Degrees

Religious Studies (KU Leuven) & Theology (UC Louvain)

Research interests

I specialise in Hellenistic Judaism, with a focus on Jewish-Greek literature, including the Septuagint. I am particularly interested in questions related to language use, multilingualism, and cultural identity in Second Temple Judaism.

Teaching Interests

My teaching focuses on the languages, literature, culture and history related to the late Second Temple Period. This includes Hebrew and Greek, as well as various Old Testament papers, in particular “Shaping Jewish Identity (32 3BCE–70 CE)” and “Hellenism and Judaism.” At the MPhil level, I teach the OT seminar on “The Significance of the Septuagint.”

Awards and prizes

FWF ESPRIT postdoctoral fellowship, Paris Lodron University Salzburg (2022–2027)

Center for Hellenic Studies fellowship, Harvard University (2020–2021)

British Academy postdoctoral fellowship, University of Cambridge (2018–2021)

Publications (selected)

S.A. Adams and M. Dhont (eds), T&T Clark Handbook of Hellenistic Jewish Literature in Greek (London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2024).

J.K. Aitken and M. Dhont (eds), The Septuagint within the History of Greek. Special issue of Journal for the Study of Judaism 54 (2023).

M. Dhont, Style and Context of Old Greek Job (Journal for the Study of Judaism Supplement Series 183; Leiden: Brill, 2018).