# Publications Below is a searchable list of all my publications, organized by date. [A list of publications]() can also be found in my CV. Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 44 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by Year of PublicationAlphabetical A-Z sort ## 44 results Download 44 citations download- [BibTeX](/node/723696/export?format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/node/723696/export?format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/node/723696/export?format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/node/723696/export?format=tagged) - [Marc](/node/723696/export?format=marc) - [PubMedId](/node/723696/export?format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/node/723696/export?format=ris) ### Forthcoming . “[Leviticus 17 and the Boundaries of the Holiness Legislation](/publication/leviticus-17-and-boundaries-holiness-legislation)”. In Priestly Texts and Traditions: Thirty Years After Israel Knohl’s The Sanctuary of Silence. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht . “[Leviticus 17 and the Boundaries of the Holiness Legislation](/publication/leviticus-17-and-boundaries-holiness-legislation)”. In Priestly Texts and Traditions: Thirty Years After Israel Knohl’s The Sanctuary of Silence. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht ### 2026 2026. [The Scrolls of the Torah: Material, Compositional, and Interpretive Perspectives](/publication/scrolls-torah-material-compositional-and-interpretive-perspectives). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2026. [The Scrolls of the Torah: Material, Compositional, and Interpretive Perspectives](/publication/scrolls-torah-material-compositional-and-interpretive-perspectives). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Julia Rhyder. 2026. “[Priest, Priesthood (Judaism, Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism)](/publication/priest-priesthood-judaism-second-temple-and-hellenistic-judaism)”. In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, 25:Pp. 587–92. Leuven: Brill Julia Rhyder. 2026. “[Priest, Priesthood (Judaism, Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism)](/publication/priest-priesthood-judaism-second-temple-and-hellenistic-judaism)”. In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, 25:Pp. 587–92. Leuven: Brill 2026. “[Scribal Groups, Priestly Factions, and the Formation of the Pentateuch: The Laws of Priestly Blemishes (Lev 21:16–23) As a Case Study and a Warning](/publication/scribal-groups-priestly-factions-and-formation-pentateuch-laws-priestly-blemishes-lev)”. In The Scrolls of the Torah: Material, Compositional, and Interpretive Perspectives, Pp. 121–134. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2026. “[Scribal Groups, Priestly Factions, and the Formation of the Pentateuch: The Laws of Priestly Blemishes (Lev 21:16–23) As a Case Study and a Warning](/publication/scribal-groups-priestly-factions-and-formation-pentateuch-laws-priestly-blemishes-lev)”. In The Scrolls of the Torah: Material, Compositional, and Interpretive Perspectives, Pp. 121–134. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck ### 2025 Christophe Nihan and Julia Rhyder. 2025. “[Purity and Pollution in the Hebrew Bible: The State of the Discussion and Future Perspectives](/publications/purity-and-pollution-hebrew-bible-state-discussion-and-future-perspectives)”. In Purity in Ancient Judaism: Text, Contexts, and Concept, edited by Lutz Doering and Jörg Frey, Pp. 13–59. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Christophe Nihan and Julia Rhyder. 2025. “[Purity and Pollution in the Hebrew Bible: The State of the Discussion and Future Perspectives](/publications/purity-and-pollution-hebrew-bible-state-discussion-and-future-perspectives)”. In Purity in Ancient Judaism: Text, Contexts, and Concept, edited by Lutz Doering and Jörg Frey, Pp. 13–59. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract This essay (published Open Access) offers a synthesis of several key issues in the study of purity and pollution in the Hebrew Bible in light of recent research. We start from the premise that current scholarly debates need to (a) better acknowledge the... Julia Rhyder. 2025. “[Pig, Pigs (Judaism, Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism)](/publication/pig-pigs-judaism-second-temple-and-hellenistic-judaism)”. In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, 24:Pp. 636–37. Leuven: Brill Julia Rhyder. 2025. “[Pig, Pigs (Judaism, Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism)](/publication/pig-pigs-judaism-second-temple-and-hellenistic-judaism)”. In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, 24:Pp. 636–37. Leuven: Brill Julia Rhyder. 2025. “[Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew Bible Old Testament)](/publication/pilgrimage-festivals-hebrew-bibleold-testament)”. In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, 24:Pp. 729–30. Leuven: Brill Julia Rhyder. 