Department of Religious Studies

Narrative CV - Jodi Magness

Jodi Magness holds a senior endowed chair in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism (beginning January 2003; Visiting Professor in fall 2002). From 1992-2002, she was Associate/Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology in the Departments of Classics and Art History at Tufts University, Medford, MA. Professor Magness received her B.A. in Archaeology and History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1977), and her Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania (1989). From 1990-92, Professor Magness was Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology at the Center for Old World Archaeology and Art at Brown University.

 

Professor Magness' semi-popular book on The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans) appeared in print in 2002. She has published one edited volume, with S. Gitin, entitled Hesed ve-Emet, Studies in Honor of Ernest S. Frerichs (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998), a monograph entitled Jerusalem Ceramic Chronology circa 200-800 C.E. (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1993), and numerous articles in journals and edited volumes. Another monograph, entitled The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns), is in press. Professor Magness' research interests, which focus on Palestine in the Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic periods, include ancient pottery, ancient synagogues, Qumran, and the Roman army in the East. Professor Magness has participated on 20 different excavations in Israel and Greece, including co-directing the 1995 excavations in the Roman siege works at Masada. In the summer of 2003, she will co-direct excavations at the Roman fort at Yotvata, Israel.

 

In 1997-98, Professor Magness was awarded a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies, and a fellowship in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. In 2000-01, Professor Magness was awarded the following fellowships: a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship for College Teachers; a Skirball Visiting Fellowship at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Oxford, England; and the Annual Professorship at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem (the last declined).
Professor Magness is a member of the Governing Board of the Archaeological Institute of America, the Board of Trustees of the American Schools of Oriental Research, the Board of Trustees of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem (and Secretary of that Board), the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and has served as President of the Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.


CURRICULUM VITAE


JODI MAGNESS

Office: Home:
Department of Religious Studies 104 Marin Drive
CB#3225 Chapel Hill, NC 27516
101 Saunders Hall (919) 967-6888
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3225
Tel: (919) 962-3928
Fax: (919) 962-1567
Email: magness@email.unc.edu

EXPERIENCE/EMPLOYMENT

From 1/03 KENAN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE IN EARLY JUDAISM, (Visiting Professor in fall 2002), Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

8/92 to 8/02 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (5/97-8/02) AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (8/92-5/97) OF CLASSICAL AND NEAR EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY, Departments of Classics and Art History, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

9/99-8/02 DIRECTOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

10/00 VISITING SCHOLAR, Oklahoma Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.

6-7/93 GERTRUDE SMITH PROFESSOR (DIRECTOR), Summer Session I, American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece.

7/90-7/92 MELLON POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW IN SYRO-PALESTINIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Center for Old World Archaeology and Art, and FELLOW, Program in Judaic Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI.

1988-89 ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, University of Miami, Department of Anthropology, Coral Gables, FL.

1989 ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, Florida International University, Department of Visual Arts, Miami, FL.

7-8/84-94 INSTRUCTOR, Hebrew University School for Overseas Students, Jerusalem, Israel. Summer courses in archaeology.

7/77?9/80 FIELD GUIDE AND NATURALIST, Ein Gedi Field School, Doar Na Yam HaMelach, Israel.

EDUCATION

6-7/99 AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME, Italy. Classical Summer School Program. Participant.

9/81-12/89 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA. Ph.D., Classical Archaeology Graduate Group. Topic of dissertation: AA Typology of the Late Roman and Byzantine Pottery of Jerusalem.@

9/83-7/84 AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES, Athens, Greece. Regular member.

10/74-6/77 HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, Israel. B.A., dual major: Archaeology and General History.


PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT OR IN PRESS

MONOGRAPHS AND EDITED VOLUMES

The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2002.

Rev. in Harper's Magazine, September 2002, p. 74.

Co-edited with Seymour Gitin, Hesed ve-Emet, Studies in Honor of Ernest S. Frerichs, Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.

Rev. A.H. Joffee, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 60.3 (2001), p. 234.
Rev. G.J. Brooke, Journal of Semitic Studies 45.1 (2000), pp. 229-230.
Rev. M.G. Hasel, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 317 (2000), pp. 94-96.
Rev. S. Kier, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 62 (2000), pp. 182-183.
Rev. G.N. Knoppers, Review of Biblical Literature 2001 (http://www.bookreviews.org/Reviews/0788505092.html).
Rev. H.M. Barstad, Bibliotheca Orientalis 58:5/6 (2002), pp. 660-664.

Jerusalem Ceramic Chronology circa 200-800 C.E., Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993.

Rev. T.P. Harrison, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 56 (1997), pp. 133-134.
Rev. A.D. Grey, Palestine Exploration Quarterly 1996, pp. 180-181.
Rev. H. Geva, Israel Exploration Journal 46 (1996), pp. 137-140.
Rev. M. Rautman, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 298 (1995), pp. 85-87.
Rev. A.M. Berlin, American Journal of Archaeology 99 (1995), pp. 555-556.
Rev. D.E. Groh, Religious Studies Review 20 (1993), pp. 228-229.
Rev. E. Alliata, Liber Annuus 43 (1993), pp. 592-596.

The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2003 (in press).

ARTICLES AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

2001

AWhen Were the Galilean-Type Synagogues Built?@ Cathedra 101, pp. 39-70 (in Hebrew, with English summary on pp. 204-205).

AA Near Eastern Ethnic Element Among the Etruscan Elite,@ in J. Neusner and J.F. Strange (eds.), Religious Texts and Material Contexts. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, pp. 3-39.

AWhere is Herod=s Tomb at Herodium?@ Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 322, pp. 43-46.

AThe Cults of Isis and Kore at Samaria-Sebaste in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods,@ Harvard Theological Review 94.2, pp. 157-77.

ACommunal Meals and Sacred Space at Qumran,@ in S. McNally (ed.), Shaping Community: The Art and Archaeology of Monasticism. Papers from a symposium held at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota, March 10-12, 2000. Oxford: BAR International Series 941, pp. 15-28.

Co-authored with Hanan Eshel and Eli Shenhav, ASurprises at Yattir: Unsuspected Evidence of Early Christianity,@ Biblical Archaeology Review 27.4, pp. 32-36, 59.

AThe Question of the Synagogue: The Problem of Typology,@ and AA Response to Eric M. Meyers and James F. Strange,@ in A.J. Avery-Peck and J. Neusner (eds.), Judaism in Late Antiquity, Part Three, Where We Stand: Issues and Debates in Ancient Judaism. Volume Four: The Special Problem of the Synagogue. Leiden: Brill, pp. 1-48, 79-91.

Co-authored with Hanan Eshel and Eli Shenhav, AThe Byzantine Period Churches at Horvat Yatir and their Similarity to the Churches at Horvat Abu Hof,@ in A.M. Maeir and E. Baruch (eds.), Settlement, Civilization and Culture, Proceedings of the Conference in Memory of David Alon. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University, pp. 223-233 (in Hebrew).

2000

Co-authored with David Amit, ANot a Settlement of Hermits or Essenes: A Response to Y. Hirschfeld, A Settlement of Essenes above `En Gedi,@ Tel Aviv 27.2, pp. 273-285.

Co-authored with Hanan Eshel and Eli Shenhav, AKhirbet Yattir, 1995-1999: Preliminary Report,@ Israel Exploration Journal 50, pp. 153-168.

APottery,@ in D.N. Freedman, A.C. Myers, and A.B. Beck (eds.), Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, pp. 1072-1075.

ALate Roman and Early Islamic Pottery from Middle Egypt and Some Palestinian Connections,@ review article of D.M. Bailey, Excavations at el-Ashmunein, Vol. 5: Pottery, Lamps and Glass of the Late Roman and Early Arab Periods (London: British Museum, 1998), Journal of Roman Archaeology 13, pp. 812-817.

Co-authored with Hanan Eshel and Eli Shenhav, AKhirbet Yattir: a Note on the Church in Area D,@ Journal of Roman Archaeology 13, pp. 343-345.

AA Reassessment of the Excavations of Qumran,@ in L.H. Schiffman, E. Tov, and J.C. VanderKam (eds.), The Dead Sea Scrolls - Fifty Years After Their Discovery 1947-1997, Proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress, July 20-25, 1997. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, pp. 708-719.

AThe North Wall of Aelia Capitolina,@ in L.E. Stager, J.A. Greene, and M.D. Coogan (eds.), The Archaeology of Jordan and Beyond: Essays in Honor of James A. Sauer. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, pp. 328-339.

Co-authored with David Amit, AThe Essenes Did Not Live above Ein Gedi, A reply to Y. Hirschfeld,@ Cathedra 96, pp. 57-68 (in Hebrew with English summary on p. 188).

Co-authored with Hanan Eshel and Eli Shenhav, AA Byzantine Monastic Church at Khirbet Yattir,@ in Y. Eshel (ed.), Judea and Samaria Research Studies, Volume Nine. Ariel: The Research Institute, The College of Judea and Samaria, pp. 227-232 (in Hebrew with English summary on pp. XXII-XXIII).

APottery@ (3000 word), AMasada@ (3000 word), AWeapons@ (2000 word), AKilns@ (1000 word), AEin Feshka@ (1000 word), and AHerodium@ (1000 word) entries, respectively, in L.H. Schiffman and J.C. VanderKam (eds.), The Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. NY: Oxford University Press, pp. 237-238, 356-357, 465-467, 515-519, 681-686, 971-973.

1999

Co-authored with Hanan Eshel and Eli Shenhav, AInterim report on Khirbet Yattir in Judea: a mosque and a monastic church,@ Journal of Roman Archaeology 12, pp. 411-422.

Co-authored with JP Dessel, AHow to Publish Pottery,@ in H. Shanks (ed.), Archaeology=s Publication Problem, Volume 2. Washington, DC: BAS, pp. 96-108.

ARedating the forts at Ein Boqeq, Upper Zohar, and other sites in SE Judaea, and the implications for the nature of the Limes Palestinae,@ in J.H. Humphrey (ed.), The Roman and Byzantine Near East, Volume 2 (Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series No. 31). Portsmouth, RI: JRA, pp. 189-206.

1998

Co-authored with Gideon Avni, AJews and Christians in a Late Roman Cemetery at Beth Guvrin@ in H. Lapin (ed.), Religious and Ethnic Communities in Later Roman Palestine. College Park: University Press of Maryland, pp. 87-114.

ATwo Notes on the Archaeology of Qumran,@ Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 312, pp. 37-44.

AQumran Archaeology: Past Perspectives and Future Prospects,@ in P.W. Flint and J.C. VanderKam (eds.), The Dead Sea Scrolls, A Comprehensive Assessment After Fifty Years. Leiden: E.J. Brill, pp. 47-77.


Co-authored with Hanan Eshel and Eli Shenhav, AKhirbet Yattir,@ American Journal of Archaeology 102, pp. 797-799.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran: A Review,@ The Qumran Chronicle 8, pp. 49-62.

AThe Mausolea of Augustus, Alexander, and Herod the Great,@ in J. Magness and S. Gitin (eds.), Hesed ve-Emet, Studies in Honor of Ernest S. Frerichs. Atlanta: Scholars Press, pp. 313-329.

Co-authored with Uzi Avner, AEarly Islamic Settlement in the Southern Negev,@ Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 310, pp. 39-57.

AThe Chronology of Qumran, Ein Feshkha, and Ein el-Ghuweir,@ in Z.J. Kapera (ed.), Mogilany 1995, Papers on the Dead Sea Scrolls offered in memory of Aleksy Klawek. Krakow: The Enigma Press, pp. 55-76.

AIlluminating Byzantine Jerusalem,@ Biblical Archaeology Review 24, pp. 40-47, 70-71.

AThe Enigma of Qumran: Four Archaeologists Assess the Site,@ interview in Biblical Archaeology Review 24, pp. 25-37, 78-84.

1997

AThe Archaeology of Qumran,@ Qadmoniot XXX (114), pp. 119-124 (in Hebrew).

AThe Chronology of Capernaum in the Early Islamic Period,@ Journal of the American Oriental Society 117, pp. 481-486.

AThe use, transfer and deposition of Roman military equipment,@ review article of C. van Driel-Murray (ed.), Military Equipment in Context, Proceedings of the Ninth International Roman Military Equipment Conference, Leiden, 1994 (Oxford, Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies 5, 1994), Journal of Roman Archaeology 10, pp. 513-517.

ASynagogue Typology and Earthquake Chronology at Khirbet Shema`, Israel,@ Journal of Field Archaeology 24, pp. 211-220.

Co-authored with Christa Clamer, ALa ceramique romaine tardive, periode byzantine ancienne,@ in C. Clamer, Fouilles archeologiques de `Ain ez-Zara/Callirrhoe. Beirut: Institut Francais d'archeologie du Proche-Orient, pp. 81-90.

Co-authored with Jane C. Waldbaum, AThe Chronology of Early Greek Pottery: New Evidence from Seventh-Century B.C. Destruction Levels in Israel,@ American Journal of Archaeology 101, pp. 23-40.

AByzantine Fortifications,@ and AAncient Synagogues,@ in B.A. Fagan (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 111-113.

ACeramics: Ceramics of the Islamic Period@ (co-authored with James A. Sauer), AHerodium,@ AMausoleum,@ and APeristyle House,@ 1500-, 750-, 500-, and 500-word entries, respectively, in E.M. Meyers (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. New York: Oxford University Press, Vol. 1, pp. 475-479; Vol. 3, pp. 18-19, 441-442; Vol. 4, p. 273.

1996

AQumran: Not a Country Villa,@ Biblical Archaeology Review 22, pp. 38-47, 72-73.

AMedieval Remains in the Muristan Quarter in Jerusalem,@ Al-`Usur Al-Wusta, The Bulletin of Middle East Medievalists 8, pp. 29-31, 46.

AMasada 1995: Discoveries at Camp F,@ Biblical Archaeologist 59, p. 181.


ABlessings from Jerusalem: Evidence for Early Christian Pilgrimage,@ Eretz-Israel 25 (Aviram Volume). Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, pp. 37*-45*.

1995

Guest editor of the Biblical Archaeologist 58, a special volume on the theme of APots and People.@

ARoman military bronzes from Morocco,@ review article of C. Boube-Piccot, Les bronzes antiques du Maroc, IV. L'equipement militaire et l'armement (Paris: Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations, 1994), Journal of Roman Archaeology 8, pp. 489-492.

AThe Chronology of the Settlement at Qumran in the Herodian Period,@ Dead Sea Discoveries 2, pp. 58-65.

AThe Pottery from Area V/4 at Caesarea,@ in W.G. Dever (ed.), Preliminary Excavation Reports: Sardis, Bir Umm Fawakhir, Tell el-`Umeiri, The Combined Caesarea Expeditions, and Tell Dothan (Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research Volume 52). Alpharetta, GA: Scholars Press, pp. 133-145.

1994

AA Villa at Khirbet Qumran?@ Revue de Qumran 63, pp. 397-419.

AThe Community at Qumran in Light of Its Pottery,@ in M.O. Wise, N. Golb, J.J. Collins, and D.G. Pardee (eds.), Methods of Investigation of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Khirbet Quman Site, Present Realities and Future Prospects (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Volume 722). New York: New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 39-50.

AThe Dating of the Black Ceramic Bowl with a Depiction of the Torah Shrine from Nabratein,@ Levant 26, pp. 199-206.

1992

ALate Roman and Byzantine pottery, preliminary report, 1990.@ in R.L. Vann (ed.), Caesarea Papers. Straton's Tower, Herod's Harbour, and Roman and Byzantine Caesarea. Ann Arbor, MI: Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series Number 5, pp. 129-153.

AA Reexamination of the Archaeological Evidence for the Sasanian Persian Destruction of the Tyropoeon Valley,@ Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 287, pp. 67-74.

ALate Roman and Byzantine Pottery from Areas H and K@ and AByzantine and Medieval Pottery from Areas A2 and G.@ in A. DeGroot and D.T. Ariel (eds.), Excavations at the City of David 1978-1985 Directed by Yigal Shiloh, Volume III (Qedem 33). Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, pp. 149-186.

Co-authored with Donald T. Ariel, AArea K.@ in A. DeGroot and D.T. Ariel (eds.), Excavations at the City of David 1978-1985 Directed by Yigal Shiloh, Volume III (Qedem 33). Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, pp. 63-104.

AArms and the Man,@ Biblical Archaeology Review 18, pp. 58-67.

AThe Walls of Jerusalem in the Early Islamic Period,@ Biblical Archaeologist 54, pp. 208-217.

1986-1990

Some Observations on the Roman Temple at Kedesh,@ Israel Exploration Journal 40 (1990), pp. 173-181.

AThe Pottery from the 1980 Excavations at Ma'on (Nirim),@ Eretz?Israel 19 (Avi-Yonah Volume). Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1987, pp. 216?224 (in Hebrew).

ASamos@ and ASamothrace.@ 250-word entries in G. Wigoder et al. (eds.), The Illustrated Dictionary and Concordance of the Bible. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986.


FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS

AA Mithraeum in Jerusalem?@ invited paper for a festschrift in honor of Stanislao Loffreda, Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Jerusalem, Israel.

AWomen at Qumran?@ invited paper in L. Rutgers (ed.), What Athens Has to Do with Jerusalem: Essays on Classical, Jewish, and Early Christian Art and Archaeology in Honor of Gideon Foerster (Leuven: Peeters, 2002).

AWhy Scroll Jars?@ invited paper in D.E. Edwards and C.T. McCollough (eds.), Religion and Society in Ancient Palestine (A Festschrift in Honor of Eric M. Meyers) (New York: Routledge, 2003).

AA Near Eastern Ethnic Element among the Etruscan Elite?@ forthcoming in Etruscan Studies.

Co-authored with Guy Stiebel, AThe Military Equipment from Masada.@ Will be published by the Israel Exploration Society in Masada VII.

AJerusalem@ and AHebron.@ 2000- and 500-word entries, respectively, for An Encyclopedia of Islamic Archaeology, NY: Garland Publishing Inc.

AThe Late Roman and Byzantine Pottery from Areas A and W, the Jewish Quarter,@ submitted to N. Avigad and H. Geva for publication as part of the excavation report of the site (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society).

AEarly Archaic Greek Pottery from Tell Batashi (Timnah),@ submitted to A. Mazar for publication in Qedem (Jerusalem: Hebrew University).

AThe Pottery from Beit Loya,@ submitted to Y. Tsafrir and J. Patrich for publication in Qedem (Jerusalem: Hebrew University).

AThe Late Roman and Byzantine Pottery from the 1979 Excavations Against the North Wall of Jerusalem,@ submitted to A. DeGroot and D. Tarler for publication in `Atiqot (Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority).

AThe Byzantine Pottery from Building 300 at Horvat Kanaf,@ submitted to Z.U. Ma`oz for publication in `Atiqot (Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority).

APottery from a Seventh Century C.E. Pit L.243 (Stratum III) at Banyas,@ submitted to Z.U. Ma`oz for publication in `Atiqot (Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority).

AThe Pottery from Wadi Tawahin (Nahal Roded),@ submitted to U. Avner for publication in `Atiqot (Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority).

AThe Pottery from the 1992 Excavations at Beer Ora,@ submitted to U. Avner for publication in `Atiqot (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society).

AThe Pottery from Wadi Twaiba, Wadi Taba, and Wadi Aviad,@ submitted to U. Avner for publication in `Atiqot (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society).

AMamila Phase I: The Late Roman and Byzantine Pottery,@ submitted to A.M. Maeir for publication in `Atiqot (Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority).

AThe Pottery from Loci 068-070 and 072-074 in Area I/8,@ submitted to K.G. Holum for publication as part of the Combined Caesarea Expeditions excavation report.

AThe Oil Lamps from the Ahinoam Cave Cemetery at Beth Guvrin,@ submitted to G. Avni and U. Dahari for publication in `Atiqot (Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority).

APottery.@ 2000-word entry for Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Eerdmans: MI).

WORK IN PROGRESS


Co-authored with Guy Stiebel, AThe Military Equipment from Gamla.@ Will be published by the Israel Antiquities Authority.

AThe Roman Pottery from Binyanei Ha'uma,@ will be published as part of the final excavation report on the site by the Israel Antiquities Authority, and in a volume of the Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplements, ed. J. Magness.

AThe Pottery from Camp F at Masada,@ will be published in Qedem (Jerusalem: Hebrew University), or in the Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Studies.

AThe Pottery from Areas KK and CV at Caesarea,@ will be published in the Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

BOOK REVIEWS (not including abstracts)

2002

M. Fischer, M. Gichon, and O. Tal, `En Boqeq, Exavations in an Oasis on the Dead Sea. Volume II: The Officina, An Early Roman Building on the Dead Sea Shore (Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 2000); for the American Journal of Archaeology 106.2 (2002), pp. 346-347.

2001

Y. Hirschfeld, The Early Byzantine Monastery at Khirbet ed-Deir in the Judean Desert: The Excavations in 1981-1987 (Qedem 38) (Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1999); for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 322, pp. 91-94.

D.W. Roller, The Building Program of Herod the Great (Berkeley: University of California, 1998); for the Journal of Near Eastern Studies 60.2, pp. 155-156.

2000

P. Lambert (ed.), Fortifications and the Synagogue. The Fortress of Babylon and the Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo (London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1994); for the Israel Exploration Journal 50, pp. 271-274.

A.D. Marcus, The View from Nebo (NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2000), and I. Wilson, The Bible is History (Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 1999); for the Biblical Archaeology Review 26.5, pp. 62-66.

S.D. Waterhouse, The Necropolis of Hesban (Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University, 1998); for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 318, pp. 87-89.

1998

A. Raban and K.G. Holum (eds.), Caesarea Maritima, A Retrospective after Two Millennia, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996; for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 308, pp. 108-110.

R. Harper, Upper Zohar, An Early Byzantine Fort in Palaestina Tertia, Final Report of Excavations in 1985-1986, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995; for the Israel Exploration Journal 48, pp. 289-292.

L. Cansdale, Qumran and the Essenes, Tubingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1997; for Dead Sea Discoveries 5.1, pp. 99-104.

1997

T.L. Levy (ed.), The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, NY: Facts on File, Inc., 1995; for Archaeological News 20, pp. 37-38.


D. Urman and P.V.M. Flesher (eds.), Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery, vol. 2, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995; for the Journal of the American Oriental Society 117.2, pp. 367-369.

E. Stern, Excavations at Tel Dor, Volumes 1A and 1B (Qedem Reports 1 and 2), Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, 1995; for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 308, pp. 99-100.

1996

D. Adan-Bayewitz, Common Pottery in Roman Galilee, A Study of Local Trade, Ramat-Gan, Israel: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1993; for the Israel Exploration Journal 46, pp. 270-272.

L.A. Mitchel, Hellenistic and Roman Strata: A Study of the Stratigraphy of Tell Hesban from the 2nd Century B.C. to the 4th Century A.D., Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 1992; for the Journal of the American Oriental Society 116.2.

D. Urman and P.V.M. Flesher (eds.), Ancient Synagogues: Historical Analysis and Archaeological Discovery Vol. 1, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995; for the Journal of the American Oriental Society 116.3, pp. 540-541.

J.-B. Humbert and A. Chambon, Khirbet Qumran et Ain Feshkha, Les fouilles de l'Ecole biblique et archeologique francaise de Jerusalem I, Fribourg/Freiburg: Editions Universitaires/Universitatsverlag, 1994; for Dead Sea Discoveries 3.3, pp. 342-346.

1995

G.J. Wightman, The Walls of Jerusalem From the Canaanites to the Mamluks, Sydney: Meditarch, 1993; for the Biblical Archaeologist 58.1, pp. 58-59.

K.J.H. Vriezen, Die Ausgrabungen unter der Erloserkirche im Muristan, Jerusalem (1970-1974), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1994; for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 298, pp. 87-89.

1994

A. Northedge (ed.), Studies on Roman and Islamic Amman, Volume 1: History, Site and Architecture, British Institute in Amman: Oxford University Press, 1992; for the American Journal of Archaeology 98, pp. 795-796.

1992

J. Stevens Crawford, The Byzantine Shops at Sardis, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1990; for the American Journal of Archaeology 96, p. 575.

G.J. Wightman, The Damascus Gate, Jerusalem. Excavations by C.-M. Bennett and J.B. Hennessy at the Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, 1964-66, Oxford, BAR International Series 519, 1989; for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 287, p. 96.

R. Hachlili, Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology in the Land of Israel, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1988; for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 288, pp. 93-94.

BOOK REVIEWS IN PRESS OR IN PROGRESS

E. Netzer, Die Palaste der Hasmonaer und Herodes des Grossen (Zurich: Philip von Zabern, 1999); for the Journal of Near Eastern Studies (in press).

D.R. Edwards and C.T. McCollough (eds.), Archaeology and the Galilee, Texts and Contexts in the Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Periods (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1997); for Near Eastern Archaeology (in press).

E.-M. Laperrousaz, Trois Hauts Lieux de Judee (Paris: Editions Paris-Mediterranee, 2001); for Dead Sea Discoveries (in press).


H. Lapin, Economy, Geography, and Provincial History in Later Roman Palestine (Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2001); for the Journal for the Study of Judaism (in press).

M. Ben-Dov, Historical Atlas of Jerusalem (New York: Continuum, 2002); for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (in progress).

EXCAVATIONS (in Israel unless otherwise specified)

6/03 YOTVATA. Co-director of excavations of the Roman fort (in cooperation with the Arava Institute and Florida International University) (tentatively scheduled for summer 2003).

7/97 to 7/00 KHIRBET YATTIR (IETHIRA). Co-director of excavations (in cooperation with Bar-Ilan University and the Jewish National Fund).

1995 MASADA. Co-director of excavations in the Roman army camps at the foot of the mountain (under the auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

1989-92 CAESAREA (Combined Caesarea Expeditions). Late Roman and Byzantine ceramics specialist.

7/87-7/89 EMEK REPHAIM, Jerusalem. Area supervisor and instructor.

9/86 KFAR HANANIYA. Area supervisor.

7/86 GIVAT RAM, Jerusalem. Supervisor and instructor.

7/85 NAHAL ZIMRA, Jerusalem. Supervisor and instructor.

4/84 ANCIENT CORINTH, Greece. Area supervisor (training excavation).

6/83 KHIRBET 'UZA. Area supervisor.

5-8/82 ATHENIAN AGORA, Athens, Greece. Student volunteer.

1974-79 Participation on the following excavations in Israel for various lengths of time:
TELL KITAN, TELL MEVORACH, AVDAT, CAESARWIT, RUHEIBEH, GILAT, KADESH BARNEA, KEREM SIGILLIA.

PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY APPOINTMENTS

11/97-2004 ACADEMIC TRUSTEE, Governing Board of the Archaeological Institute of America. Served on Lecture Program Committee (11/98 to now); Near Eastern Archaeology Committee (7/94-6/03); Professional Responsibilities Committee (11/97 to now); Cultural Properties Legislation and Policy Committee (7/00-6/03); Chair of Near Eastern Archaeology Committee (7/00-6/03).

7/97-6/03 INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, American Schools of Oriental Research. Served on Nominations Committee (1997-98; 00-03); Agenda Committee (98-03); Personnel Committee (00-03).

7/96-6/01 ACADEMIC TRUSTEE, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel. Member of Nominations Committee (96-97); Fellowships Committee (97-99); Chair of Nominations Committee (98-02); Chair of Long-Range Planning Committee (02-present).

5/00 to 2003 SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

9/94 to now MEMBER, Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Member of Committee on Summer Sessions (97-00); Chair of Committee on Summer Sessions and member of Executive Committee (98-00); member of Excavations and Survey Committee (01-05).


12/00-2003 MEMBER, Nominations Committee, Register of Professional Archaeologists.

1/03-12/05 BOOK REVIEW EDITOR, Journal of Field Archaeology.

9/01-2004 MEMBER, Editorial Committee, Near Eastern Archaeology (formerly The Biblical Archaeologist).

2/02-1/05 MEMBER, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Committee, American Center for Oriental Research (ACOR), Amman, Jordan.

1998 to 2004 CO-CHAIR (with John Spencer), of Society of Biblical Literature Program Unit on AArchaeological Excavations and Discoveries: Illuminating the Biblical World.@

7/96-6/00 PRESIDENT, Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.

1999 to 2000 SECTION CHAIR, American Schools of Oriental Research, AThe Archaeology of the Near East in the Roman and Byzantine Periods.@

7/98 to now MEMBER, Editorial Board, Levantine Archaeology (a monograph series), Sheffield Academic Press.

11/93 to 98 MEMBER, Editorial Committee, The Biblical Archaeologist, American Schools of Oriental Research.

5/93-6/96 VICE-PRESIDENT, Boston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.

9/93 to now MEMBER, Who's Who in Biblical Studies and Archaeology (Biblical Archaeology Society).

11/92-11/94 CHAIRPERSON, Pottery Analysis and Interpretation Seminar at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

9/92-8/94 VISITING SCHOLAR, Program in Judaic Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI.

CONSULTING

1993 to now OCCASIONAL OUTSIDE REVIEWER of manuscripts submitted to the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (BASOR), Near Eastern Archaeology (NEA), the Journal of Roman Archaeology (JRA), Hesperia, Cathedra, Dumbarton Oaks Papers (DOP), Journal of Field Archaeology (JFA), and the publications department of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).

1994 to now EVALUATOR OF GRANT APPLICATIONS submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Israel Science Foundation (Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Canada Council for the Arts (Killiam Research Fellowship).

2000 OUTSIDE READER OF PH.D. DISSERTATION on Commerce and Trade in North Sinai During the Byzantine Period - In the Light of Ceramic Evidence (in Hebrew), by Sarit Oked. Department of Bible and Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel.

