Jodi Magness Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism

CURRICULUM VITAE

Office:
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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: "A 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. Graudated cum laude.

PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT OR IN PRESS

MONOGRAPHS AND EDITED VOLUMES

Debating Qumran: Collected Essays on Its Archaeology, Leuven: Peeters, 2004.

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

The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2002.
- Selected as an "Outstanding Academic Book for 2003" by Choice Magazine.
- Winner of the 2003 Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) Award for the Best Popular Books of 2001-2002.
- Translated into French by P. Ghirardi: Que sait-on de Qumran? Les nouvelles interpretations, L'histoires des manuscripts de la mer Morte, La decouverte du site et la vie quotidienne (Paris: Bayard, 2003).

Rev. G. Davenport, Harper's Magazine, September 2002, p. 74.
Rev. A. Ages, The Jewish Pst, 13 November 2002, p. 16.
Rev. in Reference and Research Book News, February 2003.
Rev. C.A. Rollston, Archaeology Magazine, January-February 2003, p. 62.
Rev. C. Duggan, Academia (An Online Magazne and Resource for Academic Librarians) 3.6 (December 2002) (http://www.ybp.com/academia/ProfilersPicksDec02.htm).
Rev. L.J. Greenspoon, Choice, March 2003.
Rev. in The Bible Today, January/February 2003.
Rev. T.H. Lim, Theological Book Review 15.1 (February 2003).
Rev. H.Y. Sheynin, Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter, February/March 2003.
Rev. in Lutheran Partners, March/April 2003.
Rev. in Theology Digest, Spring 2003.
Rev. in New Testament Abstracts 47.1 (2003).
Rev. in Bible Editions & Versions, April/June 2003.
Rev. in Currents in Theology and Mission, April 2003.
Rev. J.D. Tangelder, Christian Renewal, June 23, 2003.
Rev. in Le Monde de la Bible, June 2003.
Rev. K.J. Udd, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, June 2003.
Rev. R. Arav, Revue of Biblical Literature (on-line), July 6, 2003.
Rev. P.R. Davies, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 27.5 (2003), p. 27.
Rev. H. Eshel, Biblical Archaeology Review 29.4 (July/August 2003), pp. 62, 64.
Abstracted in Old Testament Abstracts 26.2 (2003), p. 376.
Rev. M. Lonnqvist, Teologisk Tidskrift 3/2003.
Rev. in Shofar, Summer 2003.
Rev. M. Broshi, Qadmoniot Vol. 36. no. 125 (2003), p. 59 (in Hebrew).
Rev. W.M. Schniedewind, Religious Studies Review 29.3 (July 2003), p. 290
Rev. P. Larose, Catholic Books Review (2003) (http://www.catholicbooksreview.org/2003/magness.htm).
Rev. Y. Hirschfeld, Journal of Roman Archaeology 16 (2003), pp. 648-652.
Rev. A. L. Porter, Interpretation (October 2003), pp. 452, 454.
Rev. M. Broshi, Journal of Jewish Studies 54.2 (2003), pp. 333-334.
Rev. J. F. Brug, Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly (Summer 2003).
Rev. R. Vincent, Salesianum 65:3 (2003).
Rev. S. W. Crawford, American Journal of Archaeology 108.1 (January 2004), pp. 118-119.
Rev. R. Beckwith, Themelios (Autumn 2003).
Rev. F. Sen. Gazseha, (Sociedad Espanola de Historia de la Arqueologia - Madrid), No. 7 (Dec 2003).
Rev. in Jewish-Books.net (http://jewish-books.net/0802826873.html).
Rev. R. Bengtsson, Svensk Exegetisk Arsbok 68 (2003).
Rev. G. Fassbeck, Theologische Literaturzeitung 129.2 (2004).
Rev. K. J. Udd, Journal of Biblical Studies (online), Jan 2004.
Rev. S. W. Crawford, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 333 (Feb 2004), pp. 92-94.
Rev. M. Bauks, Etudes Theologiques et Religeuses 2003/4.
Rev. J. E. Taylor, Palestine Exploration Quarterly 136.1 (April 2004), pp. 81-87.
Rev. J. R. Davila, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 66.2 (April 2004), pp. 293-295.
Rev. J. A. Fitzmyer, Theological Studies, June 2004.
Rev. C. Wassen, Toronto Journal of Theology, Fall 2003.
Rev. P. Foster, Expository Times 115.8 (May 2004).
Rev. K. Atkinson, Journal of Biblical Literature 123.2 (Summer 2004), pp.356-367.

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.

ARTICLES AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

2004

Co-authored with U. Avner and G. Davies, "The Roman Fort at Yotvata, 2003," Israel Exploration Journal 54.2, pp. 256-261.

Co-authored with U. Avner and G. Davies, "The Roman Fort at Yotvata: Interim Report (2003)," Journal of Roman Archaeology 17, pp. 405-412.

"Why Scroll Jars?" in D. E. Edwards (ed.), Religion and Society in Ancient Palestine: Old Questions, New Approaches. New York: Rutledge, pp. 146-161.

"A Mithraeum Jerusalem?" Minerva, The International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology 15.2, pp. 35-37.

2003

Near Eastern Ethnic Element among the Etruscan Elite?, Etruscan Studies 8 (2001), pp. 79-117 (published in 12/03).

"Helios and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues," in W.G. Dever and S. Gitin (eds.), Symbiosis, Symbolism, and the Power of the Past. Canaan, Ancient Israel, and Their Neighbors from the Late Bronze Age through Roman Palaestina, Proceedings of the Centennial Symposium of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research and American Schools of Oriental Research, Jerusalem, May 29-31, 2000 (Eisenbrauns: Winona Lake, IN), pp. 363-389.

Mithraeum in Jerusalem?, in G.C. Bottini, L. Di Segni, and L.D. Chrupcala (eds.), One Land - Many Cultures, Archaeological Studies in Honour of Stanislao Loffreda ofm (Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press), pp. 163-171.

"The Northern Wall of Aelia Capitolina," in Y. Ben-Arieh and E. Reiner (eds.), Studies in the History of Eretz Israel Presented to Yehuda Ben Porat. Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi, pp. 105-118 (in Hebrew).

"Dernieres nouvelles de Qumran," La Monde de la Bible 151, pp. 14-17.

"Late Roman and Byzantine Pottery," in H. Geva, Jewish Quarter Excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem conducted by N. Avigad, 1969-1982, Volume II: The Finds from Areas A, W and X-2, Final Report. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, pp. 423-432.

2002

"Women at Qumran," in L. Rutgers (ed.), What Athens Has to Do wtih Jerusalem: Essays on Classical, Jewish, and Early Christian Art and Archaeology in Honor of Gideon Foerster. Leuven: Peeters, pp. 89-123.

"In the Footsteps of the Tenth Roman Legion in Judea," in A.M. Berlin and J.A. Overman (eds.), The First Jewish Revolt: Archaeology, history, and ideology. New york: Routledge, pp. 189-212.

2001

"Early Archaic Greek Pottery," in A. Mazar and N. Panitz-Cohen, Timnah (Tel Batash) II, The Finds from the First Millennium BCE (Qedem 42). Jerusalem: Hebrew University, pp. 141-144.

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

"A 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.

"Where is Herod's Tomb at Herodium?" Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 322, pp. 43-46.

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

"Communal 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, "Surprises at Yattir: Unsuspected Evidence of Early Christianity," Biblical Archaeology Review 27.4, pp. 32-36, 59.

"The Question of the Synagogue: The Problem of Typology," and "A 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, "The 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, "Not 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, "Khirbet Yattir, 1995-1999: Preliminary Report," Israel Exploration Journal 50, pp. 153-168.

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

"Late 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, "Khirbet Yattir: a Note on the Church in Area D," Journal of Roman Archaeology 13, pp. 343-345.

"A 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.

"The 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, "The 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, "A 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).

"Pottery" (3000 word), "Masada" (3000 word), "Weapons" (2000 word), "Kilns" (1000 word), "Ein Feshka" (1000 word), and "Herodium" (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, "Interim 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, "How to Publish Pottery," in H. Shanks (ed.), Archaeology's Publication Problem, Volume 2. Washington, DC: BAS, pp. 96-108.

"Redating 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, "Jews 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.

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

"Qumran 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 & Eli Shenhav, "Khirbet Yattir," American Journal of Archaeology 102, pp. 797-799.

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

"The 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, "Early Islamic Settlement in the Southern Negev," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 310, pp. 39-57.

"The 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.

"Illuminating Byzantine Jerusalem," Biblical Archaeology Review 24, pp. 40-47, 70-71.

