Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Rotem Avneri Meir (PhD, Helsinki) specializes in ancient Jewish history and religion with broader interests in the politics and cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires at the University of Helsinki. Drawing from the field of empire studies and building on social-scientific methodologies, his work retraces how imperial powers shaped local communities, cultures, and religious practices in the Southern Levant during the Late Persian and Hellenistic periods.
Rotem recently completed his PhD that examined the emergence of the Hasmonean dynasty within the Seleucid empire, highlighting how the early Hasmonean dynasts (namely, Jonathan, Simon, and Hyrkanos; ca. 160–110 BCE) conceived their hegemony in Judea within the context of existing imperial court circles rather than as a replacement for the Seleucid Empire.
In his current project, Rotem explores how ancient communication and information systems affected the way local Jewish communities experienced and understood social and political power, the divine, and the self in the Persian and Hellenistic periods.
Education/Academic qualification
History and Cultural Heritage, PhD, University of Helsinki
… → 2023
Award Date: 12 Dec 2023
Ancient History, MA, Tel Aviv University
… → 2017
Award Date: 27 Nov 2017
Fields of Science
- 615 History and Archaeology
- Hellenistic Period
- Classics
- Ancient Near Eastern Studies
- Second Temple Judaism
- Seleukid Empire
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Forgetting the Seleucids: The Afterlife of Antiochus III’s Decree
Avneri Meir, R., 6 May 2024, In: Journal of Ancient Judaism. 15, 2, p. 263-294 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Functional Differentiation in 1 Maccabees: Exploring Second Century BCE Judean Society Through the Character of Jonathan Apphus
Avneri Meir, R., Jokiranta, J. & Spunaugle, A., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Ancient History. 12, 2, p. 281-299 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Introduction: Antiochus III's Decrees for Jerusalem and the Issue of Comparison
Avneri Meir, R. & Rhyder, J., 19 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Ancient Judaism. 15, 2, p. 175-180 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
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John van Maaren: The Boundaries of Jewishness in the Southern Levant 200 BCE–132 CE: Power, Strategies, and Ethnic Configurations. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022. [Book review]
Avneri Meir, R., 2024, In: Revue de Qumran. 36, 2, p. 305-307 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
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Social Biographies of the Ancient World. Studying ’Ahatabu, Jonathan, and Babatha through a Bourdieusian Approach: Towards a New Historiographical Habitus
Silverman, J. M., Aissaoui, A., Avneri Meir, R., Jokiranta, J., Nikki, N., Spunaugle, A., Töyräänvuori, J., Wallis, C. & Wasmuth, M., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Ancient History. 12, 2, p. 189-203 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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ANEE: Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires
Silverman, J. M. (Project manager), Auranne, T. (Participant), Avneri Meir, R. (Participant), Champion, M. (Participant), Eklund, L. A. (Participant), Liikanen, C. S. (Participant), Pfoh, E. (Participant), Spunaugle, A. (Participant) & Töyräänvuori, J. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research Council of Finland: Centre of Exellence
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ANEE: Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires
Silverman, J. M. (Principal Investigator), Svärd, S. (Project manager), Lahelma, A. (Principal Investigator), Nikki, N. (Participant), Töyräänvuori, J. (Participant), Jokiranta, J. (Participant), Laine, L. (Participant), Kletter, R. (Participant), Bonnie, R. (Participant), Thomas, S. (Participant), Holmqvist-Sipilä, E. (Participant), Kouki, P. (Participant), Wasmuth, M. (Participant), Wallis, C. (Participant), Lorenzon, M. (Participant), Jauhiainen, H. (Participant), Jauhiainen, T. (Participant), Alstola, T. (Participant), Bach, J. (Participant), Fink, S. (Participant), Konstantopoulos, G. (Participant), Zaia, S. (Participant), Sahala, A. (Participant), Miettunen, P. H. (Participant), Avneri Meir, R. (Participant), Aissaoui, A. I. (Participant), Arpe, O. P. (Participant), Luukko, M. I. (Participant), Kovanen, H. (Participant), Linden, K. (Participant), Bennett, E. R. (Participant), Saari, S. (Participant), Vanderstraeten, E. (Participant), Autere, K. (Participant), Debourse, C. H. I. (Participant), Kailamäki, U. (Participant), Kautonen, S. K. (Participant), Spunaugle, A. (Participant), Tambs, L. (Participant), Jones, C. W. (Participant), Wijnsma, U. Z. (Participant), Valk, J. (Participant), Gheorghiade, P. (Participant), Autere, K. (Participant), Uotila, R. (Participant), Reinikainen, S. J. J. (Participant), Cutillas Victoria, B. (Participant), Holappa, M. (Participant), Kletter, R. (Participant), Smith, S. L. (Participant) & Pfoh, E. (Participant)
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
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Team 2: Social Scientific Theory and Applications
Silverman, J. M. (Project manager), Jokiranta, J. (Participant), Laine, L. (Participant), Töyräänvuori, J. (Participant), Kletter, R. (Participant), Nikki, N. (Participant), Wallis, C. (Participant), Wasmuth, M. (Participant), Aissaoui, A. I. (Participant), Arpe, O. P. (Participant), Avneri Meir, R. (Participant), Spunaugle, A. (Participant) & Pfoh, E. (Participant)
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research project
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HSSH Catalyst 2023 Ancient Labor Network
Silverman, J. M. (Project manager), Pfoh, E. (Participant), Spunaugle, A. (Participant), Avneri Meir, R. (Participant), Töyräänvuori, J. (Participant), Valk, J. (Participant), Kletter, R. (Participant), Wallis, C. (Participant), Tuori, K. (CoIlaborator), Simelius, S. (CoIlaborator), Kahlos, M. (CoIlaborator), Eloranta, J. (CoIlaborator) & Alstola, T. (Participant)
01/01/2024 → 30/11/2024
Project: Other project
Prizes
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Association of Ancient Historians Subvention Award
Avneri Meir, R. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prizes and awards
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European Association of Biblical Studies Student Prize
Avneri Meir, R. (Recipient), 11 Aug 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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69th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
Avneri Meir, R. (Speaker: Presenter)
9 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Association of Ancient Historians Annual Meeting 2024
Avneri Meir, R. (Speaker: Presenter)
19 Apr 2024 → 21 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 2024
Avneri Meir, R. (Speaker: Presenter)
25 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, The Faculty of Humanities
Avneri Meir, R. (Visiting researcher)
10 Feb 2024 → 24 Mar 2024Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
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The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature Greenfield Seminar
Avneri Meir, R. (Keynote speaker)
13 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation