DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES:
Mark S. Smith

The Program in Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees as preparation for research and college-level teaching in these fields. Members of the program are drawn from different disciplines and work in various areas of ancient Near Eastern studies. The program is especially strong in study of the areas surrounding the eastern Mediterranean: Egypt, Syria-Palestine, and the Aegean.

Faculty

Pamela J. Crabtree, Associate Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D. 1982 (anthropology), M.A. 1975 (anthropology), Pennsylvania; B.A. 1972 (art history and economics), Barnard College.
Zooarchaeology; fauna analysis; Natufian subsistence and settlement; later prehistoric and medieval Europe; North America.

Daniel E. Fleming, Professor, Hebrew and Judaic Studies. Ph.D. 1990 (Near Eastern languages and civilization), Harvard; M.Div. 1985 (Bible), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; B.S. 1979 (geology), Stanford.
Assyriology; Hebrew Bible; interpretation and cultural history; ancient Syria.

Ogden Goelet, Research Associate Professor, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Ph.D. 1982 (history), M.A. 1975 (history), Columbia; B.A. 1966 (German literature), Harvard.
Egyptian cultural history; ancient Egyptian religion; Egyptian lexicography.

Günther Kopcke, Avalon Foundation Professor of the Humanities, Institute of Fine Arts. Ph.D. 1962, Ludwig-Maximilians.
Prehistoric to early classical Greece; circum-Mediterranean studies; Roman and early medieval civilization in Europe north of the Alps.

David O’Connor, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art, Institute of Fine Arts. Ph.D. 1969, Cambridge; Postgrad. Dip. 1962, London; B.A. 1958, Sydney.
Ancient Egyptian art and archaeology.

Francis E. Peters, Professor, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Program in Religious Studies, History. Ph.D. 1961 (Islamic studies), Princeton; M.A. 1952 (philosophy and Greek), B.A. 1950 (classics), St. Louis.
Islamic history and religion; comparative Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; the Haj.

Ann Macy Roth, Clinical Associate Professor, Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Art History. Ph.D. 1985 (Egyptology), B.A. 1975 (Egyptology), Chicago.
Egyptology; archaeology; ancient Near Eastern studies; Egyptian art; Egyptian mortuary traditions.

Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, Professor, Hebrew and Judaic Studies. Ph.D. 1992 (religion), Columbia; M.A. 1987 (Talmud and Rabbinics), Jewish Theological Seminary; B.A. 1985 (religion), Oberlin College.
Rabbinic literature; ancient Judaism; Jewish law.

Lawrence H. Schiffman, Ethel and Irwin A. Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies; Chair, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. Ph.D. 1974 (Near Eastern and Judaic studies), M.A. 1970, B.A. 1970 (Near Eastern and Judaic studies), Brandeis.
Dead Sea Scrolls; Jewish religious, political, and social history in late antiquity; history of Jewish law and Talmudic literature.

Mark S. Smith, Skirball Professor of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Ph.D. 1985, M.Phil. 1983, M.A. 1982 (Near Eastern languages and literatures), Yale; M.T.S. 1980 (Old Testament), Harvard; M.A. 1979 (theology), Catholic; B.A. 1976 (English), Johns Hopkins.
Ancient Israelite religion and culture; the Hebrew Bible; Hebrew grammar; the Dead Sea Scrolls; the Ugaritic texts.

Rita P. Wright, Associate Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D. 1984 (anthropology and archaeology), M.A. 1978 (anthropology and archaeology), Harvard; B.A. 1975 (anthropology), Wellesley College.
Urbanism; state formation; gender issues; ceramic analysis; the ancient Near East and South Asia.