Lecturer
DPhil (Ancient History), Oxford University
MPhil (Greek and Roman History), Oxford University
BAHons (Latin Language and Literature), University of Cape Town
Email: ursulaw@sun.ac.za
Curriculum Vitae
Areas of Specialisation
Greek language and literature
Jewish history and literature in the Roman world (esp. Josephus, Philo)
Greek political thought and its reception in the Roman period
Greek and Roman historiography
Current Projects
A Jewish Lawgiver in a Greek World: Moses in Josephus' Antiquities in light of Plutarch's Lives (monograph)
'Moses in Egypt and Ethiopia according to Josephus': an article examining the extra-biblical material in Josephus' retelling of Exodus 2 in his Antiquities (2.200-256)
Courses in 2022
Greek 178 (Intro to Ancient Greek)
Greek 244 (Selected texts from the Septuagint, Plato, and Greek orators)
Selected Publications
Review of P. R. Bosman (ed.), Intellectual and Empire in Greco-Roman Antiquity, Acta Classica 64 (2021)
Review of Steve Mason, A History of the Jewish War, AD 66–74, Journal of Jewish Studies 68 (2017), 189-93
‘Domitian’s Attitude to the Jews and Judaism’ [Undergraduate Essay prize], Akroterion 58 (2013)
Awards
Clarendon Fund and Littman Trust Scholarship (2017-2020, for doctoral study at Oxford)
Ertegun Graduate Scholarship in the Humanities (2015-2017, for graduate study at Oxford)
