Yonatan Adler
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Yonatan Adler
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Archaeology and Early Judaism
Associate Professor
@arieluniversity

Author of:
The Origins of Judaism (Yale 2022)
Between Yahwism and Judaism (Cambridge 2025)
This is a great opportunity to try crowdsourcing this problem.
Any ideas?

R. Reich, “The Asymmetrical Pottery Flask of the Early Roman (= Late Second Temple) Period in Judea,” RB 132/4 (2025): 578–604.

For the full article (behind a paywall):
poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...

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January 20, 2026 at 1:29 PM
They appear in the Hasmonean period and disappear after 70 CE.

Reich tried, but ultimately was unable to suggest a plausible explanation for the strange shape, unique distribution, distinct chronology and ultimate function of these very odd vessels.

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January 20, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
My talk (in English) starts at 16:00, following a very kind introduction by Prof. Reinhard Kratz (in German):
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Thema „Becoming “Israel”: The Jewish Reception of a Biblical Identity“
YouTube video by Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften
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November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Needless to say, I very much look forward to hearing what he has to say.

To sign up for the (free!) webinar:

www.lockdownuniversity.org/lectures/281...
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When Did Judaism Begin? - Lockdown University
This talk introduces the groundbreaking work of Yonatan Adler in the context of arguing that Judaism as a set of daily practices familiar to us only came into being during the Hasmonaean dynasty in th...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM