Dr Renan Baker
DPhil (Oxon.), MA (TAU)
Philology, History, Literature and Culture of the Ancient and Early Medieval World(s). Finances and Investments of the past and the present.
Papers 12 and 13 (Ancient Greek, Roman and Early Medieval History).
HAP
I am also interested in topics similar to those in the 2020/2021 curriculum:
Part II Section B Paper 2/3 A
Part II Section C Paper 6
Part II Section D Papers 7,9,10
Supervisions: Papers 12 and 13 (Ancient Greek, Roman and Early Medieval History).
Lectures: Paper 13.
HAP
Board of Examinations: Examiner and Assessor
Israel Antiquities Authority: Roman Jerusalem
Investment Management Certificate
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Key Publications
Baker R., 2012. Epiphanius, ‘On Weights and Measures’ §14: Hadrian’s Journey to the East and the Rebuilding of Jerusalem. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 182, 157–167.
Baker R., 2015. A study of a late antique corpus of biographies (Historia Augusta). DPhil Thesis, Univeristy of Oxford.
Baker R., 2014. The diachronic development and distribution ὄφρα the Homeric poems. Glotta 90 (1-4), 3-45.
Baker R., 2012. Lucan, Bellum ciuile 7.28-29. Latomus 71 (03), 846-848.
Baker R., 2010.The Accentuation of Ancient Greek Enclitics: A Didactic Simplification. Classical World 103 (4), 529-530.
Other Publications
Public Engagement
'A spirited lecture by Cambridge University historian Renan Baker enlightened the room about the incredibly problematic nature of accurately dating the ancient world and discussed little known primary sources in Latin and Greek which could help complete a picture of Jewish life in Jerusalem immediately before and after the destruction of the Second Temple.'
(https://www.timesofisrael.com/mass-burial-site-uncovered-in-jerusalem-evidence-of-holy-kings-bloody-reign/)