradition, History, and Practice. Leiden: Brill, pp. 87-106. (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies, Volume: 76)

Hezser, Catherine (2022) 'Finding a Treasure: The Treasure Motif in Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman Narratives in the Context of Rabbinic Halakhah and Roman Law.' In: Oegema, Albertina, Pater, Jonathan and Stoutjesdijk, Martijn, (eds.), Overcoming Dichotomies: Parables, Fables, and Similes in the Graeco-Roman World. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 295-326. (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament)

Hezser, Catherine (2022) 'Jewish Scribes in the Late Second Temple Period: Differences Between the Composition, Writing, and Interpretation of Texts.' In: Hakola, Raimo, Orpana, Jessi and Huotari, Paavo, (eds.), Scriptures in the Making: Texts and Their Transmission in Late Second Temple Judaism. Leuven: Peeters, pp. 149-172. (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology)

Hezser, Catherine (2022) 'What Was Jewish about Jewish Slavery in Late Antiquity?' In: de Wet, Chris L., Kahlos, Maijastina and Vuolanto, Ville, (eds.), Slavery in the Late Antique World, 150-700 CE. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 129-148.

Hezser, Catherine (2021) ''He Who Sits Crowned on the Throne of His Glory': Body Posture in Hekhalot Rabbati and in Rabbinic Literature.' In: Hamidovic, David, Mimouni, Simon C. and Painchaud, Louis, (eds.), La "sacerdotalisation" dans les premiers écrits mystiques juifs et chrétiens. Turnhout (Belgium): Brepols, pp. 41-56. (Judaïsme ancien et origines du christianisme (JAOC 22))

Hezser, Catherine (2021) 'Catering to the Diaspora Within: Caesarea Maritima, Greek Prayer, and Rabbinic Judaism.' In: Patzelt, Maik, Rüpke, Jörg and Weissenrieder, Annette, (eds.), Prayer and the Ancient City: Influences of Urban Space. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 63-76. (Culture, Religion, and Politics in the Greco-Roman World, 5)

Hezser, Catherine (2021) 'L'esclavage entre loi et l'histoire: Judée, VIIIe siècle avant notre ère - IVe siècle.' In: Ismard, Paulin, (ed.), Les Mondes de L'esclavage. Une histoire comparée. Paris: Seuil, pp. 61-66.

Hezser, Catherine (2021) 'Neighbour, Townsperson, and Fellow Creature: The Regulation of Inter-Human Relationships in Palestinian Rabbinic Texts.' In: Bjelland Kartzow, Marianne, (ed.), The Ambiguous Figure of the Neighbour in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Texts and Receptions. London: Routledge, pp. 60-77. (Intersectional studies of Jewish, Christian and Islamic texts and receptions)

George, Andrew (2021) 'Access to religious knowledge in ancient Babylonia.' In: Hezser, Catherine and Edelman, Diana, (eds.), The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity. Sheffield: Equinox, pp. 20-35.

Hezser, Catherine (2021) 'Did Palestinian Rabbis Know Roman Law? Methodological Considerations and Case Studies.' In: Berthelot, Katell, Dohrmann, Natalie and Nemo-Pekelman, Capucine, (eds.), Legal Engagement. The Reception of Roman Law and Tribunals by Jews and Other Inhabitants of the Empire. Rome: École française de Rome, pp. 303-322. (Collection de l'École Française de Rome 579)

Hezser, Catherine (2021) 'Interaction between Rabbis and Non-Rabbinic Jews in Palestinian Rabbinic Literature of Late Antiquity.' In: Hezser, Catherine and Edelman, Diana, (eds.), The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity. Sheffield: Equinox, pp. 145-165.

Hezser, Catherine (2021) 'Introduction.' In: Hezser, Catherine and Edelman, Diana, (eds.), The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity. Sheffield: Equinox, pp. 1-18.

Mirelman, Sam (2021) 'Public Lamentation in Ancient Mesopotamia.' In: Edelman, Diana and Hezser, Catherine, (eds.), The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity. Sheffield: Equinox, pp. 36-57.

Hezser, Catherine (2021) 'The Contested Image of King David in Rabbinic and Patristic Literature and Art of Late Antiquity.' In: Witte, Markus, Schröter, Jens and Lepper, Verena M., (eds.), Torah, Temple, Land: Constructions of Judaism in Antiquity. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 277-298. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 184)

Hezser, Catherine (2021) '"Dynamics of Knowledge Transfer Between Jewish and Graeco-Roman Culture: Using Insights from Cultural Studies".' In: Schmidt, Nora, Pissis, Nikolas and Uhlmann, Gyburg, (eds.), Wissensoikonomien: Ordnung und Transgression vormoderner Kulturen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pp. 35-49. (Episteme in Bewegung Beiträge zu einer transdisziplinären Wissensgeschichte)

Hezser, Catherine (2020) 'Torah (Early Reception).' In: Homolka, Walter, Kampling, Rainer, Levine, Amy-Jill, Markschies, Christoph, Schäfer, Peter and Thurner, Martin, (eds.), Encyclopedia of Jewish Christian Relations Online. Berlin: De Gruyter.

Hezser, Catherine (2019) 'Women, Children, and Slaves in Rabbinic Law.' In: Barmash, Pamela, (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Law. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 489-503. (Oxford handbooks)

Hezser, Catherine (2019) '"Prayer in the Saying Source Q and in Early Rabbinic Texts".' In: Smith, Daniel A. and Heil, Christoph, (eds.), Prayer in the Sayings Gospel Q. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 103-122. (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament)

Hezser, Catherine (2019) 'Rabbis as Intellectuals in the Context of Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Christian Scholasticism.' In: Adams, Sean A., (ed.), Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras: Greek, Latin, and Jewish. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 169-185. (Transmissions ; volume 2)

Hezser, Catherine (2019) 'Court, Rabbinic.' In: Bagnall, Roger S. and Brodersen, Kai, (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. online: Wiley.

