Timothy Langille

This dissertation looks at ways in which memories of traumatic events are revisited and reshaped by mnemonic communities during the Second Temple period. I focus on the social dimensions of traumatic memory that shape collective identity. I consider ways in which the earlier sit…

This thesis examines genres of history and the formation of historical discourses in ancient Israel, Mesopotamia, and Greece. After discussing the didactic nature of historical narratives, the formation of historical narratives, and genre negotiations in the ancient Near East an…