STEVEN H. WERLIN
Department of Religious Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Curriculum Vitae

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EDUCATION
Candidate for Ph.D. (A.B.D. Status), Religious Studies, since 2007
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Areas of Concentration: Archaeology of Palestine, History and Religion of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism, Hebrew Bible
  • Doctoral Adviser: Dr. Jodi Magness
  • Dissertation: "Synagogues of the Darom: An Analysis of Jewish Art and Architecture of Southern Palestine in the Late Roman and Byzantine Periods"

    M.A., Religious Studies, 2006
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Thesis: "Eagle Imagery in Jewish Relief Sculpture of Late Antique Palestine"

    B.A., Archaeology, 2003
    Tufts University

  • Honors: , magna cum laude, highest thesis honors
  • Areas of Concentration: Classical Archaeology, Ancient Greek Language
  • Thesis: "Miqva'ot (Jewish Ritual Baths) in Hellenistic and Roman Palestine"

    Languages

  • Ancient: Hebrew - Biblical, Rabbinic, Dead Sea Scrolls
          Greek - Classical, Koine
          Aramaic - Biblical, Targumic, Palestinian Jewish, Babylonian Jewish
          Latin
  • Modern: Hebrew (reading and speaking proficiency)
          German (reading proficiency)
          French (reading proficiency)

    EMPLOYMENT
    University of Arizona University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Teaching Associate, Department of Asian Studies and Center for Jewish Studies, 2006.
    • Teaching Assistant and Recitation Instructor, Department of Religious Studies, 2004–2006.
    • Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Jodi Magness, Department of Religious Studies, 2003.
    Outside University-level

    CLASSES TAUGHT

    CLASSES AS TEACHING ASSISTANT
    • “Archaeology of Palestine in the New Testament Period,” under Dr. Jodi Magness.
    • “Introduction to Early Judaism,” under Dr. Jodi Magness.
    • “Introduction to the New Testament,” under Dr. Carl Cosaert.

    SYLLABI PREPARED

    ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD EXPERIENCE
    • Excavations in the Roman Fort at Yotvata, Israel. Trench supervisor, excavating late Roman and early Islamic period finds, 2004-2007.
    • Assistant to Dr. Jodi Magness. Re-examination of pottery from the late Roman site of Jalame at the Israel Antiquities Authority Archaeological Storehouse, Beth Shemesh, Israel, 2004.
    • Athienou Archaeological Project, Cyprus. Field School Studentthrough Davidson College, excavating Cypro-archaic through Hellenistic period finds, 2001; Assistant Trench Supervisor, 2002; Staff Member cataloguing and preparing objects for publication in Larnaca Museum, 2003.
    • Combined Caesarea Expeditions, Israel. Field School Studentthrough University of Maryland, excavating early Roman through Islamic period finds, 2000.

    HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS
    • Samuel H. Kress Fellow, W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 2008-2009.
    • Lewis and Clark Fund, American Philological Society, 2007.
    • Smith Graduate Research Award, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2007.
    • Perry Award for Summer Research, 2004 and 2005.
    • Marianne J.H. Witherby Foundation Grant for Archaeological Field Work, 2003.
    • Boston Greek Prize, Tufts University, 2003.
    • National Science Foundation-National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Archaeological Field School, 2001.
    • Dorot Fellowship for Summer Study in Israel, 2000.

    PUBLICATIONS AND THESES
    • “Adoraim” and “Ammudim, Chorvat,” in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter (Forthcoming).
    • “Archaeology: Sites in the Middle East,” in Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. New York: Oxford University Press (In Press).
    • "Masada," in The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, ed. K.D. Sakenfeld. Abingdon Press (In Press).
    • “First Jewish War,” “Masada,” and “Qumran,” in The Cambridge Dictionary of Jewish Religion, History, and Culture, ed. J.R. Baskin. Cambridge University Press (In Press).
    • “Eagle Imagery in Jewish Relief Sculpture of Late Ancient Palestine: Survey and Interpretation.” M.A. Thesis, University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill, NC (2006).
    • “Miqva’ot (Jewish Ritual Baths) in Hellenistic and Roman Palestine: Examination and Interpretation.” B.A. Honors Thesis, Tufts University: Medford, MA (2003).

