Joseph Sanzo is an Associate Professor of the History of Religions and Director of the Center for the Study of Lived Religion at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His research interests include ancient Mediterranean religion, with a particular focus on ritual practices during late antiquity. He is a member of a European Research Council Starting Grant project that is investigating late-antique Jewish and Christian magical objects (e.g., amulets and incantation bowls) as sites for thinking about early Jewish-Christian relations.