Jeremy Steinberg is a scholar of the religions of the ancient Mediterranean. His dissertation titled "How The Bible Became Literature: Jewish Assumptions About the Nature of Text in the Hellenistic Period," examines the manner in which the Hebrew Bible came to be assimilated into the discourses and categories of Greek literary composition in the period from the second century BCE to the first century CE. He situates his research interests at the intersection of Religious Studies and Classical Studies, predicating his scholarship on the premise that Jews were fully integrated participants in classical culture. He is also interested in ancient formulations of Jewish identity, particularly in the western Diaspora.
During his time at Penn, Jeremy served as co-chair of the Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins.
PhD in Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2025
MA (incidental) in Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2023
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Classical Languages, University of Pennsylvania, 2019
BA in Religion (minor in Classical Culture & Society), Haverford College, 2016
Hellenistic Judaism
Literary Culture
Biblical Reception
Judaism
Christianity
As Instructor of Record
Gender, Sexuality, and Religion, Fall 2023
As Teaching Assistant
Religion and Sports, Spring 2022
Gender, Sexuality, and Religion, Fall 2021
Jews and Judaism in Antiquity, Spring 2021
Religions of the West, Fall 2020
Society of Biblical Literature
Association for Jewish Studies
Society for Classical Studies
Phi Beta Kappa Society