2000-02 OUTSIDE READER OF PH.D. DISSERTATION on Aspects of the Impact of Christian Art and Architecture on Synagogues in Byzantine Palestine, by David Milson. Merton College, University of Oxford, England.

1998 to now OUTSIDE READER OF PH.D. DISSERTATION on Byzantine Church Mosaics in Israel, by Karen C. Britt. History of Art Department, Indiana University.

1995 to now OUTSIDE READER OF PH.D. DISSERTATION, by Leslie Mechem. Classical Archaeology Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania.

1999 JUDGE, Best Popular and Scholarly Books Published in 1997-98 Relating to the Bible and Biblical Archaeology, Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington, D.C.


1996 JUDGE, Best Article Published in the Biblical Archaeology Review 1994-95, Biblical Archaeology Society, Washington, D.C.

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

11/01 RECIPIENT OF AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH MEMBERSHIP SERVICE AWARD, Ain recognition of exceptional service contributions on behalf of the ASOR membership and its programs.@

10/01 FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD ($1500), awarded by Tufts University to help defray the publication costs of my book, The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2002).

10/00 FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD ($1500), awarded by Tufts University to help defray the publication costs of my book, The Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002).

2000-01 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP FOR COLLEGE TEACHERS AND INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS ($30,000), awarded for research project on AThe Archaeology of Qumran.@

9/00-6/01 ANNUAL PROFESSORSHIP AT THE W.F. ALBRIGHT INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH ($17,000 + room and part-board), Jerusalem, Israel, awarded for research project on AThe Archaeology of Qumran@ (DECLINED).

2-6/01 SKIRBALL VISITING FELLOWSHIP AT THE OXFORD CENTRE FOR HEBREW AND JEWISH STUDIES, Oxford University, England ($8000 + room), awarded for research project on AThe Archaeology of Qumran.@

2000 RECIPIENT OF THE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD of the Biblical Archaeology Society of Northern Virginia (BASONOVA).

6-7/99 FACULTY RESEARCH FUND AWARD ($4,450), awarded by Tufts University to attend the American Academy in Rome=s Summer School Program.

9/97-5/98 FELLOWSHIP IN BYZANTINE STUDIES, DUMBARTON OAKS ($24,000 + room and part- board), Washington, D.C., awarded for research project on AThe Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine.@

9/97-7/98 AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES FELLOWSHIP ($20,000), awarded for research project on AThe Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine.@

1997-98 HOWARD FOUNDATION MERIT AWARD RECIPIENT (honorary award), Brown University, Providence, RI., awarded for research project on AThe Archaeology of the Early Islamic Settlement in Palestine.@

5-7/96 UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY (USIA) SUMMER SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE GRANT ($3500), American Schools of Oriental Research, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel, awarded to study pottery from Caesarea and Masada.

1995/96 FACULTY RESEARCH SUMMER GRANT ($5,500), awarded by Tufts University to study pottery from Caesarea and Masada.

1995/96 FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD ($300), awarded by Tufts University to help defray the publication costs of my article, ASynagogue Typology and Earthquake Chronology at Khirbet Shema`, Israel,@ Journal of Field Archaeology 24 (1997), pp. 211-220.


1992/93 FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD ($1000), awarded by Tufts University to help defray the publication costs of my book, Jerusalem Ceramic Chronology (Sheffield: SheffieldAcademic Press, 1993).

7/90-7/92 MELLON POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN SYRO-PALESTINIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Center for Old World Archaeology and Art, Brown University, Providence, RI.

1988-90 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, American Schools of Oriental Research, at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

1986-88 Two MELLON GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS, University of Pennsylvania.

1986/87 SAMUEL H. KRESS FELLOWSHIP, American Schools of Oriental Research, at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

1985/86 JAMES A. MONTGOMERY FELLOWSHIP, American Schools of Oriental Research, at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

1984/85 GEORGE A. BARTON FELLOWSHIP, American Schools of Oriental Research, at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

INVITED LECTURES/PAPERS PRESENTED

Study leader for the "Voyage to Antiquity" to Turkey aboard the Sea Cloud, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and the Archaeological Institute of America, 20 September to 4 October 2003.

Lecturer for the Oxford International Seminar of the Biblical Archaeology Society, 3-15 August 2003, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, UK.

AA Mithraic Vase from Jerusalem,@ paper presented at the 16th International Congress on Antique Bronzes, 26-31 May 2003, Bucharest, Romania.

Study leader for a Smithsonian tour to Turkey, 10-25 May 2003.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture for a tour of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, 29 March 2003, Grand Rapids, MI.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for Temple Torah, 12 March 2003, Boynton Beach, FL.

"Helios and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues," invited lecture for the Pittsburgh Biblical Archaeology Society, 23 February 2003, Pittsburgh, PA.

AHelios and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues,@ invited paper in a special session on Ancient Synagogues at the Annual Meeting of the College Art Association, 19-22 February 2003.

AA Mithraic Vase from Jerusalem,@ invited paper in a colloquium on the Roman East at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 3-5 January 2003, New Orleans, LA.

AMetatron and Mysticism in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues,@ invited paper in a panel at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Jewish Studies, 15-17 December 2003, Los Angeles, CA.

ARoman Jerusalem,@ invited lecture at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 11 December 2002, New York, NY.

"Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome," invited lecture for the Program of Jewish Studies at the University of Arizona, 9 December 2002, Tucson, AZ.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society of Northern Virginia (BASONOVA), 8 December 2002, Falls Church, VA.

AThe Date of the Synagogue at Sardis,@ paper in a session on Late Antiquity at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, 25-26 November 2002, Toronto, CA.

Invited participant in a panel on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, 24 November 2002, Toronto, CA.

AThe Ancient Jewish Communities of Asia Minor,@ invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society=s Annual Bible and Archaeology Fest, 23 November 2002, Toronto, CA.

AHelios and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues,@ paper in a session on The Archaeology of People at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 23 November 2002, Toronto, CA.


AWhy Scroll Jars?", invited paper at a conference on the Archaeology of Qumran at Brown University, 18 November 2002, Providence, RI.

AJerusalem in the Time of Herod the Great,@ invited lecture at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 13 November 2002, New York, NY.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture at the University of Judaism, 4 November 2002, Los Angeles, CA.

AJerusalem in the Time of Herod the Great,@ invited lecture at Queen=s College, 30 October 2002, New York, NY.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture for the 5-College Faculty Seminar in Biblical Literature at Amherst College, 17 October 2002, Amherst, MA.

ABiblical Jerusalem,@ invited lecture at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 16 October 2002, New York, NY.

ARoman Legionary Pottery from Jerusalem,@ paper presented at the XXIII Congress of the Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores, 29 September-6 October 2002, Rome, Italy.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for the Chapel Hill Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, 11 September 2002, Chapel Hill, NC.

AHelios and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues,@ invited lecture (the Saul Reinfeld Memorial Lecture) for the Department of Religious Studies at Connecticut College, 9 May 2002, New London, CT.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ and AAncient Synagogues in the Land of Israel,@ invited lectures for Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, 20 April 2002, Montreal, Canada.

AThe Ancient Jewish Communities of Asia Minor,@ invited lecture at the University of Pennsylvania, 16 April 2002, Philadelphia, PA.

AThe Ancient Jewish Communities of Asia Minor,@ invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 11 April 2002, New York, NY.

Invited lecturer for the 2001-2002 Lecture Program of the Archaeological Institute of America; AMasada, Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ in for the San Joaquin Valley Society in Fresno, CA (1 April 2002); the San Francisco Society, CA (2 April 2002); and the Hawaii Society in Honolulu, Hawaii (4 April 2002).