Hezser, Catherine (2018) '"Guidelines for the Ideal Way of Life: Rabbinic Halakhah and Hellenistic Practical Ethics".' In: Satlow, Michael, (ed.), Strength to Strength: Essays in Honor of Shaye J.D. Cohen. Providence, Rhode Island: Brown Judaic Studies, pp. 389-404.

Hezser, Catherine (2018) 'Followers, Servants, and Traitors: The Representation of Disciples in the Synoptic Gospels and in Ancient Judaism.' In: Porter, Stanley E. and Pitts, Andrew W., (eds.), Christian Origins and the Establishment of the Early Jesus Movement. Leiden and Boston: Brill, pp. 71-86. (Early Christianity in its Hellenistic Context)

Hezser, Catherine (2017) 'Prostitution: Early Judaism.' In: Oxford Encyclopedias of the Bible (Oxford Scholarship Online). Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Oxford Scholarship Online)

Hezser, Catherine (2017) '"Scribes/scribality".' In: Thatcher, Tom, Keith, Chris, Person, Raymond F., Stern, Elsie R. and Odor, Judith, (eds.), The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media (DBAM). London: Bloomsbury, pp. 355-359.

Hezser, Catherine (2017) 'Strangers on the Road: Otherness, Identification, and Disguise in Rabbinic Travel Tales of Late Roman Palestine.' In: Niehoff, Maren R., (ed.), Journeys in the Roman East: Imagined and Real. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 239-253. (Culture, Religion, and Politics in the Greco-Roman World 1)

Hezser, Catherine (2017) 'Torah als ‘Gesetz’? Überlegungen zum Torahverständnis im antiken Judentum.' In: Rüterswörden, Udo, (ed.), Ist die Tora Gesetz? Zzum Gesetzesverständnis im Alten Testament, Frühjudentum, und Neuem Testament. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pp. 119-140. (Biblisch-Theologische Studien 167)

Hezser, Catherine (2017) 'Uncertain Symbol: The Representation of Yavne in the Talmud Yerushalmi.' In: Schwartz, Joshua and Tomson, Peter J., (eds.), Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries: The Interbellum 70‒132 CE. Leiden; Boston: Brill, pp. 176-195. (Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum)

Hezser, Catherine (2016) 'The International Context of Samuel Krauss's Scholarship: Network Connections between East and West.' In: Turan, Tamas and Wilke, Carsten, (eds.), Modern Jewish Scholarship in Hungary. The 'Science of Judaism' between East and West. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 175-192. (Europaeisch-juedische Studien Beitraege 14)

Hezser, Catherine (2016) 'Oral and Written Communication and Transmission of Knowledge in Ancient Judaism and Christianity.' In: Kelber, Werner H. and Sanders, Paula A., (eds.), Oral-Scribal Dimensions of Scripture, Piety, and Practice: Judaism, Christianity, Islam. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock Publishers), pp. 89-109.

Hezser, Catherine (2016) '"Greek and Roman Slaving in Comparative Ancient Perspective: The Level of Integration".' In: Hodkinson, Stephen, Klejwegt, Marc and Vlassopoulos, Kostas, (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Slaveries. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-23. (Oxford Handbooks Online)

Hezser, Catherine (2016) 'Representations of the Physician in Jewish Literature from Hellenistic and Roman Times.' In: Harris, William V., (ed.), Popular Medicine in Graeco-Roman Antiquity: Explorations. Leiden and Boston: Brill, pp. 173-197. (Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition)

Hezser, Catherine (2016) 'Mobility, Flexibility, and the Diasporization of Palestinian Judaism after 70 C.E.' In: Cordoni, Constanza and Langer, Gerhard, (eds.), 'Let the Wise Listen and Add to Their Learning' (Ps. 1:5). Festschrift for Guenther Stemberger on the Occasion of his 75th Birthday. Berlin; Boston: de Gruyter, pp. 197-216. (Studia Judaica vol.90)

Hezser, Catherine (2016) ''For the Lord God is a Sun and a Shield' (Ps. 84:12): Sun Symbolism in Hellenistic Jewish Literature and in Amoraic Midrashim.' In: Leibner, Uzi and Hezser, Catherine, (eds.), Jewish Art in Its Late Antique Context. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 213-236. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism)

Hezser, Catherine and Leibner, Uzi (2016) '"Jewish Art in Its Late Antique Context: An Introductory Essay".' In: Leibner, Uzi and Hezser, Catherine, (eds.), Jewish Art in Its Late Antique Context. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 1-23. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism)

Hezser, Catherine (2016) '"The Torah Versus Homer: Jewish and Greco-Roman Education in Late Roman Palestine".' In: Hauge, Matthew Ryan and Pitts, Andrew W., (eds.), Ancient Education and Early Christianity. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 5-24. (Library of New Testament Studies 533)

Hezser, Catherine (2015) 'From Oral Conversation to Written Texts: Randomness in the Transmission of Rabbinic Traditions.' In: Weissenrieder, Annette and Coote, Robert B., (eds.), The Interface of Orality and Writing: Speaking, Seeing, Writing in the Shaping of New Genres. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, pp. 36-51. (Biblical Performance Criticism Series 11)

Hezser, Catherine (2015) 'Between Public and Private: The Significance of the Neutral Domain (Carmelit) in Late Antique Rabbinic Literature.' In: Ruepke, Joerg and Ando, Clifford, (eds.), Private and Public in Ancient Mediterranean Law and Religion. Berlin: de Gruyter, pp. 217-236.

Hezser, Catherine (2015) '"Der Loskauf von Sklaven und Kriegsgefangenen im antiken Judentum".' In: Grieser, Heike and Priesching, Nicole, (eds.), Gefangenenloskauf im Mittelmeerraum: Ein interreligioeser Vergleich. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, pp. 3-23. (Sklaverei - Knechtschaft - Zwangsarbeit vol. 13)

Hezser, Catherine (2015) '"Slavery: Rabbinic Literature".' In: Strawn, Brent A., (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law, Vol. 2. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 312-319.