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

1997

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

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

"The 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.

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

Co-authored with Christa Clamer, "La 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, "The Chronology of Early Greek Pottery: New Evidence from Seventh-Century B.C. Destruction Levels in Israel," American Journal of Archaeology 101, pp. 23-40.

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

"Ceramics: Ceramics of the Islamic Period" (co-authored with James A. Sauer), "Herodium," "Mausoleum," and "Peristyle 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

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

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

"Masada 1995: Discoveries at Camp F," Biblical Archaeologist 59, p. 181.

"Blessings 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 "Pots and People."

"Roman 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.

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

"The 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

"A Villa at Khirbet Qumran?" Revue de Qumran 63, pp. 397-419.

"The 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.

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

1992

"Late 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.

"A 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.

"Late Roman and Byzantine Pottery from Areas H and K" and "Byzantine 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, "Area 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.

"Arms and the Man," Biblical Archaeology Review 18, pp. 58-67.

"The 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.

"The 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).

"Samos" and "Samothrace." 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

"Khirbet Abu Suwwana and Ein `Aneva: Two Early Islamic Settlements on Palestine's Desert Periphery," in D. Whitcomb (ed.), Changing Social Identity with the Spread of Islam, Archaeological Perspectives (Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 2004), pp. 11-23 (in press).

"Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James," Journal of Biblical Literature 124.1 (2005), pp. 121-154.

"The Roman Pottery from Binyanei Ha'uma," Journal of Roman Archaology 17 (2004).

"Heaven on Earth: Helio and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues," submitted for consideration to Dumbarton Oaks Papers.

"The Date of the Synagogue at Sardis," forthcoming in the American Journal of Archaeology.

"Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James," forthcoming in the Journal of Biblical Literature.

"Why Ossuaries?", forthcoming in a festschrift ion honor of Seymour Gitin.

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

"Jerusalem" and "Hebron." 2000- and 500-word entries, respectively, for An Encyclopedia of Islamic Archaeology, NY: Garland Publishing Inc.

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

"The 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).

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

"Pottery 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).

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

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

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

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

"The 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.

"The 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).

WORK IN PROGRESS

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

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

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

Co-authored with Kathleen Warner Slane, "The Dating of the Pottery from Jalame," will be submitted for consideration to the Journal of Roman Archaeology.

BOOK REVIEWS (not including abstracts)

2003

R. Bar-Nathan, Hasmonean amd Herodian Palaces at Jericho, Final Reports of the 1973-1987 Excavations. Volume III: The Pottery (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2002); for Dead Sea Discoveries 10.3 (2003), pp. 420-28.

R. Donceel, Synthese des Observations Faites en Fouillant les Tombes des Necropoles de Khirbet Qumran et des Environs (Krakow: Enigma Press, 2002); for The Qumran Chronicle 11 (2003), pp. 121-125.

M. Ben-Dov, Historical Atlas of Jerusalem (New York: Continuum, 2002); for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 330 (2003), pp. 94-96.

H. Lapin, Economy, Geography, and Provincial History in Later Roman Palestine (Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2001); for the Journal for the Study of Judaism 34.1, pp. 95-98.

2002

E.-M. Laperrousaz, Trois Hauts Lieux de Judee (Paris: Editions Paris-Mediterranee, 2001); for Dead Sea Discoveries 9.3, pp. 414-417.

E. Netzer, Die Palaste der Hasmonaer und Herodes des Grossen (Zurich: Philip von Zaber, 1999); for the Journal of Near Eastern Studies 61.4, pp. 305-306.

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

N. Faulkner, Apocalypse, The Great Jewish Revolt Against Rome, AD 66-73 (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus, 2002); for Minerva Magazine (in press).

A. Strobel and S. Wimmer, Kallirrhoe ('En ez-Zara), Dritte Grabungskampagne des Deutschen Evangelischen Instituts fur Altertumswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes und Exkursionen in Sud-Peraa (Weisbaden: Harrassowitz, 2003); for the Journal of the American Oriental Society (in progress).

E. Mazar, The Temple Mount Excavations in Jerusalem 1968-1978 Directed by Benjamin Mazar, Final Reports, Volume 2: The Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods (Qedem 43) (Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 2003); for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (in progress).

S. J. Pfann, The Excavations of Khirbet Qumran and Ain Feshkha, Synthesis of Roland de Vaux's Field Notes IB, eds. J.-B. Humbert and A. Chambon (Fribourg: University Press, 2003).