Study leader for Tufts University Alumni Tour of Sicily, 18-25 March 2002.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture at the Museum of Biblical Archaeology, 16 March 2002, Columbus, OH.

Scholar-in-residence at Congregation Beth Israel, with three invited lectures (AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ AHerodian Jerusalem@); 8-10 March 2002, Bellingham, WA.

AJerusalem in the Time of Jesus,@ invited lecture for the 5-College Faculty Seminar in Biblical Literature at Amherst College, 7 March 2002, Amherst, MA.

AThe Land of Israel in the Hellenistic Period,@ invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 28 February 2002, New York, NY.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture at the University of St. Thomas, 17 February 2002, Houston, TX.

Study leader for the Biblical Archaeology Society=s Seminar at Sea (six lectures on ancient Jerusalem) in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Aruba, La Guaira, Grenada, Dominica, St. Thomas) 2-9 February 2002.


AThe World of Alexander,@ invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 24 January 2002, New York, NY.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture at the Museum of Biblical Archaeology, 19 January 2002, Columbus, OH.

AJerusalem in the Time of Herod the Great,@ invited lecture in an annual series sponsored by the International Catacomb Society at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 13 January 2002, Boston, MA.

Chair of Joint AIA/ASOR Colloquium on AThe Galilee: Archaeology and Early Christianity,@ at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 4 January 2002, Philadelphia, PA.

AIntroduction to Archaeology,@ invited lecture for the American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, 23 December 2001, Rockville, MD.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for the Archaeological Associates of Greenwich, 19 December 2001, Greenwich, CT.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture for the Westchester New York Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, 2 December 2001.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture for Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, 1 December 2001, Rye, NY.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture in a workshop at the Jewish Community Centre of Victoria, on the theme of ALost Worlds: Jewish Life, Roman Rule,@ 25 November 2001, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

AJerusalem in the Time of Jesus,@ and AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lectures for Saint Mary=s Catholic Church, 20 November 2001, Littleton, CO.

AAncient Synagogues in Palestine,@ invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society=s Bible and Archaeology Fest, 18 November 2001, Denver, CO.

AHelios and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues,@ paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature,@ 18 November 2002.

AA Near Eastern Ethnic Element Among the Etruscan Elite?@, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 17 November 2002, Boulder, CO.

AJerusalem in the Herodian Period,@ invited lecture for Temple Rodef Shalom, 4 November 2001, Falls Church, VA.

AThe Jewish Communities of Ancient Turkey: The Archaeological and Historical Evidence of an Integrated Minority,@ invited lecture at a seminar on APaths of Faith in Turkey@ at the Smithsonian Institution, 3 November 2001, Washington, D.C.

Study leader for Smithsonian Study Tour AAlong the Ancient Coast of Turkey@ aboard a gulet, 11-23 October 2001.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ Shabbat service talk at Temple Israel of Natick, 5 October 2001, Natick, MA.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for the Worcester Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, 30 September 2001, Worcester, MA.

Seminar on AThe Archaeology of Palestine,@ sponsored by the Biblical Archaeology Society at St. Olaf=s College, 22-28 July 2001, Northfield, MN.


AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for the Oxford Council of Jews and Christians, 14 June 2001, Oxford, UK.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture at the British Museum, 13 June 2001, London, UK.

AThe Dating of Galilean Type Synagogues,@ invited lecture in the After Rome Seminar, Trinity College, 17 May 2001, Oxford, UK.

ACommunal Meals at Qumran,@ invited lecture in the Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Greco-Roman Period, Wolfson College, 15 May 2001, Oxford, UK.

AWomen at Qumran?@ invited lecture in the Patterson series, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, 9 May 2001, Yarnton Manor, Yarnton, UK.

AJerusalem in the Second Temple Period,@ invited lecture for the American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, 6 May 2001, Rockville, MD.

AHelios and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues,@ invited lecture for the Byzantine Studies Seminar, St. John=s College, 24 April 2001,Oxford, UK.

AThe Origin of the Etruscans in Light of their Burial Customs,@ invited paper in a conference on AReligious Texts and Material Contexts@ at the University of South Florida, 24-25 February 2001, Tampa, FL.

AAncient Synagogues in Palestine,@ invited lecture in a conference on AArchaeology and the Bible,@ at the Florida International University, 28 January 2001, Miami, FL.

ANew Light on Ancient Synagogues: Helios and the Zodiac Cycle,@ invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion, 9 January 2001, New York, NY.

ACommunal Meals and Sacred Space at Qumran,@ invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 5 December 2000, New York, NY.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for the Westchester New York Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, 3 December 2000, NY.

AJerusalem in the Time of Jesus,@ invited lecture at Neumann College, 28 November 2000, Aston, PA.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for the South Florida Tufts Club, 26 November 2000, Palm Beach, FL.

AWomen at Qumran?@ invited paper in the Qumran section, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, 20 November 2000, Nashville, TN.

AJerusalem in the Time of Jesus,@ invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society=s Bible and Archaeology Fest, 17 November 2000, Nashville, TN.

AIntroduction to Archaeology,@ invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 7 November 2000, New York, NY.

Invited lecturer for the 2000-2001 Lecture Program of the Archaeological Institute of America; Lincoln, NE , 12 November 2000 (AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance against Rome@); Columbia, MO, 13 November (AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls@); Nashville, TN , 14 November 2000 (AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance against Rome@).

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance against Rome,@ invited lecture for the New Hampshire Tufts Club, 13 October 2000, Bedford, NH.


Study leader for Smithsonian Study Tour AVoyage to Antiquity@ to Turkey aboard the Sea Cloud, 22 September-8 October 2000.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture at the Bible Lands Museum, 13 September 2000, Jerusalem, Israel.

AThe Byzantine-Early Islamic Transition in the Negev,@ XVIIIth International Conference of Roman Frontier Studies, 2-11 September 2000, Amman, Jordan.

Invited panelist on AMillennarians, Soldiers, Aristocrats, or Baptists: What Really Happened at Qumran?@ in a AMillennium Conference on the Sea of Galilee and in the City of Jerusalem,@ at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 25-30 June 2000, Jerusalem, Israel.

ARomans, Jews, and Christians: Archaeological Testimonies,@ invited paper in a symposium celebrating the Centennial of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research and the American Schools of Oriental Research, 30 May 2000, Jerusalem, Israel.

AMaking the Invisible Visible: The Case of the Early Islamic Period in Palestine,@ invited paper in a symposium on AStrategies for Islamic Archaeology in Bilad al-Sham and the Jazirah,@ at the 2nd International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: Near Eastern Archaeology at the Beginning of the 3rd Millennium AD, 25 May 2000, Copenhagen, Denmark.

AAelia Capitolina: Hadrianic Jerusalem,@ invited lecture for the American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, 7 May 2000, Rockville, MD.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 2 May 2000, New York, NY.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture for the Archaeological Associates of Greenwich, 27 April 2000, Greenwich, CT.

Chair and organizer of session on Byzantine and Islamic Archaeology in the Ancient Near East, for the Centennial Celebrations of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Smithsonian Institution, 16 April 2000, Washington, D.C.

Invited lecturer for the 1999/2000 Lecture Program of the Archaeological Institute of America; Seattle, WA, 13 April 2000; Portland, OR, 14 April; L.A. County, 15 April (Ahmanson Lecturer) (topic: AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls@).

AJewish Tombs and Burial Customs,@ invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 4 April 2000, New York, NY.

