Religious Texts and Traditions in Antiquity: an Introduction

The research cluster “Antiquity”, chaired by Prof.dr. Arie van der Kooij, coordinates research on religious texts and traditions of Jews, Christians and other religious groups in antiquity.

Religious texts are examined from several perspectives – text critical, historical, philological, literary, sociological and ideological – and interpreted on the background of the context and cultures of their time. Attention is also paid to the study of non-textual sources on ancient religion and culture, such as, e. g., archaeology (excavations in Galilee).