Y. Hirschfeld, Qumran in Context, Reassessing the Archaeological Evidence (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2004); for the Review of Biblical Literature (in progress).

EXCAVATIONS (in Israel unless otherwise specified)

6/03 to now YOTVATA. Co-director of excavations of the Roman fort (in cooperation with the Arava Institute and Florida International University).

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 4/03); Near Eastern Archaeology Committee/Interest Group (7/94-now); Chair of committee (7/00-4/03); Professional Responsibilities Committee (11/97 to now); Cultural Properties Legislation and Policy Committee (7/00-4/03); Fellowships Committee (4/03-4/06).

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).

5/03 to 5/06 VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel.

5/00 to 5/03 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).

5/03-4/05 PRESIDENT, North Carolina Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.

1/03 to 12/05 BOOK REVIEW EDITOR, Journal of Field Archaeology (at Boston University).

2003 to now MEMBER, Editorial Committee, Dead Sea Discoveries.

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

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

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 "Archaeological 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, "The 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 2003 OUTSIDE READER OF PH.D. DISSERTATION on Byzantine Church Mosaics in Israel, by Karen C. Britt. History of Art Department, Indiana University.

2003 to now OUTSIDE READER OF PH.D. DISSERTATION on Ceramic Vessels as Indicators of Cultural Differences Between Selected Sites in the Jordan Valley and Hula Valley in the Roman Period (in Hebrew), by Dina Avshalom-Gorni. Department of Land of Israel Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

2003 to now JUDGE/JUROR, Shohet Scholars Fellowship, for the International Catacombs Society.

2004-2005 OUTSIDE READER OF PH.D. DISSERTATION on Reconsidering Late Roman Cyprus: Using new material from Nea Paphos to review current artifact typologies, by Andrea H. Rowe. Department of Classical Archaeology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

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

02-06/05 FULBRIGHT LECTURING AWARD AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, ISRAEL ($20,000), through the United States-Israel Educational Foundational (USIEF), to teach two courses (an undergraduate seminar and a graduate seminar) at the Institute of Archaeology.

2004 Included in the MARQUIS WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA

Spring 2004 FELLOWSHIP AT THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED JEWISH STUDIES ($16,000) at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, awarded for research project on ancient synagogues (DECLINED).

11/01 RECIPIENT OF AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH MEMBERSHIP SERVICE AWARD, "in 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 "The 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 "The 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 "The 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 "The 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 "The 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 "The 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, "Synagogue 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

"Ancient Jewish Tombs and Burial Customs in Jerusalem," invited lecture sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies at Queens College, 10 November 2005, New York, NY.

Study leader for Smithsonian Tour, "Great Battles" cruise to the Mediterranean, 19-31 October 2005.

Invited lectures in Bellingham, WA, 20-22 April 2005.

"The Archaeological Evidence for the Sasanid Persian Conquest of Jerusalem," invited paper in a conference on "Shaping the Middle East: Christians, Jews and Muslims in an Age of Transition, ca. 550-750 C.E." at the University of Maryland, 10-12 April 2005, College Park, MD.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture for the New York Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, 14 April 2005, New York, NY.

"Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James," invited lecture at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 13 April 2005, New York, NY.

Khirbet Abu Suwwana and Ein 'Aneva: Two Early Islamic Settlements on Palestine's Desert Periphery," invited paper in a conference on Islamic archaeology, 8-10 April 2005, Istanbul, Turkey.

"Why Ossuaries?" invited lecture in the Cohodras series at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 24 February 2005, Jerusalem, Israel.

"The Ancient Synagogue at Sardis," invited lecture at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, 17 February 2005, Jerusalem, Israel.

Discussant in a Plenary Session on "The State of the Fields: Archaeology's Interaction with History, Art History, Philology, and Anthropology in the Academic Context," at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 7 January 2005, Boston, MA.

"The 2003-2004 Excavations in the Roman Fort at Yotvata, Israel," paper co-presented with G. Davies and U. Avner at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 7 January 2005, Boston, MA.

Participant in a workshop on "Finding Classical Archaeology: The Practical Implications of Our Interdisciplinary Status," at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 9 January 2005, Boston, MA.

Invited lecture for the Fearrington Havurah, 14 December 2004, Fearrington Village, NC.