Hezser, Catherine (2014) '"Paul's 'Fool's Speech' (2 Cor. 11:16-32) in the Context of Ancient Jewish and Graeco-Roman Culture".' In: Tomson, Peter J., (ed.), Second Corinthians in the Perspective of Late Second Temple Judaism. Leiden: Brill, pp. 221-244. (Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum, Volume: 14)

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Ancient 'Science Fiction': Journeys into Space and Visions of the World in Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman Literature of Antiquity.' In: Porter, Stanley E. and Pitts, Andrew W., (eds.), Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism: Social and Literary Contexts for the New Testament; Vol.2 Early Christianity in its Hellenistic Context. Leiden: Brill, pp. 397-438. (Texts and editions for New Testament study, 1574-7085)

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Dirt and Garbage in the Ancient Jewish Religious Imagination and in Daily Life.' In: Boustan, Raanan S., Herrmann, Klaus, Leicht, Raimund and Reed, Annette Y., (eds.), Envisioning Judaism. Studies in Honor of Peter Schaefer on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 107-127.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'The Jesus Movement as a 'Popular' Judaism for the Unlearned.' In: von Gemuenden, Petra, Horrell, David G. and Kuechler, Max, (eds.), Jesus - Gestalt und Gestaltungen. Rezeptionen des Galilaeers in Wissenschaft, Kirche und Gesellschaft. Goettingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pp. 79-104.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Law, Jewish.' In: Bagnall, Roger S., Brodersen, Kai and Champion, Craige B., (eds.), The Encyclopaedia of Ancient History. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., pp. 3947-3949.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Part Whore, Part Wife: Slave Women in the Palestinian Rabbinic Tradition.' In: Eisen, Ute E., Gerber, Christine and Standhartinger, Angela, (eds.), Doing Gender - Doing Religion. Fallstudien zur Intersektionalitaet im fruehen Judentum, Christentum und Islam. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 303-324.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Seduced by the Enemy or Wise Strategy? The Presentation of Non-Violence and Accommodation with Foreign Powers in Ancient Jewish Literary Sources.' In: Albertz, Rainer and Woehrle, Jakob, (eds.), Between Cooperation and Hostility. Multiple Identities in Ancient Judaism and the Interaction with Foreign Powers. Goettingen and Bristol, CT: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, pp. 221-250.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Zukunftshoffnung nach der Shoah? Messianismus, Utopie und Unsterblichkeit im Denken von Zygmunt Bauman und Emmanuel Levinas.' In: Palmer, Gesine and Brose, Thomas, (eds.), Religion und Politik: Das Messianische in Theologien, Religionswissenschaften und Philosophien des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 191-207.

Hezser, Catherine (2012) 'Orality, Textuality, and Memory in the Transmission of Rabbinic Legal Narratives.' In: Adam, Klaus-Peter, Avemarie, Friedrich and Wazana, Nili, (eds.), Law and Narrative in the Bible and in Neighbouring Ancient Cultures. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 279-295. (Forschungen zum Alten Testament., 2. Reihe ; 54.)

Hezser, Catherine (2011) 'Slavery and the Jews.' In: Bradley, Keith and Cartledge, Paul, (eds.), The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 1: The Ancient Mediterranean World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 438-455.

Hezser, Catherine (2010) 'Form-Criticism of Rabbinic Literature.' In: Bieringer, Reimund, Garcia Martinez, Florentino, Pollefeyt, Didier and Tomson, Peter J., (eds.), The New Testament and Rabbinic Literature. Leiden and Boston: Brill, pp. 97-110. (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism)

Hezser, Catherine (2010) 'Material Culture and Daily Life.' In: Goodman, Martin, (ed.), Rabbinic Texts and the History of Late-Roman Palestine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 301-317. (Proceedings of the British Academy, no.165)

Hezser, Catherine (2010) '"Correlating Literary, Epigraphic, and Archaeological Sources".' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 9-27. (Oxford Handbooks in Classics and Ancient History)

Hezser, Catherine (2010) 'From Oral Conversations to Written Texts: Randomness in the Transmission of Rabbinic Traditions.' In: Weissenrieder, Annette and Coote, Robert B., (eds.), The Interface of Orality and Writing. Speaking, Seeing, Writing in the Shaping of New Genres. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 36-51. (WUNT 260)

Hezser, Catherine (2010) '"The Graeco-Roman Context of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine".' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 28-47. (Oxford Handbooks in Classics and Ancient History)

Hezser, Catherine (2010) '"Private and Public Education".' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 465-481. (Oxford Handbooks in Classics and Ancient History)

Hezser, Catherine (2010) '"Travel and Mobility".' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 210-226. (Oxford Handbooks in Classics and Ancient History)

Hezser, Catherine (2009) 'Ben-Hur and Ancient Jewish Slavery.' In: Rogers, Zuleika, (ed.), A Wandering Galilean: Essays in Honour of Sean Freyne. Leiden; Boston: Brill, pp. 121-139. (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, v.132)

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'The Halitza Shoe: Between Female Subjugation and Symbolic Emasculation.' In: Nahshon, Edna, (ed.), Jews and Shoes. Oxford and New York: Berg, pp. 47-63.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Rabbinische Gleichnisse und ihre Vergleichbarkeit mit neutestamentlichen Gleichnissen.' In: Zimmermann, Ruben, (ed.), Hermeneutik der Gleichnisse Jesu. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 217-237. (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, XX)

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Passover and Social Equality: Women, Slaves and Minors in Bavli Pesahim.' In: Ilan, Tal, (ed.), A Feminist Commentary on the Babylonian Talmud. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 91-107.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Post-Colonialism and the Irish-Jewish Experience: The novels of David Marcus and Ronit Lentin.' In: Staehler, Axel, (ed.), Anglophone Jewish Literature. London: Routledge, pp. 143-160.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Roman Law and Rabbinic Legal Composition.' In: Fonrobert, Charlotte and Jaffee, Martin, (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Rabbinic Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 144-163.

