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Tony Keddie is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Associate Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, and Fellow of the Ronald Nelson Smith Chair in Classics and Christian Origins at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Classics and is a faculty affiliate of the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies and the Department of Middle Eastern Studies.
His educational background includes:
- B.A. in Religion from Temple University
- M.A.R. in Second Temple Judaism from Yale Divinity School
- Ph.D. in Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean from the University of Texas at Austin
Keddie is a social historian whose research focuses on the literary and material remains of Jews and Christians from the Hellenistic period through late antiquity, as well as the modern politics of biblical interpretation. His work bridges multiple disciplines, examining how socioeconomic factors shaped religious developments in the ancient Mediterranean world. He has made significant contributions to understanding the intersections of religion, class, and empire in early Christian and Jewish contexts, with particular attention to apocalyptic literature and the archaeology of religious practice.
His publications reveal a consistent focus on socioeconomic analysis of ancient religious texts and practices, with recent work increasingly centered on labor and religion in the Roman Empire. His research demonstrates how religious texts both reflected and shaped social structures, particularly regarding class distinctions and economic practices in ancient Jewish and Christian communities.
His scholarly recognition includes:
- Society of Biblical Literature's Regional Scholar Award
- Fellowship from the Albright Institute in Jerusalem
- Grants from the American Council of Learned Societies
- Grants from the Charlotte Newcombe Foundation
- Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Keddie has received multiple competitive research grants supporting his archaeological and textual work. He is particularly active in the Society of Biblical Literature, where he serves on the Steering Committee of the Archaeology of Religion in the Roman World program unit and has chaired the Social-Scientific Criticism of the New Testament program unit. His editorial work includes serving on the Journal for the Study of Judaism's Editorial Board and co-editing several significant academic volumes.
His current research involves archaeological investigation of everyday Christian experiences in late-antique Rough Cilicia and Isuaria (modern south-central coast of Türkiye), alongside theoretical work on the intersections of religion and labor in the Roman Empire.
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