"The Ancient Jewish Communities of Asia Minor," invited lecture for the Triangle Seminar in Jewish Studies, National Humanities Center, 13 December 2004, Research Triangle Park, NC.

"In the Footsteps of the Roman Army," invited lecture at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 8 December 2004, New York, NY.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," and "Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus," invited lectures for Adventures in Ideas Seminar at the University of North Carolina, 3-4 December 2004, Chapel Hill, NC.

Respondent in a session on "Aila's Economy: The Implications of Ceramic Evidence," at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 20 November 2004, San Antonio, TX.

"Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, 21 November 2004, San Antonio, TX.

"The 2003-2004 Excavations in the Roman Fort at Yotvata, Israel," paper co-presented with G. Davies and U. Avner at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 20 November 2004, San Antonio, TX.

"Helios and the Zodiac Cycle in Ancient Palestinian Synagogues," invited paper for the Penn Seminar on Christian Origins at the University of Pennsylvania, 11 September 2004, Philadelphia, PA.

"Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance against Rome," invited lecture sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies at Queens College, 9 November 2004, New York, NY.

"The Ancient Synagogue at Sardis," invited brown-bag talk at the University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 5 November 2004, Chicago, IL.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture at the Lutheran School of Theology, 4 November 2004, Chicago, IL.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture at the Houston Museum of Science in conjunction with an exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls, 28 October 2004, Houston, TX.

"Galilee in the Fifth Century," keynote lecture at a conference on Galilee in Late Antiquity at Yale University, 23-24 October 2004, New Haven, CT.

"Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance against Rome," invited lecture for the Lecture Program of the Archaeological Institute of America, 21 October 2004, Hartford, CT.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture for the Program in Jewish Studies at American University, 21 October 2004, Washington, DC.

"Ancient Jewish Tombs and Burial Customs," invited lecture for the American Friends of the Israel Exploration Society, 20 October 2004, Rockville, MD.

Invited lectures for a seminar of the Bibilcal Archaeology Society at the University of Oklahoma, 15-16 October 2004, Norman, OK.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture for the Richmond Society of the Archaeological Istitutute of America, 14 October 2004, Richmond, VA.

Study Leader for Smithsonian Study Tour "Voyage to Antiquity" to Turkey aboard the Sea Cloud, 1-10 October 2004.

"Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome," and "The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture for a special series on Near Eastern Archaeology sponsored by the Alabama Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the University of Alabama, 23-24 September 2005, Huntsville, AL.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," and "Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus," invoted lectures for Adventures in Ideas Seminar at the University of North Carolina, 10-11 September 2004, Chapel Hill, NC.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture at White Memorial Presbyterian Church, 15 August 2004, Raleigh, NC.

Study leader for tour of Turkey and Greece: "Walking the Paths Where Faith First Flourished," for St. James Presbyterian Church, 15-30 May 2004.

"The Historical and Social Setting of the Synagogue at Sardis," invited paper in a colloquium on "Challenging Boundaries: History and Anthropology in Jewish Studies," sponsored by the Center for Advanced Jewish Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, 28 April 2004, Philadelphia, PA.

"Religion and Archaeology in Ancient Palestine," invited response in a National Webcast Colloquium on "The Politics of Religious and Secular Archaeology: Contemporary Uses of Ancient and Medieval Pasts," sponsored by the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, 13 April 2004, Durham, NC.

"Ancient Jewish Tombs and Burial Customs in Jerusalem," invited lecture at the University of Oklahoma, 9 April 2004, Norman, OK.

Invited lecturer for the 2003-2004 Lecture Program of the Archaeological Institute of America: 21 March 2004 (Houston, TX); 22 March 2004 (new Orleans, LA) (topics to be determined).

"Jerusalem in the Time of Herod," invited lecture at the Temple Shaarei Shalom, 9 March 2004, Boynton Beach, FL.

"Masada, Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance against Rome," invited lecture at Temple Torah, 8 March 2004, Boynton Beach, FL.

"Jerusalem in the Time of Herod" and "The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lectures at the University of British Colombia (the latter at the Vancouver Institute), 5-6 March 2004, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture at the University of Victoria, 4 March 2004, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture Bard College, 19 February, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

"Why Ossuaries?", invited paper in the "Consultation of James" Seminar at Bard College, late February 2004, NY.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," and "Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus," invited lectures for Adventures in Ideas Seminar at the University of North Carolina, 13-14 February 2004, Chapel Hill, NC.

