# 87. Sefer Yosippon | Dr. Carson Bay

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Podcast: [The Podcast of Jewish Ideas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-podcast-of-jewish-ideas-6220623)
Published: 2026-02-26T19:14:41+00:00
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J.J. and Dr. Carson Bay crack open this recondite work of Jewish history and myth-making . If you or your business are interested in sponsoring an episode or mini-series, please reach out at podcasts@torahinmotion.org Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights! Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice. We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcasts Carson Bay is a scholar of Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian antiquity whose interests and expertise span across languages and literatures of the ancient Mediterranean and medieval Europe. Before joining UATX in 2025 he was a Research Associate at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and a post-doctoral fellow within the international project Co-Produced Religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam . He was previously a post-doc at the University Bern, Switzerland, where he was part of the Swiss National Science Foundation research project Lege Josephum! Ways of Reading Josephus in the Latin Middle Ages . After a B.S. in Biblical Studies at Moody Bible Institute – Spokane and an M.A. in Theology & Religious Studies a John Carroll University, he completed an M.A. in Classics and a Ph.D. in Religions of Western Antiquity at Florida State University, during which time he spent a year as a Fulbright Graduate Fellow at the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum of the University of Münster, Germany. Grounded in the writings and methods of Classics and Biblical Studies, his research and teaching target broad questions of how texts, language, and concepts interact with individuals, society, and culture, historically and today. He specializes in the Greek writings of Flavius Josephus and their…

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