AThe Ancient Synagogues of Palestine,@ invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society of Northern Virginia, 26 March 2000, Washington, D.C.

AJerusalem in the Time of Jesus@ and ARoman Jerusalem,@ invited lectures for a Biblical Archaeology Society seminar, 24-25 March 2000, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

AWhat Does Archaeology Tell Us About Who Lived at Qumran?@ invited lecture in a symposium on AThe Site of Khirbet Qumran: Problems and Solutions,@ at the Field Museum of Chicago, 19 March 2000, Chicago, IL.

ACommunal Meals and Sacred Space at Qumran,@ invited paper in a symposium on ABuilding for Community: The Archaeology and Architecture of Monasticism,@ at the University of Minnesota, 9-12 March 2000, Minneapolis, MN.

AHerodion: The Final Resting Place of King Herod,@ invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 7 March 2000, New York, NY.

AQumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 22 February 2000, New York, NY.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture at Neumann College, 8 February 2000, Aston, PA.

AThe Roman Pottery from Binyanei Ha=uma, Jerusalem,@ Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 28-30 December 1999, Dallas, TX.

AMasada: Fact or Fiction?@ invited lecture at the University of Hartford, 30 November 1999, Hartford, CT.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Seminars, 21 November 1999, Boston, MA.

AThe Cults of Isis and Kore at Samaria-Sebaste in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods,@ invited paper in a special session on AHellenism and the Age of Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah,@ at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, 21 November 1999, Boston, MA.

AThe Israelite and Muslim Conquests of Palestine@ invited paper in a symposium on AThe House that Albright Built,@ in honor of the Centennial of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 19 November 1999, Boston, MA.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture at Neumann College, 9 November 1999, Aston, PA.

AThe Decline of Syria-Palestine in the Mid-Sixth Century: A Reconsideration of the Archaeological Evidence from Dehes,@ paper in a session on ALate Antiquity@ at the Byzantine Studies Conference, 4-7 November 1999, College Park, MD.

Study leader on Smithsonian Study Tour AVoyage to Antiquity@ to Turkey aboard the Sea Cloud, 1-17 October 1999.

Invited lecturer for a day-long symposium, with four lectures on the archaeology of ancient Jerusalem: ABiblical Jerusalem,@ AJerusalem in the Second Temple Period,@ ARoman Jerusalem,@ Byzantine Jerusalem,@ for the Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution, 18 September 1999, Washington, D.C.

AAncient Synagogues in the Land of Israel: The Problem of Typology and Chronology,@ invited lecture in a conference on AJudaism in Late Antiquity,@ organized by L..I. Levine, at the Yad-Ben Zvi Institute, 5 July 1999, Jerusalem, Israel (in Hebrew).

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for the American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, 16 May 1999, Rockville, MD.

AIn the Footsteps of the Tenth Roman Legion in Judaea,@ invited paper in a conference on AThe First Jewish Revolt Against the Romans@ at the University of Minnesota, 22 April 1999, Minneapolis, MN.

Four invited lectures on the archaeology of Jerusalem: ABiblical Jerusalem@ (23 February 1999); AJerusalem in the Second Temple Period@ (23 March 1999); ARoman Jerusalem@ (13 April 1999); AByzantine Jerusalem@ (4 May 1999), at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NY.

AThe Limes in Southeastern Judea,@ Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 30 December 1998, Washington, D.C. (presented in a Colloquium I organized on AThe Limes in the Roman East,@ sponsored by the Near Eastern Archaeology Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America).

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, 4 December 1998, Rye, NY.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture at Rollins College, 24 November 1998, Winter Park, FL.

AAncient Synagogues in Palestine: The Problem of Typology and Chronology,@ Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, 23 November 1998, Orlando, FL.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society Seminars, 22 November 1998, Orlando, FL.

AThe Mausolea of Augustus, Alexander, and Herod the Great,@ Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 20 November 1998, Orlando, FL.

Invited lecturer for the 1998/99 Lecture Program of the Archaeological Institute of America; Niagara Peninsula, Canada, 8 November 1998; Montreal, Canada, 9 November 1998 (AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome@).

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture for the Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution, 24 September 1998, Washington, D.C.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ and AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lectures for the Biblical Archaeology Society Seminars, 23 May 1998, Philadelphia, PA.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture at the University of South Dakota, for a plenary session of the Student History Conference, 23 April 1998, Vermillion, SD.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society of Northern Virginia, 21 April 1998, Alexandria, VA.

AAncient Synagogues in Palestine,@ invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, 20 April 1998, New York, NY.

ABiblical Jerusalem,@ invited lecture of the American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, 19 April 1998, Rockville, MD.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran,@ invited lecture at the Meyerhoff Center for Judaic Studies, University of Maryland, 8 April 1998, College Park, MD.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture at the University of Iowa, 5 April 1998, Cedar Rapids, IA.

AThe Ancient Synagogues of Palestine,@ invited lecture for the American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, 18 March 1998, Rockville, MD.

AThe Holy Land in the Hellenistic Age,@ invited lecture for a series on AAlexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age,@ 17 March 1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture at Emory University, 5 March 1998, Atlanta, GA.

AAesthetics and Function in the Ancient Synagogues of Palestine,@ invited lecture at the Maryland Institute, College of Art, 26 February 1998, Baltimore, MD.

AJerusalem in the Time of Jesus,@ 22 January 1998, invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society of Northern Virginia, 22 February 1998, Arlington, VA.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society of Northern Virginia, 12 January 1998, Alexandria, VA.

AThe North Wall of Aelia Capitolina,@ Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 19 November 1997, Napa Valley, CA.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture at the University of Judaism, 17 November 1997, Los Angeles, CA.


AThe Archaeology of Qumran,@ invited lecture at Wesley Theological Seminary, 30 October 1997, Washington, D.C.

Kershaw Lecturer in Near Eastern Archaeology for the 1997/98 Lecture Program of the Archaeological Institute of America; Santa Fe, NM, 20 October 1997 (AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance against Rome@); San Antonio, TX, 21 October 1997 (AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls@); Dallas, TX, 22 October 1997 (AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls@).

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for the Hartford Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, 13 October 1997.

AA Reassessment of the Excavations of Qumran,@ invited lecture at an International Congress on AThe Dead Sea Scrolls - Fifty Years After Their Discovery, Major Issues and New Approaches,@ Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 20-25 July 1997, Jerusalem, Israel.

ASyria and Palestine: the Jews under Roman Rule,@ invited lecture for Boston area high school teachers, as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities Project, 15 May 1997, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture for the Milwaukee Biblical Archaeology Society, 12 May 1997, Milwaukee, WI.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran,@ invited lecture for the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the Madison Biblical Archaeology Society, 7 May 1997, Madison, WI.

AExcavations in the Roman Camps at Masada,@ invited lecture for the American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, 16 April 1997, Rockville, MD.

Invited lecturer for the 1996/97 Lecture Program of the Archaeological Institute of America; Charlottesville, VA, 3 April 1997 (AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome@), and Williamsburg, VA, 4 April 1997 (AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls@).

AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture in the AFace to Face@ program, 27 March 1997, at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NY.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture at the University of Oklahoma, 19 March 1997, Norman, OK.

AFrom Jerusalem to Masada: The Other Cities of Herod the Great,@ invited lecture in a symposium on Caesarea Maritima, 8 February 1997, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

AThe Archaeology of Masada, the Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance against Rome,@ invited lecture for the High School Science Series at the Boston Museum of Science, 21 January 1997, Boston, MA.