Hezser, Catherine (2006) 'The Impact of Other Disciplines Upon Biblical Scholarship: Diaspora and Rabbinic Judaism.' In: Rogerson, John and Lieu, Judith, (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies. Oxford: Oxford university Press, pp. 120-132.

Hezser, Catherine (2005) '‘The Slave of a Scholar is Like a Scholar’: Stories About Rabbis and Their Slaves in the Babylonian Talmud.' In: Rubenstein, Jeffrey, (ed.), Creation and Composition: The Contribution of the Bavli Redactors. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 198-217.

Hezser, Catherine (2005) 'Toward the Study of Jewish Popular Culture in Roman Palestine.' In: Perani, Mauro, (ed.), "The Words of a Wise Man’s Mouth Are Gracious" (Qoh. 10,12): Festschrift. Berlin: de Gruyter, pp. 267-297.

Hezser, Catherine (2003) 'Der Rabbi als spezifisch juedische Identifikationsfigur der Spaetantike.' In: Aland, Barbara, Hahn, Johannes and Ronning, Christian, (eds.), Literarische Konstituierung von Identifikationsfiguren in der Antike. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 139-153. (Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum)

Hezser, Catherine (2003) 'The Exposure and Sale of Infants in Rabbinic and Roman Law.' In: Herrmann, Klaus, Schlueter, Margarete and Veltri, Giuseppe, (eds.), Jewish Studies Between the Disciplines. Leiden: Brill, pp. 3-28.

Hezser, Catherine (2003) 'Literacy and the Use of Writing in Jewish and Roman Society of Late Antiquity.' In: Kalmin, Richard and Schwartz, Seth, (eds.), Jewish Culture and Society Under the Christian Roman Empire. Leiden and New York: Peeters, pp. 149-195.

Hezser, Catherine (2003) 'Slaves and Slavery in Rabbinic and Roman Law.' In: Hezser, Catherine, (ed.), Rabbinic Law in Its Roman and Near Eastern Context. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, pp. 133-176.

Hezser, Catherine (2002) 'Classical Rabbinic Literature.' In: Goodman, Martin, (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 115-140.

Hezser, Catherine (2002) 'Einheit und Vielfalt in der rabbinischen Halakhah.' In: Konradt, Matthias and Steinert, Ulrike, (eds.), Ethos und Identität. Einheit und Vielfalt des Judentums in hellenistisch-römischer Zeit. Paderborn: Schöningh, pp. 149-163.

Hezser, Catherine (2002) 'The Mishnah and Ancient Book Production.' In: Neusner, J. and Avery-Peck, A. J., (eds.), The Mishnah in Contemporary Perspective. Vol.1. Leiden: Brill, pp. 167-192.

Hezser, Catherine (2002) 'The Social Status of Slaves in the Talmud Yerushalmi and in Graeco-Roman Society.' In: Schaefer, Peter, (ed.), The Talmud Yerushalmi and Graeco-Roman Culture. Vol. 3. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 91-137.

Hezser, Catherine (2000) 'The (In)Significance of Jerusalem in the Talmud Yerushalmi.' In: Hezser, Catherine and Schäfer, Peter, (eds.), The Talmud Yerushalmi and Graeco-Roman Culture. Vol.2. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 11-49.

Hezser, Catherine (2000) 'Interfaces Between Rabbinic Literature and Graeco-Roman Philosophy.' In: Hezser, Catherine and Schäfer, Peter, (eds.), The Talmud Yerushalmi and Graeco-Roman Culture. Vol.2. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 161-187.

Hezser, Catherine (2000) 'Rabbis and Other Friends: Friendship in the Talmud Yerushalmi and in Graeco-Roman Literature.' In: Hezser, Catherine and Schäfer, Peter, (eds.), The Talmud Yerushalmi and Graeco-Roman Culture. Vol.2. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 189-254.

Hezser, Catherine (1998) 'The Codification of Legal Knowledge in Late Antiquity: The Talmud Yerushalmi and Roman Law Codes.' In: Schäfer, Peter, (ed.), The Talmud Yerushalmi and Graeco-Roman Culture. Vol.1. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 581-641.

Hezser, Catherine (1998) '‘Privat’ und ‘öffentlich’ im Talmud Yerushalmi und in der griechisch-römischen Antike.' In: Schäfer, Peter, (ed.), The Talmud Yerushalmi and Graeco-Roman Culture. Vol.1. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, pp. 423-579.

Hezser, Catherine (1995) 'Apophthegmata Patrum and Apophthegmata of the Rabbis.' In: La Narrativa Cristiana Antica. Codici Narrativi, Strutture Formali, Schemi Retorici. Rome: Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, pp. 453-464. (Studia Ephemeridia Augustinianum)

Journal Article

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'The Hebrew Bible in Ancient Jewish Education.' Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok [the Swedish Exegetical Annual], 88 (1). pp. 14-32.

Hezser, Catherine (2022) 'Between Scholasticism and Populism: Rabbinic and Christian Networks in the Roman Empire.' Annali di Storia dell’Esegesi: Rivista semestrale a cura del Centro Italiano di Studi Superiori sulle Religioni, 39 (1). pp. 27-46.

Hezser, Catherine (2020) 'Recent Research on Travel, Network Theory, and Identity in Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman Society (300 BCE -- 600 CE).' Jerusalem and Eretz Israel. A Journal for Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology = ירושלים וארץ-ישראל :‏ ‏כתב-עת ללימודי ארץ-ישראל וארכיאולוגיה., 2020 (12-13). pp. 13-28.

Hezser, Catherine (2020) 'Jewish Literacy and Languages in First-Century Roman Palestine.' Orientalia, 89 (1). pp. 58-77.

Hezser, Catherine (2019) 'From Sinner to Model Ancestor: King David in Post-Biblical Jewish and Christian Literature and Art.' The Ancient Near East Today, 7 (10).

Hezser, Catherine (2018) 'The Creation of the Talmud Yerushalmi and Apophthegmata Patrum as Monuments to the Rabbinic and Monastic Movements in Early Byzantine Times.' Jewish Studies Quarterly, 25 (4). pp. 368-393.

Hezser, Catherine (2018) 'Self-Control in a World Controlled by Others: Palestinian Rabbinic 'Asceticism' in Late Antiquity.' Religion in the Roman Empire, 4 (1). pp. 9-27.

Hezser, Catherine (2017) 'Bookish Circles? The Use of Written Texts in Rabbinic Oral Culture.' Temas Medievales, 25. pp. 63-81.

Hezser, Catherine (2016) 'Blurred Boundaries between Slaves and Free Persons in Ancient Judaism.' AJS Perspectives (Fall). pp. 44-45.

Hezser, Catherine (2015) 'Crossing Enemy Lines: Network Connections Between Palestinian and Babylonian Sages in Late Antiquity.' Journal for the Study of Judaism, 46 (2). pp. 224-250.

Hezser, Catherine (2014) 'Geldstrafen, Peitschenhiebe, und goettliche Vergeltung: Strafdrohungen in der Mischna.' Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte, 20. pp. 201-214.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Freak, Not Sage: An Exploration into Freakishness in Modern Jewish Culture.' Culture and Dialogue, 3 (1). pp. 51-72.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Samuel Krauss' Contribution to the Study of Judaism, Christianity, and Graeco-Roman Culture in the Context of Wissenschaft Scholarship.' Modern Judaism, 33 (3). pp. 1-31.

Hezser, Catherine (2011) 'Neuere Forschungen zum Rabbinischen Judentum.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 136 (2). pp. 218-234.

Hezser, Catherine (2010) 'Oral and Written Communication and Transmission of Knowledge in Ancient Judaism and Christianity.' Oral Tradition, 25 (1). pp. 75-92.

Hezser, Catherine (2006) 'From Study House to Marketplace: Rabbinic Guidelines for the Economy of Roman Palestine.' Antiquité Tardive, 14. pp. 39-45.

Hezser, Catherine (2005) '‘Are You Protestant Jews, Or Roman Catholic Jews?’ - Literary Representations of Being Jewish in Ireland.' Modern Judaism, 25 (2). pp. 159-188.

Hezser, Catherine (2003) 'The Impact of Household Slaves On the Jewish Family in Roman Palestine.' Journal for the Study of Judaism, 34 (4). pp. 375-424.

Hezser, Catherine (2002) 'Shoah Survivors and the Second Generation in American Jewish Writing: Bernard Malamud, Rebecca Goldstein, Thane Rosenbaum.' Jewish Studies Quarterly, 9 (2). pp. 143-159.

Hezser, Catherine (2001) 'Freud’s Oedipus-Complex and the Problems of Jewish Assimilation in the Writings of Franz Kafka and Philip Roth.' Jewish Studies Quarterly, 8. pp. 248-278.

Hezser, Catherine (1997) '‘Joseph and Aseneth’ in the Context of Ancient Greek Erotic Novels.' Frankfurter Judaistische Beitraege, 24. pp. 1-40.

Hezser, Catherine (1996) 'Die Verwendung der Hellenistischen Gattung Chrie im frühen Christentum und Judentum.' Journal for the Study of Judaism, 27 (4). pp. 371-439.

Hezser, Catherine (1993) 'Social Fragmentation, Plurality of Opinion, and Nonobservance of Halakhah: Rabbis and Community in Late Roman Palestine.' Jewish Studies Quarterly, 1. pp. 234-251.

Book Reviews

Hezser, Catherine (2024) 'Review of: Andreas Lehnardt, Übersetzung des Talmud Yerushalmi, vol. 1.5: Seder Zeraim: Shevi’it, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023.' Review of Biblical Literature, 2024 .

Hezser, Catherine (2024) 'Review of: Ben Zion Rosenfeld, Credit and Usury in Jewish Society in the Mishnah and Talmud, Leiden: Brill, 2024.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 149 (10). pp. 917-919.

Hezser, Catherine (2023) 'Review of: Gail Labovitz, Massekhet Mo'ed Qatan. A Feminist Commentary on the Babylonian Talmud II/10, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 148 (1/2). pp. 19-20.

Hezser, Catherine (2022) 'Review of: Katell Berthelot, Jews and Their Roman Rivals: Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel (Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2021).' Journal for the Study of Judaism, 53 (4/5). pp. 579-581.

Hezser, Catherine (2022) 'Review of: Mira Balberg and Haim Weiss, When Near Becomes Far. Old Age in Rabbinic Literature (Oxford: OUP, 2021).' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 147 (6). pp. 547-549.

Hezser, Catherine (2022) 'Review of: T. Ilan et al. (eds.), Rabbinische Literatur, Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 2021.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 147 (1/2). pp. 45-47.

Hezser, Catherine (2022) 'Review of: Reuven Kiperwasser, Going West: Migrating Personae and Construction of the Self in Rabbinic Culture (Providence, RI: Brown Judaic Studies, 2021).' Journal for the Study of Judaism, 53 (3). pp. 445-447.

Hezser, Catherine (2022) 'Review of: Abigail Gillman, A History of German Jewish Bible Translation, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2018.' Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 21 (1). pp. 123-124.

Hezser, Catherine (2021) 'Review of: Hans Georg Thümmel: Ikonologie der christlichen Kunst, vol. 1: Alte Kirche. Paderborn: Schöningh (Brill) 2019.' Rottenburger Jahrbuchs für Kirchengeschichte, 39 . pp. 425-428.

Hezser, Catherine (2021) 'Review of: Francesco Zanella, Vergeltungsvorstellungen in der tannaitischen Literatur (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019).' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 146 (6). pp. 538-540.