"Underground Jerusalem: Ancient Jewish Tombs and Burial Customs," invited lecture at the Fourth Annual International Symposium on Archaeology and the Bible, 24 January 2004, Albuquerque, NM.

"Metatron and Magic in the Ancient Synagogues of the Land of Israel," invited lecture, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 4 December 2003.

Chair of a special session on "Aelia Capitolina," sponsored by the Late Antiquity in Interdisciplinary Perspective Section, 23-24 November 2003, Atlanta, GA.

Invited panelist in a special session discussing Seth Schwartz, Imperialism and Jewish Society, sponsored by the Hellenistic Judaism Section and the History and Literature of Early Rabbinic Judaism Section at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, 23 November 2003, Atlanta, GA.

Participant in the Question and Answer Session at the Biblical Archaeology Society's Bible and Archaeology Fest VI, 22 November 2003, Atlanta, GA.

"Comment on the Caesarea Evidence and the Byzantine-Islamic Transition in Palestine," in a Workshop on Caesarea Maritima at the Annual Meeting American Schools of Oriental Research, 22 November 2003, Atlanta, GA.

Invited talk for Temple Judea, 14 November 2003, Chapel Hill, NC.

"Ancient Jewish Tombs and Burial Customs in the Land of Israel," invited lecture at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 13 November 2003, New York, NY.

"Heaven on Earth: The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited paper for the seminar in Jewish Studies in the Greco-Roman Period at Wolfson College, 11 November 2003, Oxford, UK.

"The Dating of the Synagogue at Sardis," invited lecture for a seminar on Society, Wealth, and the Divine: Benefactors in Ancient Cities, at Lady Margaret Hall, 10 November 2003, Oxford, UK.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies at Queens College, 4 November 2003, New York, NY.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Wyoming, 31 October 2003, Laramie, WY.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," the annual Kirk Lecture for the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Denver, 30 October 2003, Denver, CO.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Tennessee, 23 October 2003, Knoxville, TN.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 2 October 2003, Pittsburgh, PA.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," and "Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus," invited lectures for Adventures in Ideas Fall Seminar at the University of North Carolina, 19-20 September 2003, Chapel Hill, NC.

"Jerusalem in the Time of Herod the Great," invited lecture for the Triangle Seminar for Jewish Studies, National Humanities Center, 15 September 2003, Research Triangle Park, NC.

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

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

"Reconsidering the Content and Function of the Zodiac and the Sun in Synagogues of Talmudic Times," invited lecture for a seminar sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies at Tel Aviv University, 19 May 2003, Ramat-Aviv, Israel.

"Khirbet Abu Suwwana and Ein `Aneva: Two Early Islamic Settlements on Palestine's Desert Periphery," invited paper presented at a seminar on "Changing Social Identities with the Spread of Islam: Archaeology and Texts," University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 12 May 2003, Chicago, IL.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture in conjunction with an exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids, 30 March 03, Grand Rapids, MI.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture at Calvin College, 27 March 03, Grand Rapids, MI.

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lecture at Temple Emeth, 13 March 2003, Delray Beach, FL.

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

"Helios 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.

"A Mithraeum in Jerusalem?" invited paper in a colloquium on the Roman East at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 6 January 2003, New Orleans, LA.

"Metatron 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.

"Roman 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.

"The 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.

"The Date of the Synagogue at Sardis," paper in a session on Late Antiquity at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature, 24 November 2002, Toronto, Canada.

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

"The Ancient Jewish Communities of Asia Minor," invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society's Annual Bible and Archaeology Fest, 24 November 2002, Toronto, CA.

"Helios 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, 21-22 November 2002, Toronto, CA.

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

"The Date of the Village at Dehes," invited paper presented at a symposium on Islamic Archaeology sponsored at the Pergamum Museum, 17 November 2002, Berlin, Germany.

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

"The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," keynote lecture in a conference on the Archaeology of Qumran at Brown University, 18 November 2002, Providence, RI.

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

"Jerusalem 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.

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

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

"The 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.

"Helios 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.

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

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

"The 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; "Masada, 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.

"The 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 ("The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," "Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome," "Herodian Jerusalem"); 8-10 March 2002, Bellingham, WA.

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

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

"The 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.