Invited participant in a workshop on APublishing Pottery: The Catalogue, Boon or Bane?@ Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 28 December 1996, New York, NY.

Invited participant in a workshop on AProblems in Archaeological Publication,@ presenting a joint paper with J.P. Dessel on AThe Publication of Archaeological Ceramics: Content and Context,@ Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 23-26 November 1996, New Orleans, LA.

ASome Observations on the Archaeology of Qumran,@ in a joint ASOR/SBL session I organized on AThe Archaeology of Qumran,@ Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature and the American Schools of Oriental Research, 24 November 1996, New Orleans, LA.

AAelia Capitolina: Roman Jerusalem,@ invited lecture in a series celebrating Jerusalem's 3000th Anniversary, 18 April 1996, at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NY.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,@ invited lecture for Multicultural Week, 24 March 1996, at Northwest College, Powell, WY.

AJerusalem in the Time of Jesus,@ invited lecture in a series celebrating Jerusalem's 3000th Anniversary, 22 March 1996, at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

AJews and Christians in a Late Roman Cemetery at Beth Guvrin, Israel,@ invited paper at a conference on AReligious and Ethnic Communities in Roman Period Palestine,@ 10 March 1996, sponsored by the Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Invited participant in a workshop on ANear Eastern Archaeology...The Present Status,@ Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 28 December 1995, San Diego, CA.

AJerusalem's Necropolis, The Ancient City of the Dead,@ invited lecture in a series celebrating Jerusalem's 3000th Anniversary, 28 November 1995, at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NY.

AKhirbet Shema` and the Earthquake Revisited,@ Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature (Archaeology of the New Testament World Group), 20 November 1995, Philadelphia, PA.

AThe Other Side of the Mountain: the 1995 Excavations in the Roman Siege Camps at Masada,@ invited lecture at a symposium in honor of the retirement of Ernest S. Frerichs, Director of the Program in Judaic Studies at Brown University; 14 November 1995, Brown University, Providence, RI.

ACapernaum and the Ceramic Chronology of Early Islamic Palestine,@ Twenty-first Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, 10 November 1995, New York, NY.

Invited speaker for the 1995/96 Archaeological Lecture Program of the Archaeological Institute of America; 2-4 November 1995; Toledo, OH; and the Ohio Valley Society (ABiblical Jerusalem@); Columbus, OH (AMasada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome@).

AThe History of Jerusalem from 1000 B.C.E. to the Present,@ invited lecture for the American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society (in honor of the 3000th Anniversary Celebration of Jerusalem), 19 October 1995, Rockville, MD.

ASome Observations on the Herodian Period Chronology of Qumran, Ein Feshkha, and Ein el-Ghuweir,@ invited paper at the Fifth International Colloquium on the Dead Sea Scrolls, sponsored by the Polish Academy of Sciences, 29 June to 4 July 1995, Krakow, Poland.

Invited speaker for the 1994/95 Archaeological Lecture Program of the Archaeological Institute of America; 2-3 February 1995; ABlessings from Jerusalem: New Evidence for Early Christian Pilgrimage@ (Washington, D.C.); ABiblical Jerusalem@ (Baltimore, MD).

AJews and Christians in a Late Roman Cemetery at Beth Guvrin, Israel,@ Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 28 December 1994, Atlanta, GA.

AA Villa at Qumran?@ Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, 19-23 November 1994, Chicago, IL.

AMasada, Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome,@ invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society of Pittsburgh, 17 April 1994, Pittsburgh, PA.

AMasada,@ invited lecture for the Classical Association of Massachusetts, Fitchburg College, 9 April 1994, Fitchburg, MA.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran,@ invited lecture at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 30 March 1994; AThe Dead Sea Scrolls Controversy,@ invited lecture at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, 31 March 1994.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran,@ invited lecture at a symposium on the AScrolls from the Dead Sea,@ sponsored by the M.H. de Young Museum, 20 March 1994, San Francisco, CA. In conjunction with the symposium, I was interviewed by Mr. Robert MacNeil for a recorded tour of the exhibit on the Dead Sea Scrolls at the de Young Museum (the recording was produced by Acoustiguide of New York).


ABabylonians, Greeks, and the Chronology of the Seventh Century B.C.E.,@ Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 22 November 1993, Washington, D.C.

AThe Mamila Project I, Jerusalem,@ Byzantine Studies Conference, 7 November 1993, Princeton, NJ.

ABiblical Jerusalem,@ invited lecture at Northwest College, 2 October 1993, sponsored by the Wyoming Council for the Humanities, Powell, WY.

AThe Archaeology of Qumran,@ invited lecture at a conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls, sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley Extension Center, 20-21 February 1993, Berkeley, CA.

ASouthern Palestine in the Abbasid Period,@ Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 29 December 1992, New Orleans, LA.

AThe Community at Qumran in Light of Its Pottery,@ invited paper at a conference on AMethods of Investigation of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Khirbet Qumran Site: Present Realities and Future Prospects,@ sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences, 14-17 December 1992, New York City, NY.

AThe Evidence from Area V/4 for the Dating of the Byzantine City Wall at Caesarea,@ Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 23 November 1992, San Francisco, CA.

Keynote address in a symposium on ALayers of Civilization,@ for the opening of the City of David exhibit at the Mizel Museum of Judaica, 13 September 1992, Denver, CO.

Panelist in a symposium on AThe Exodus: The Egyptian Evidence,@ sponsored by the Department of Egyptology, Brown University, 23-25 April 1992, Providence, RI.

AIslamic Pottery Sequence from Jerusalem,@ Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 29 December 1991, Chicago, IL.

AThe Dating of the Black Ceramic Bowl with a Depiction of the Torah Shrine from Nabratein,@ Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 23 November 1991, Kansas City, MO.

AThe Arch of Hadrian in Athens: Hadrian as a Second Theseus?@ Center for Old World Archaeology and Art, Brown University, 13 February 1991, Providence, RI.

AInscribed Byzantine Oil Lamps from Jerusalem,@ Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 30 December 1990, San Francisco, CA.

AA Reconsideration of the Archaeological Evidence for Omayyad Building Activity Around Jerusalem,@ Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 17 November 1990, New Orleans, LA.

ABeauty and Function in Ancient Synagogues,@ Lecture Tour, February 1990. Chicago, West Palm Beach, Toronto, Washington D.C., Houston, San Francisco; sponsored by the Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

ASome Observations on the Roman Temple at Kedesh,@ Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 28 December 1989, Boston, MA.

Organizer and chairperson of session on AThe Problem of the Sassanid Persian and Moslem Conquests of Palestine,@ Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 20 November 1989, Anaheim, CA.

AThe Archaeological Evidence for the Sassanid Persian Destruction of the Tyropoeon Valley, Jerusalem,@ Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 20 November 1989, Anaheim, CA.

AThe Weapons from Masada,@ Tenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, 22 August 1989, Jerusalem, Israel.

AThe Arrowheads of Masada,@ First Joint Archaeological Congress, 8 January 1989, Baltimore, MD.


AEarly Archaic Greek Pottery from Tell Batashi (Timnah), Israel,@ Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 28 December 1986, San Antonio, TX.

AThe Byzantine Pottery from the City of David, Jerusalem,@ Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 25 November 1986, Atlanta, GA.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Schools of Oriental Research; Archaeological Institute of America; Association of Archaeologists in Israel; Association of Jewish Studies; Israel Exploration Society; Register of Professional Archaeologists; Society of Biblical Literature; U.S. National Committee for Byzantine Studies; World Union of Jewish Studies.

LANGUAGES

Fluent Modern Hebrew; working knowledge of Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, German, French, Spanish, Latin, Classical Arabic.


September 2002