Hezser, Catherine (2021) 'Review of: Michael Flexsenhar, Christians in Caesar’s Household: The Emperors’ Slaves in the Makings of Christianity (Pennsylvania State University Press 2019).' Review of Biblical Literature, 2021 .

Hezser, Catherine (2020) 'Review of: Eyal Ben-Eliyahu, Identity and Territory. Jewish Perceptions of Space in Antiquity (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019).' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 145 (10). pp. 920-922.

Hezser, Catherine (2020) 'Review of: Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretical Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 71 (2). pp. 440-443.

Hezser, Catherine (2020) 'Review of: Frauen im antiken Judentum und frühen Christentum, ed. Jörg Frey and Nicole Rupschus, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019.' Review of Biblical Literature .

Hezser, Catherine (2019) 'Review of: Ilana L. Ramelli, Social Justice and the Legitimacy of Slavery: The Role of Philosophical Asceticism from Ancient Judaism to Late Antiquity.' The Journal of Religion, 99 (3). pp. 395-397.

Hezser, Catherine (2019) 'Review of: Aidan Beatty and Dan O'Brien, eds. Irish Questions and Jewish Questions: Crossovers in Culture. Irish Studies. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2018.' Journal of British Studies, 58 (2). pp. 438-440.

Hezser, Catherine (2019) '"Review of: Richard Hidary, Rabbis and Classical Rhetoric. Sophistic Education and Oratory in the Talmud and Midrash, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017".' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 144 (1/2). pp. 49-51.

Hezser, Catherine (2018) '"Review of: Peter Schäfer, Zwei Götter m Himmel. Gottesvorstellungen in der jüdischen Antike. München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 2017".' Journal of Jewish Studies, 69 (2). pp. 417-419.

Hezser, Catherine (2017) 'Review of: Walter Homolka, Jesus Reclaimed. Jewish Perspectives on the Nazarene (New York: Berghahn Books, 2015); Jewish Jesus Research and its Challenge to Christology Today (Leiden: Brill, 2017).' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 142 (12). pp. 1320-1322.

Hezser, Catherine (2017) 'Review of: Jonathan S. Milgram, From Mesopotamia to the Mishnah. Tannaitic Inheritance Law in Its Legal and Social Contexts, Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 142 (11). pp. 1175-1177.

Hezser, Catherine (2017) 'Review of: Julia Watts Belser, Power, Ethics, and Ecology in Jewish Late Antiquity. Rabbinic Responses to Drought and Disaster. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 142 (3). pp. 188-190.

Hezser, Catherine (2017) 'Review of: Michal Bar-Asher Siegal, Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud, New York: CUP, 2013.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 68 (2). pp. 411-413.

Hezser, Catherine (2016) 'Review of: Jason Sion Mokhtarian, Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests. The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran, Oakland: University of California Press, 2015.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 141 (6). pp. 456-457.

Hezser, Catherine (2016) 'Review of: Uri Gabbay and Shai Secunda (eds), Encounters by the Rivers of Babylon. Scholarly Conversations Between Jews, Iranians and Babylonians in Antiquity. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 141 (5). pp. 453-456.

Hezser, Catherine (2016) 'Review of: Jane L. Kanarek, Biblical Narrative and the Formation of Rabbinic Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 141 (3). pp. 181-182.

Hezser, Catherine (2015) 'Review of: Christian C. 'Sahner, Among the Ruins: Syria Past and Present', London: Hurst and Company, 2014.' LSE Review of Books .

Hezser, Catherine (2015) 'Review of: Mira Balberg, Purity, Body, and Self in Early Rabbinic Literature, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2014.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 66 (2). pp. 442-444.

Hezser, Catherine (2015) 'Review of: Nikolsky, Ronit and Ilan, Tal (eds), Rabbinic Traditions Between Palestine and Babylonia, Leiden: Brill, 2014.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 66 (1). pp. 217-219.

Hezser, Catherine (2015) 'Review of: Thierry Murcia, Jésus dans le Talmud et la littérature rabbinique ancienne, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2014.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 140 (10). pp. 1071-1072.

Hezser, Catherine (2015) 'Review of: Vidas, Moulie: Tradition and Formation of the Talmud, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 66 (1). pp. 219-222.

Hezser, Catherine (2015) 'Review of: Weiss Halivni, David, The Formation of the Babylonian Talmud. Introduced, translated, and annotated by Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 66 (1). pp. 215-217.

Hezser, Catherine (2014) 'Review of: David Kaposi, Violence and Understanding in Gaza: The British Broadsheets' Coverage of the War, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.' LSE Review of Books .

Hezser, Catherine (2014) 'Review of: Sarah Ferber, 'Bioethics in Historical Perspective'. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.' LSE Review of Books .

Hezser, Catherine (2014) 'Review of: Marcel Danesi, 'The History of the Kiss! The Birth of Popular Culture', Palgrave Macmillan , 2013.' LSE Review of Books .

Hezser, Catherine (2014) 'Review of Jenny Labendz, 'Socratic Torah: Non-Jews in Rabbinic Intellectual Culture'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 65 (2). pp. 425-427.

Hezser, Catherine (2014) 'Review of: Alan Appelbaum, The Dynasty of the Jewish Patriarchs, Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 139 (7/8). pp. 859-861.

Hezser, Catherine (2014) 'Review of: Alexander Samely et al., 'Profiling Jewish Literature in Antiquity: An Inventory, from Second Temple Texts to the Talmud'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 65 (2). pp. 423-425.

Hezser, Catherine (2014) 'Review of: Katrin Pietzner, Bildung, Elite, und Konkurrenz. Heiden und Christen vor der Zeit Constantins, STAC 77, Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 139 (1). pp. 79-80.

Hezser, Catherine (2014) 'Review of: Margaret H. Williams, 'Jews in a Graeco-Roman Environment'. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 139 (5). pp. 561-563.

