Religion

Meet the new associate editor of the "Journal of Religion and Popular Culture."

What exactly is the Mishnah? Author Ishay Rosen-Zvi scratches the surface of one of the most daring Jewish intellectual projects of antiquity.

From studies of fossilized pollen, which shed light on peoples’ use of the land, to the recovery of ancient human genomes, which help us reimagine group identities, social cohesion, and migration, the paleosciences now contribute regularly to the study of Late Antiquity.