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

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

"Jerusalem 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 "The Galilee: Archaeology and Early Christianity," at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 4 January 2002, Philadelphia, PA.

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

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

"Masada: 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.

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

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

"Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus," and "The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls," invited lectures for Saint Mary's Catholic Church, 20 November 2001, Littleton, CO.

"Ancient Synagogues in Palestine," invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society's Bible and Archaeology Fest, 18 November 2001, Denver, CO.

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

"A 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.

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

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

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

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

"The 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 "The Archaeology of Palestine," sponsored by the Biblical Archaeology Society at St. Olaf's College, 22-28 July 2001, Northfield, MN.

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

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

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

"Communal 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.

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

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

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

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

"Ancient Synagogues in Palestine," invited lecture in a conference on "Archaeology and the Bible," at the Florida International University, 28 January 2001, Miami, FL.

"New 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.

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

"The 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.

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

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

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

"Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus," invited lecture for the Biblical Archaeology Society's Bible and Archaeology Fest, 17 November 2000, Nashville, TN.

"Introduction 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 ("Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance against Rome"); Columbia, MO, 13 November ("The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls"); Nashville, TN , 14 November 2000 ("Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance against Rome").

"Masada: 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 "Voyage to Antiquity" to Turkey aboard the Sea Cloud, 22 September-8 October 2000.

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

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

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

"Romans, 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.

"Making the Invisible Visible: The Case of the Early Islamic Period in Palestine," invited paper in a symposium on "Strategies 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.

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

"Masada: 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.

"Masada: 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: "The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"The Roman Pottery from Binyanei Ha'uma, Jerusalem," Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America,
28-30 December 1999, Dallas, TX.

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

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

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

"The Israelite and Muslim Conquests of Palestine" invited paper in a symposium on "The 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.

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

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

Study leader on Smithsonian Study Tour "Voyage 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: "Biblical Jerusalem," "Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period," "Roman Jerusalem," Byzantine Jerusalem," for the Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution, 18 September 1999, Washington, D.C.

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

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

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

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

"The 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 "The Limes in the Roman East," sponsored by the Near Eastern Archaeology Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America).

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

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

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

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

"The 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 ("Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome").

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

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

"Masada: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"The 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 ("Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance against Rome"); San Antonio, TX, 21 October 1997 ("The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls"); Dallas, TX, 22 October 1997 ("The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls").

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

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

"Syria 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.

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

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

"Excavations 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 ("Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome"), and Williamsburg, VA, 4 April 1997 ("The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls").

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

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

"From 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.

"The 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 "Publishing 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 "Problems in Archaeological Publication," presenting a joint paper with J.P. Dessel on "The Publication of Archaeological Ceramics: Content and Context," Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 23-26 November 1996, New Orleans, LA.

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

"Aelia 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.

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

"Jerusalem 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.

"Jews and Christians in a Late Roman Cemetery at Beth Guvrin, Israel," invited paper at a conference on "Religious 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 "Near Eastern Archaeology...The Present Status," Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, 28 December 1995, San Diego, CA.

"Jerusalem'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.

"Khirbet 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.

"The 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.

"Capernaum 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 ("Biblical Jerusalem"); Columbus, OH ("Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Resistance Against Rome").

"The 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.

"Some 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; "Blessings from Jerusalem: New Evidence for Early Christian Pilgrimage" (Washington, D.C.); "Biblical Jerusalem" (Baltimore, MD).

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

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

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

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

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

"The Archaeology of Qumran," invited lecture at a symposium on the "Scrolls 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).

"Babylonians, 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.

"The Mamila Project I, Jerusalem," Byzantine Studies Conference, 7 November 1993, Princeton, NJ.

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

"The 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.

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

"The Community at Qumran in Light of Its Pottery," invited paper at a conference on "Methods 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.

"The 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 "Layers 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 "The Exodus: The Egyptian Evidence," sponsored by the Department of Egyptology, Brown University, 23-25 April 1992, Providence, RI.

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

"The 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.

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

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

"A 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.

"Beauty 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.

"Some 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 "The Problem of the Sassanid Persian and Moslem Conquests of Palestine," Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 20 November 1989, Anaheim, CA.

"The 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.

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

"The Arrowheads of Masada," First Joint Archaeological Congress, 8 January 1989, Baltimore, MD.

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

"The 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 Jewish Studies; Israel Exploration Society; Register of Professional Archaeologists; Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores; 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.

January 2005