Hezser, Catherine (2014) '"Review of: Moshe Simon-Shoshan, Stories of the Law: Narrative Discourse and the Construction of Authority in the Mishnah, New York: Oxford University Press, 2012".' Journal of Semitic Studies, 59 (2). pp. 459-460.

Hezser, Catherine (2014) 'Review of: Rachel Neis, 'The Sense of Sight in Rabbinic Culture. Jewish Ways of Seeing in Late Antiquity'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 139 (5). pp. 557-559.

Hezser, Catherine (2014) 'Review of: Shai Secunda, The Iranian Talmud: Reading the Bavli in its Sasanian Context, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 139 (7/8). pp. 867-869.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Review of: Benjamin Isaac and Yuval Shahar, eds., Judaea-Palaestina, Babylon and Rome: Jews in Antiquity, Tuebingen: mohr Siebeck, 2012.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 138 (4). pp. 422-424.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Review of: Eyal Ben-Eliyahu, Yehudah Cohn, and Fergus Millar, 'Handbook of Jewish Literature from Late Antiquity, 135-700 CE'. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 76 (3). pp. 497-499.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Review of: Geoffrey Herman, 'A Prince Without a Kingdom: The Exilarch in the Sasanian Era'. Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 138 (7/8). pp. 790-792.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Review of: Hayim Lapin, Rabbis as Romans. The Rabbinic Movement in Palestine, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 138 (4). pp. 428-430.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Review of: Lutz Doering, Ancient Jewish Letters and the Beginnings of Christian Epistolography, Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 138 (6). pp. 665-667.

Hezser, Catherine (2013) 'Review of: Naftali S. Cohn, The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 138 (10). pp. 1077-1079.

Hezser, Catherine (2012) '"Review of: Peter J. Beck, Presenting History: Past and Present, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011".' LSE Review of Books, 2012 .

Hezser, Catherine (2012) 'Review of John A. Hall, 'Ernest Gellner: An Intellectual Biography'. London and New York: Verso. 2011.' LSE Review of Books .

Hezser, Catherine (2012) 'Review of: Moshe Halbertal, On Sacrifice. Princeton: Princeton University Press 2012.' LSE Review of Books .

Hezser, Catherine (2012) 'Review of Reuven Firestone, Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.' LSE Review of Books .

Hezser, Catherine (2012) 'Review of: Alexei Sivertsev, Judaism and Imperial Ideology in Late Antiquity, Cambridge: CUP, 2011.' Gnomon, 84 . pp. 760-761.

Hezser, Catherine (2012) 'Review of: Holger M. Zellentin, Rabbinic Parodies of Jewish and Christian Literature, TSAJ 139, Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck 2011.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 137 (1). pp. 32-33.

Hezser, Catherine (2012) 'Review of: Jodi Magness, 'Stone and Dung, Oil and Spit: Daily Life in the Time of Jesus'. Grand Rapids, MI, and Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2011.' The Journal of Theological Studies, 63 (1).

Hezser, Catherine (2012) 'Review of: Joseph Patrich, Studies in the Archaeology and History of Caesarea Maritima, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2011.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 137 (7-8). pp. 799-800.

Hezser, Catherine (2012) 'Review of: Korbinian Spann, Beschreibung und Wahrnehmung des Fremden in der rabbinischen Literatur, Bern 2010.' Orientalische Literaturzeitung, 107 (4-5). pp. 266-268.

Hezser, Catherine (2012) 'Review of: Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, Marina Rustow (eds.), "Jewish Studies at the Crossroads of Anthropology and History. Authority, Diaspora, Tradition". Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 137 (2). pp. 153-154.

Hezser, Catherine (2011) 'Review of: Johanna Erzberger, Kain, Abel und Israel. Die Rezeption von Gen 4,1-16 in rabbinischen Midraschim. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2011.' Orientalische Literaturzeitung, 106 (6). pp. 398-399.

Hezser, Catherine (2010) 'Review of Devora Steinmetz, Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law, Philadelphia 2008.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 61 (1). p. 178.

Hezser, Catherine (2010) 'Review of Gwynn Kessler, Conceiving Israel: The Foetus in Rabbinic Narratives, Philadelphia 2009.' Review of Biblical Literature .

Hezser, Catherine (2010) 'Review of Tal Ilan and Thomas Ziem, Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity, Part III: The Western Diaspora 333 BCE - 650 CE, Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2008.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 61 (1). pp. 178-179.

Hezser, Catherine (2010) 'Review of: Albert I. Baumgarten, Elias Bickerman as a Historian of the Jews. A Twentieth Century Tale, Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck 2010.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 135 (10). pp. 1080-1082.

Hezser, Catherine (2010) 'Review of: Eckart Reinmuth (ed.), Joseph und Aseneth. Eingeleitet, ediert, uebersetzt u.m. interpretierenden Essays versehen. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2009.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 135 (10). pp. 1086-1088.

Hezser, Catherine (2010) 'Review of: The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film, ed. John Lyden, London 2009.' Culture and Religion, 11 (3). pp. 305-307.

Hezser, Catherine (2009) 'Review of: Annelies Kuyt and Gerold Necker (eds.), 'Orient als Grenzbereich? Rabbinisches und ausserrabbinisches' Judentum, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2008.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 134 (3). pp. 283-284.

Hezser, Catherine (2009) 'Review of: David Brodsky, 'A Bride Without a Blessing: A Study in the Redaction and Content of Massekhet Kallah and Its Gemara', Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2006.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 60 (1). pp. 154-156.

