Martin Goodman is Professor of Jewish Studies at Oxford University, a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, and Lecturer in Roman History at Christ Church, Oxford. He has edited both the Journal of Roman Studies and the Journal of Jewish Studies. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a former President of the British Association for Jewish Studies, a former secretary of the European Association of Jewish Studies and President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. His books include State and Society in Roman Galilee AD 132–212, (2nd edition, 2000) and Rome and Jerusalem: the clash of ancient civilisations (2007).