Draft:Noah Hacham

Noah Hacham is an Israeli scholar specializing in the history of diaspora Jewry during the periods of the Second Temple, the Mishna and the Talmud, with a particular focus on Jewish literature and society in the Hellenistic and Roman eras. He is known for his research on Jewish thought and its interactions with the broader Greco-Roman culture, especially within the Jewish diaspora of the period, and for his exploration of rabbinic sources within their historical context. He is a senior lecturer in the Dept. of Jewish History and Contemporary Judaism and the head of the Mandell institute for Jewish studies in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Early Life and Education
Noah Hacham was born in Israel to bible scholar and author Amos Hakham, Hacham is an only child. He pursued his higher education at first at the Open University, where he completed his BA in Jewish history, and then at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he aqcuired his MA in Jewish History, and wrote his Ph.D. thesis under the supervision of Professor Daniel R. Schwartz, completing it in 2002. His doctoral dissertation provides a critical analysis of the book of 3 Maccabees from the perspectives of the ideology of its author, the hisorical context it was written in and contemporary literature.

Academic Career
Hacham began his academic career at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he has held various positions in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry. Hacham is a senior lecturer for Jewish History in the department of Jewish History and Contemporary Judaism at the Hebrew University and is the current head of the Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies.

Research and Contributions
Hacham has published extensively on topics such as 3 Maccabees, the book of Tobit, the writings of Philo of Alexandria, and the Jewish historian Josephus. He, together with Tal Ilan, is currently leading the editing team of Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum, a collection of all the papyrological material related to Jews from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods, incorporating the work done by Itzhak Fikhman and following the legacies of Victor Tcherikover, Alexander Fuks and Menachem Stern. Hacham's research often focuses on the ways Jewish communities navigated their identities and traditions within the dominant Greco-Roman culture.

Sparta and the Jews
In 2018, a conference was held in Athens which explored the relationship between the Jewish people and the ancient Spartans. Dr. Noah Hacham was invited to lecture on the academic dispute regarding the nature of the relationship. He noted that there is no mention in the bible of a relationship between the ancient Judeans and Israelites with the ancient Spartans. He lectured on the book of the 2 Macabees, of its author and the relationship between Jews and Spartans based on interactions during the Hasmoneon period, reaching the conclusion that there was a relationship between the ancient Jews and Spartans. Hacham said that the Spartans asked the Hasmoneons for assistance in their campaign against the Macedonian kingdom.

Books

 * Noah Hacham and Tal Ilan (eds.), Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum, Volume 4: The Ptolemaic Period (323 BCE–30 BCE), Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston & Hebrew University Magnes Press, Jerusalem, 2020
 * Noah Hacham and Tal Ilan (eds.), Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum, Volume 5: The Early-Roman Period (30 BCE–117 CE), Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston & Hebrew University Magnes Press, Jerusalem, 2022

External link

 * Noah Hacham in researchgate.net
 * Noah Hacham google scholar
 * Noah Hacham, the National Library of Israel