Hezser, Catherine (2009) 'Review of: David Daube, The Deed and the Doer in the Bible. David Daube's Giffort Lectured, ed. Calum Carmichael. West Conshohoken, Penn.: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008.' Hebraic political studies, 4 (2). pp. 190-194.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Review of Israel J. Yuval, 'Two Nations in Your Womb: Perceptions of Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages'.' Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 76 (1). pp. 202-205.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Review of Alexander Samely, 'Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought. An Introduction'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 59 (2). pp. 328-329.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Review of Rivka Ulmer, ed., 'Discussing Cultural Differences. Text, Context, and Non-Text in Rabbinic Judaism', Lanham: University Press of America, 2007.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 133 (10). pp. 1055-1057.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Review of: Emmanuel Friedheim, 'Rabbinisme et Paganisme en Palestine romaine'. Etude historique des Realia talmudiques (I - IV siecles), Leiden: Brill, 2006.' Frankfurter Judaistische Beitraege, 34 . pp. 201-204.

Hezser, Catherine (2008) 'Review of: Juergen Zangenberg et al. (eds), 'Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Galilee'. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2007.' Frankfurter Judaistische Beitraege, 34 . pp. 204-208.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Peter Schäfer, 'Jesus in the Talmud'.' Review of Biblical Literature .

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Christopher Deacy, 'Faith in Films. Religious Themes in Contemporary Cinema'.' Culture and Religion, 8 (1). pp. 105-107.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Dagmar Börner-Klein, 'Pirke de-Rabbi Elieser'.' Jewish Quarterly Review, 97 (2). pp. 39-42.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of H.-J. Becker/C. Berner, 'Avot de-Rabbi-Natan. Synoptische Edition beider Versionen'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 58 (2). pp. 348-350.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Marc Bregman, 'The Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature: Studies in the Evolution of the Versions'.' Jewish Quarterly Review, 97 (2). pp. 39-42.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Ronen Reichman, 'Abduktives Denken und talmudische Argumentation'.' Theologische Literaturzeitung, 132 . pp. 150-152.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of S. Safrai, Z. Safrai, J. Schwartz, P.J. Tompson (eds), 'The Literature of the Sages, Second Part: Midrash and Targum, Liturgy, Poetry, Mysticism, Contracts, Inscriptions, Ancient Science and the Languages of Rabbinic Literature'. CRINT II.3a, Van Gorcum, 2006.' The Expository Times, 118 (11). pp. 570-571.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of Vered Noam, 'Megillat Ta’anit: Versions, Interpretation, History [Hebr.]'.' Jewish Quarterly Review, 97 (2). pp. 39-42.

Hezser, Catherine (2007) 'Review of: Stuart S. Miller, 'Sages and Commoners in Late Antique Erez Israel. A Philological Inquiry into Local Traditions in Talmud Yerushalmi'. Tuebingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2006.' Jahrbuch fuer Antike und Christentum, 50 . pp. 220-222.

Hezser, Catherine (2006) 'Review of Eliezer Diamond, 'Holy Men and Hunger Artists. Fasting and Asceticism in Rabbinic Culture'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 57 (2). pp. 358-360.

Hezser, Catherine (2006) 'Review of Jacob Neusner, 'The Social Teaching of Rabbinic Judaism'.' Orientalische Literaturzeitung, 101 (1). pp. 56-59.

Hezser, Catherine (2006) 'Review of Michael Fishbane, 'Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 57 (2). pp. 350-352.

Hezser, Catherine (2006) 'Review of Rabbi Chaim Malinowitz (ed.), 'The Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud Yerushalmi'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 57 (2). pp. 356-358.

Hezser, Catherine (2005) 'Review of Azzan Yadin 'Scripture as Logos: Rabbi Ishmael and the Origins of Midrash'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 56 (2). pp. 349-350.

Hezser, Catherine (2005) 'Review of David Instone-Brewer, 'Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament, vol.1: Prayer and Agriculture'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 56 (2). pp. 347-349.

Hezser, Catherine (2005) 'Review of Elke Tönges, 'Unser Vater im Himmel: Die Bezeichnung Gottes als Vater in der tannaitischen Literatur'.' Orientalische Literaturzeitung, 100 (1). pp. 76-80.

Hezser, Catherine (2005) 'Review of Sacha Stern, 'Time and Process in Ancient Judaism'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 56 (2). pp. 350-352.

Hezser, Catherine (2004) 'Review of Ray Rivlin, 'Shalom Ireland: A Social History of the Jews in Modern Ireland'.' Times Literary Supplement, 5 (1).

Hezser, Catherine (2004) 'Review of Guiseppe Veltri, 'Gegenwart der Tradition. Studien zur jüdischen Literatur und Kulturgeschichte'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 55 (1). pp. 176-178.

Hezser, Catherine (2004) 'Review of Michael Satlow, 'Jewish Marriage in Antiquity'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 55 (1). pp. 178-180.

Hezser, Catherine (2003) 'Review of Alexander Samely, 'Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah'.' Journal of Jewish Studies, 54 (1). pp. 167-168.

Hezser, Catherine (2003) 'Review of Jennifer Glancy, 'Slavery in Early Christianity'.' Scripta Classica Israelica, 22 . pp. 1-3.

Hezser, Catherine (2002) 'Review of Calum E. Carmichael (ed.), 'Essays on Law and Religion. The Berkeley and Oxford Symposia in Honour of David Daube'.' Journal of Law and Religion, 17 . pp. 137-140.

Hezser, Catherine (2002) 'Review of Louis Jacobs, 'A Tree of Life. Diversity, Flexibility, and Creativity in Jewish Law'.' Journal of Law and Religion, 17 . pp. 133-136.

Hezser, Catherine (2002) 'Review of Phyllis Holman, 'Weisbard and David Schonberg, Jewish Law: Bibliography of Sources and Scholarship in English'.' Journal of Law and Religion, 17 . pp. 141-142.

Hezser, Catherine (2000) 'Review of Hans-Jürgen Becker, 'Die grossen rabbinischen Sammelwerke Palästinas. Zur literarischen Genese von Talmud Yerushalmi und Midrash Bereshit Rabba'.' Journal for the Study of Judaism, 31 (3). pp. 305-308.

Hezser, Catherine (2000) 'Review of Tal Ilan, 'Integrating Women into Second Temple History'.' Frankfurter Judaistische Beitraege, 27 . pp. 157-164.