2025. “[Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew Bible Old Testament)](/publication/pilgrimage-festivals-hebrew-bibleold-testament)”. In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, 24:Pp. 729–30. Leuven: Brill ### 2024 2024. [Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean](/publications/collective-violence-and-memory-ancient-mediterranean). Leuven: Brill 2024. [Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean](/publications/collective-violence-and-memory-ancient-mediterranean). Leuven: Brill - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdf9789004683174\_offprint.pd...](/sites/g/files/omnuum4711/files/juliarhyder/files/9789004683174_offprint.pdf) This book reveals how violent pasts were constructed by ancient Mediterranean societies, the ideologies they served, and the socio-political processes and institutions they facilitated. Combining case studies from Anatolia, Egypt, Greece, Israel/Judah... - [ picture\_as\_pdf9789004683174\_offprint.pd...](/sites/g/files/omnuum4711/files/juliarhyder/files/9789004683174_offprint.pdf) Julia Rhyder. 2024. “[Hellenizing Hanukkah: The Commemoration of Military Victory in the Books of the Maccabees](/publications/hellenizing-hanukkah-commemoration-military-victory-books-maccabees)”. In Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean, edited by Sonja Ammann, Helge Bezold, Stephen Germany, and Julia Rhyder, Pp. 92–109. Leiden: Brill Julia Rhyder. 2024. “[Hellenizing Hanukkah: The Commemoration of Military Victory in the Books of the Maccabees](/publications/hellenizing-hanukkah-commemoration-military-victory-books-maccabees)”. In Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean, edited by Sonja Ammann, Helge Bezold, Stephen Germany, and Julia Rhyder, Pp. 92–109. Leiden: Brill - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdf9789004683174\_rhyder\_offp...](/sites/g/files/omnuum4711/files/juliarhyder/files/9789004683174_rhyder_offprint.pdf) Early Jewish writings are replete with narratives of warfare and collective violence. Yet relatively little scholarly attention has been paid to how these accounts of violence affected the way Jews structured their festal calendar. This essay examines the... - [ picture\_as\_pdf9789004683174\_rhyder\_offp...](/sites/g/files/omnuum4711/files/juliarhyder/files/9789004683174_rhyder_offprint.pdf) Julia Rhyder. 2024. “[Purity, Cult, and Empire: Antiochus III’s Proclamation Concerning the Temple and City in Jerusalem](/publications/purity-cult-and-empire-antiochus-iiis-proclamation-concerning-temple-and)”. Journal of Ancient Judaism, 15 Julia Rhyder. 2024. “[Purity, Cult, and Empire: Antiochus III’s Proclamation Concerning the Temple and City in Jerusalem](/publications/purity-cult-and-empire-antiochus-iiis-proclamation-concerning-temple-and)”. Journal of Ancient Judaism, 15 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](doi:10.30965/2196795x4-bja10059) This article analyzes the proclamation of Antiochus III concerning the temple and city of Jerusalem, quoted in Ant. 12.145–46, in light of three sets of evidence: Greek comparative materials from the broader Mediterranean world; biblical and Second Temple... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](doi:10.30965/2196795x4-bja10059) 2024. “[Antiochus III’s Decrees for Jerusalem: Between Imperial Stress and Local Agency. Special Issue of Journal of Ancient Judaism](https://brill.com/view/journals/jaj/15/2/jaj.15.issue-2.xml)” 2024. “[Antiochus III’s Decrees for Jerusalem: Between Imperial Stress and Local Agency. Special Issue of Journal of Ancient Judaism](https://brill.com/view/journals/jaj/15/2/jaj.15.issue-2.xml)” - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://brill.com/view/journals/jaj/15/2/jaj.15.issue-2.xml) - [ picture\_as\_pdfjaj\_cover\_avneri\_meir\_rhy...](/sites/g/files/omnuum4711/files/juliarhyder/files/jaj_cover_avneri_meir_rhyder_2024.pdf) This special issue explores the two edicts issued by the Seleucid king Antiochus III for Jerusalem that are preserved in Josephus’s Antiquities book 12 (§§ 138–46), and reassesses their significance for understanding Jewish history in the time of Seleucid... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://brill.com/view/journals/jaj/15/2/jaj.15.issue-2.xml) - [ picture\_as\_pdfjaj\_cover\_avneri\_meir\_rhy...](/sites/g/files/omnuum4711/files/juliarhyder/files/jaj_cover_avneri_meir_rhyder_2024.pdf) Rotem Avneri Meir and Julia Rhyder. 2024. “[Introduction: Antiochus III’s Decrees for Jerusalem and the Issue of Comparison](/publications/%E2%80%9Cintroduction-antiochus-iii-and-issue-comparison)”. Antiochus III’s Decrees for Jerusalem: Between Imperial Stress and Local Agency, Special Issue of the Journal of Ancient Judaism, 15, 2, Pp. 175–80 Rotem Avneri Meir and Julia Rhyder. 2024. “[Introduction: Antiochus III’s Decrees for Jerusalem and the Issue of Comparison](/publications/%E2%80%9Cintroduction-antiochus-iii-and-issue-comparison)”. Antiochus III’s Decrees for Jerusalem: Between Imperial Stress and Local Agency, Special Issue of the Journal of Ancient Judaism, 15, 2, Pp. 175–80 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://brill.com/view/journals/jaj/15/2/article-p175_1.xml) - [ picture\_as\_pdfr.\_avneri\_meir\_and\_j.\_rhy...](/sites/g/files/omnuum4711/files/juliarhyder/files/r._avneri_meir_and_j._rhyder._introduction._antiochus_iiis_decrees_for_jerusalem_and_the_issue_of_comparison.22pdf.pdf) This article provides an introduction to the special issue of the Journal of Ancient Judaism entitled "Antiochus III’s Decrees for Jerusalem: Between Imperial Stress and Local Agency." 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