Entre octroi de la citoyenneté et adoption : les modèles pour penser la conversion au judaïsme à l’époque romaine by Katell Berthelot

“…This article explores the conceptual models that underlie the ways conversion to Judaism was thought of during the Roman period. …”
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From Orthodox Christianity to “Jewish Law”: Unusual Conversion in the Russian Empire of the Early 19th Century by Tatiana Khizhaya

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La conversion d’Alexandre le Grand au judaïsme : transpositions et avatars d’une légende dans les Romans d’Alexandre français du XIIe siècle by Isabelle Fabre

“…Whereas Alexander’s conversion to judaism has often been taken for granted, my purpose here is to reconsider the story and to question such a view completely. …”
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Building Babylonian giur by Kira Zaitsev

“…Review of Moshe Lavee's The Rabbinic Conversion of Judaism: The Unique Perspective of the Bavli on Conversion and the Construction of Jewish Identity (2018)…”
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The origin of Eastern European Jews revealed by autosomal, sex chromosomal and mtDNA polymorphisms by Zoossmann-Diskin Avshalom

“…</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The close genetic resemblance to Italians accords with the historical presumption that Ashkenazi Jews started their migrations across Europe in Italy and with historical evidence that conversion to Judaism was common in ancient Rome. The reasons for the discrepancy between the biparental markers and the uniparental markers are discussed.…”
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The Adiabene narrative in the Jewish Antiquities of Josephus by Rabin, A

“…<p>The story of the conversion to Judaism of the Royal House of Adiabene, a satellite kingdom of Parthia, is contained in Book 20, the final book of Josephus's <em>Jewish Antiquities</em>. …”