Hi guys! My first post here! Sorry if its unclear at all!
So, I'm an undergrad who is sending out applications to PhD programs in the next 6 months, hoping to focus on interactions in the Byzantine empire between Judaism and Christianity. I just really, really, really want to build my broader knowledge-base as much as I can before undergrad is over.
I'm hoping to find lists that people have used to prepare for their comprehensive exams, and I'm casting a wide net- anything on late-antique history, the medieval world (east or west), or Byzantium specific would be incredibly helpful. Thank you so much, and sorry for such an open-ended ask!
This is a bit outside my area of comfort, but I do know that Nicholas de Lange at Cambridge is one of the experts on Byzantine Jews. He runs a project called "Mapping the Jewish Communities of the Byzantine Empire", which is located at http://www.mjcb.eu/ and http://www.byzantinejewry.net/
The latter page has an extensive bibliography.
I don't have a bibliography on this subject myself, but hopefully that will help!