# Event Details - **Event Name**: Re-reading Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt with Hecataeus of Abdera - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm - **Event Description**: "Re-reading the Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt with Hecataeus of Abdera" by Stéphanie BinderAbout this EventHecataeus of Abdera, considered the “father of scientific ethnography”, provides the earliest known account of the Jews in Greek literature. Between the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE, Hecataeus spent time at the Egyptian court, where he may have encountered Jews directly and gained access to stories about them preserved in the royal archives. In his comprehensive historical work on Egypt, he dedicates an excursus to the origins of the Jews and Judaism, which he explains through Greek concepts and notions. This account, transmitted by Diodorus Siculus, laid the groundwork for later Greek and Latin authors who expanded upon its details and developed the first anti-Jewish literature. This presentation will offer an opportunity to examine the various elements that constitute this characteristic example of early ethnographic writing.Stéphanie É. Binder, PhD, is a scholar of the interactions between Jews, Greeks, and Romans during the Second Temple period and the interrelationship between Judaism and early Christianity in Late Antiquity. She teaches in the Department of Classical Studies at Bar-Ilan University and leads a research group in the E-Lijah laboratory for digital humanities at the University of Haifa. She serves as the managing editor of the Mediterranean Historical Review. Her publications include: (Brill, 2012), Tertullien et moi (Éditions du Cerf, 2022), and Tertullian and the Jews in Early Christian Literary Imagination (CUP, forthcoming).Lunch will be provided for those who register by Sunday, February 15thSponsored by: the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, the Department of Classics, and the Department of Religious Studies - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/austin/re-reading-biblical-exodus-of-the-jews-from-egypt-with-hecataeus-of-abdera/100001602583984839 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Austin - **state**: TX - **country**: United States - **location**: Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, Patton Hall (RLP) 2.402 - **lat**: 30.284932 - **long**: -97.73544919999999 - **full address**: Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, Patton Hall (RLP) 2.402, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Re-reading Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt with Hecataeus of Abdera - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Re-reading+Biblical+Exodus+of+the+Jews+from+Egypt+with+Hecataeus+of+Abdera&date=Wed%2C+18+Feb%2C+2026+at+12%3A00+pm&bg=5 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Re-reading Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt with Hecataeus of Abdera being held? - **A:** Re-reading Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt with Hecataeus of Abdera takes place on Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm to Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm at Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, Patton Hall (RLP) 2.402, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Re-reading Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt with Hecataeus of Abdera? - **A:** Re-reading Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt with Hecataeus of Abdera is organized by Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Re-reading Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt with Hecataeus of Abdera", "image": "https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Re-reading+Biblical+Exodus+of+the+Jews+from+Egypt+with+Hecataeus+of+Abdera&date=Wed%2C+18+Feb%2C+2026+at+12%3A00+pm&bg=5", "startDate": "2026-02-18", "endDate": "2026-02-18", "url": "https://allevents.in/austin/re-reading-biblical-exodus-of-the-jews-from-egypt-with-hecataeus-of-abdera/100001602583984839", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, Patton Hall (RLP) 2.402", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "305 E. 23rd Street", "postalCode": "78712", "addressLocality": "Austin", "addressRegion": "TX", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "30.284932", "longitude": "-97.73544919999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "\"Re-reading the Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt with Hecataeus of Abdera\" by Stéphanie Binder", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "2026-02-18", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/austin/re-reading-biblical-exodus-of-the-jews-from-egypt-with-hecataeus-of-abdera/100001602583984839" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "url": "https://allevents.in/austin/re-reading-biblical-exodus-of-the-jews-from-egypt-with-hecataeus-of-abdera/100001602583984839", "price": 0, "name": "Stephanie Binder Talk" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/schusterman-center-for-jewish-studies/22754275" } ] } ] ```