    BOOK REVIEWS
    • The Architecture of Herod, the Great Builder, by Ehud Netzer, in HENOCH, (Forthcoming).
    • Inscribing Devotion and Death: Archaeological Evidence for Jewish Populations of North Africa, by Karen B. Stern, in Choice Reviews, (Forthcoming).
    • Scribes, Visionaries, and the Politics of Second Temple Judea, by Richard A. Horsley, in Choice Reviews, (In Press).
    • Jerusalem’s Temple Mount: From Solomon to the Golden Dome, by Hershel Shanks, in Choice Reviews, (In Press).
    • Solomon’s Temple: Myth and History, by William J. Hamblin and David Rolph Seely, in Choice Reviews, December 2007.

    CONFERENCE PAPERS
    • “Jewish Art in Its Christian Context: Eagles and Angels in Late Antiquity,” American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, Nov. 14-17, 2007.
    • “Artistic Symbols in Religious Dialogue: The Image of the Eagle,” Channels of Communication: Interreligious Dialogues in Late Antiquity. Yale University, New Haven, CT, Oct. 22-23, 2006.
    • “Searching for Orthodoxy in Palestinian Synagogues—the Evidence of Relief Sculpture,” “How Intense Is the Zeal”: Creating Religious Orthodoxy in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Brown University, Providence, RI, April 9-10, 2006.
    • “The 2004 Excavations in the Roman Fort at Yotvata, Israel,” Southeast Commission for the Study of Religion Annual Meeting. Winston-Salem, NC, March 2005.

    ACADEMIC VOLUNTEER WORK
    • Session Chair of “Christianity and Judaism in Late Antiquity” at the Annual Meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research (with C. Duncan), 2008-2010.
    • Tufts Alumni Admissions Program, Applicant Interviewer, 2007-Present.
    • Shekhel veLev, Adult Education Outreach Program, Department of Judaic Studies, University of Arizona, 2008.
    • Archaeological Institute of America North Carolina Society, Logistics Coordinator, 2004-2005.
    • Volunteer Staff, Current Issues in State Formation: the Mediterranean and Beyond. An International Colloquium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC-Chapel Hill, Oct. 17-19, 2003.

    INVITED LECTURES
    • “Ancient Synagogues in the Land of Israel,” at Anshei Israel, Tucson, AZ, 2008.

    PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS

    CONSULTING WORK
    • The Lost Tomb of Jesus: The World Reacts. Produced by Discovery Studios, for the Discovery Channel, as a response to James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici’s The Lost Tomb of Jesus, 2007.

    CURRENT WORKS IN PROGRESS
    • Dissertation Project: “The ‘En Gedi Synagogue”
    • “Eagles and Angels in Late Ancient Jewish and Christian Art.”
    • “The Eagle Incident and Herod the Great.”
    • “Identifying First Century Diaspora Synagogues: Rethinking Assumptions.”

    RECENT UNPUBLISHED WORKS
    • "Some Reflections on Pots and People," 2006.
    • “Identifying Ideologies in Late Ancient Synagogue Art," 2006.
    • “Seekers of Smooth Stones: Technical Terms for Building Materials in Josephus,” 2005.
    • “The Delos Synagogue Revisited, Again,” 2004.
    • “The Augustea of Herod the Great,” 2004.

    LANGUAGES
    • Ancient:     Hebrew (Biblical, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Rabbinic)
                        Greek (Koine, Attic, Homeric)
                        Aramaic (Biblical, Targumic, Palestinian Jewish, Babylonian Jewish)
                        Latin
    • Modern:     Hebrew (reading and conversational proficiency)
                        German (reading proficiency)
                        French (reading proficiency) 

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