Not Steven H. Werlin
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Steve Werlin is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studies the archaeology of Roman and Byzantine Palestine, as well as ancient Judaism. He has been working under the direction of Dr. Jodi Magness at UNC since 2003, and at Tufts University for four years prior to that. His research interests include Ancient Synagogue Art and Architecture, Hasmonean and Herodian Architecture and History, and Jewish Religious Practices in the Classical and Near Eastern world. Steve typically spends his summers excavating. Most recently, he served as a trench supervisor for the Excavations in the Roman Fort at Yotvata in southern Israel, and in the Byzantine churches at Humayma in Jordan.
Steve is correctly conducting research for his dissertation project which will include an analysis of the ancient synagogues in southern Palestine. During the 2008-2009 academic year, Steve spent the year in Jerusalem as a fellow at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research.
Currently, Steve resides in Tucson, Arizona where he is teaching courses in the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona.
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