Michael Daise
Endowed Professor of Judaic Studies in Religious Studies; Department Chair
Email:
[[madais]]
Interests:
Early Judaism and nascent Christianity.
Office:
Wren 201
Profile
Professor Daise teaches courses in early Judaism, the origins of Christianity and the New Testament for both the Department of Religious Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies. His research centers on the Judaic milieu in which Christianity emerged, and from that vantage point he has written on an array of sub-disciplines in both these fields—primarily Johannine studies, for which he has written two monographs; but also the literature from Khirbet Qumran, ritual in the Second Temple Period, Jesus in history, early Jewish and Christian interpretation of the Jewish scriptures, the Samaritans, the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and Koine Greek. For his courses, he periodically offers electives drawn from several of these interests. His chief concern, however, is to furnish broad surveys of formative Judaism and nascent Christianity, and to that end he regularly teaches three seminars: ‘Christian Origins’ covers Christianity from Jesus to Irenaeus; ‘Judaism before the Rabbis’ covers Judaism from the 6th century BCE to the 1st century CE; and ‘Rabbis and Fathers’ covers both the patristic period (for Christianity) and the rabbinic period (for Judaism).
Courses:
- RELG 204 Christian Origins
- RELG 315 Judaism Before the Rabbis
- RELG 316 Rabbis and Fathers
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