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Home»People»Faculty»Core Faculty»Moulie Vidas

Moulie Vidas

Associate Professor of Religion and the Program in Judaic Studies

Position: Core Faculty

134 - 1879 Hall

609-258-1909

mvidas@Princeton.edu

Field: Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity

Courses

Moulie Vidas joined the faculty in 2012. His recent publications include Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud (Princeton University Press, 2014) and a collection of essays, co-edited with Catherine Chin, titled Late Ancient Knowing: Explorations in Intellectual History (University of California Press, 2015). He serves on the editorial boards of the book series Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism and The Journal of Religion in the Roman Empire. He is currently working on a book titled The Emergence of Talmudic Culture: Scholarship and Religion in Late Ancient Palestine.

In addition to his appointments in the Religion Department and the Program in Judaic Studies, Vidas is associated with the Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity, the Program in the Ancient World, the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. He serves as Director of Graduate Studies for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Courses – Fall 2020

REL 244 / NES 244 / MED 246: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Their Emergence in Antiquity
(HA) Graded A-F, P/D/F, Audit Total Course Enrollment no limit
Professor(s): Moulie Vidas
11:00am – 11:50am TTH Lecture/Precept
Department Area Requirement: Ancient Mediterranean

REL 525: Religions of Late Antiquity Workshop
Graded */aud Total Enrollment 10
Professor(s): Moulie Vidas
12:00 pm – 01:30 pm T

Courses – Fall 2019

REL 244 /NES 244 /MED 246 (HA) Graded A-F, P/D/F, Audit
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Their Emergence in Antiquity
Professor(s): Moulie Vidas
1:30 pm-2:20 T Th
Department Area Requirement: Ancient Mediterranean
*Critical Approaches to the Study of Religion*

REL 513/HIS 534
Studies in Ancient Judaism
Transcript Topic Title: Scholars and their Critics */AUD
Yaacob Dweck & Moulie Vidas
9:00am-11:50 Th

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