BENJAMIN D. GORDON, PH.D. Curriculum Vitae
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BENJAMIN D. GORDON, PH.D. Curriculum Vitae 327 Gray Building Office: (919) 660-3501 Box 90964 [email protected] Duke University Durham, NC 27708 EDUCATION 2013 Ph.D., Duke University, Religion. Dissertation: “Sacred Land Endowments and Field Consecrations in Early Judaism.” Advisor: Eric Meyers. Committee: Stephen Chapman, Laura Lieber, Evyatar Marienberg, Joshua Sosin. 2008 M.A. magna cum laude, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Archaeology. Thesis: “Baths of the Herodian Period in Judea, 37 BCE–70 CE.” Advisor: Joseph Patrich. 1999–2001 The Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Full-time student for two years in a Jewish text studies program. 1999 B.A. cum laude, The College of William and Mary, Religious Studies. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Fall 2015– Perlow Lecturer in Classical Judaism and the Ancient Near East, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Religious Studies. 2013–2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University, Program in Jewish Studies. PUBLICATIONS Forthcoming Land and Temple: Sacred Real Estate and the Second Temple Priesthood. Studia Judaica. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. Forthcoming “On the Sanctity of Mixtures and Branches: Two Halakhic Sayings in Romans 11.” Journal of Biblical Literature. Forthcoming “Sepphoris: The Western Summit” (with Eric Meyers and Carol Meyers). In David A. Fiensy and James Riley Strange, eds. Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods 100 BCE–200 CE. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. Forthcoming “Units Ia, Ib, and Ic: Buildings in the Eastern Part of the Excavated Areas,” “Units IVa, IVb, IVc, and V: Buildings in the Central Residential Complex” and “Units XIa, XIb, and XII: Remains on the Southern Edge of the Excavated Areas.” In Eric Meyers, Carol Meyers, and Benjamin D. Gordon, eds., The Architecture and Stratigraphy on the Western Summit of Sepphoris. Duke Sepphoris Excavations, Vol. 3. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. Forthcoming “Debt Fraud, Herem Entrapment, and Other Crimes Involving Cultic Property in Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Judea.” In Zeev Weiss and Oren Tal, eds. Expressions of Cult in the Southern Levant in the Greco-Roman Period. Manifestations in Text and Material Culture. Contextualizing the Sacred 6. Begijnhof: Brepols (publication estimate: late 2015). 2014 “The Misunderstood Redemption Fee in the Holiness Legislation on Dedications (Lev 27).” Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 126/2:180–92. Gordon, Curriculum Vitae, Page 2 2012 “Stone Artifacts from the Cardo and the Nea Church.” In O. Gutfeld, Jewish Quarter Excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem, Conducted by Nahman Avigad, 1969– 1982. Vol. V, The Cardo and the Nea Church, Final Report. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 450–57. 2008 “The Byzantine Residential Quarter South of the Temple Mount.” Eretz Israel 28 (2008), 79–87 [Hebrew]. 2007 “The Byzantine Quarter South of the Temple Mount Enclosure.” In E. Mazar, The Temple Mount Excavations in Jerusalem 1968–1978, Directed by Benjamin Mazar, Final Reports. Vol. III, The Byzantine Period. Qedem 46. Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 201–15. 2007 “The Pottery of the Southern and Peristyle Houses” (with Eilat Mazar). In Temple Mount Excavations, Vol. III (op. cit.), 149–76. PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION Book in Prep. The Architecture and Stratigraphy on the Western Summit of Sepphoris (editor with Eric Meyers and Carol Meyers). Duke Sepphoris Excavations, Vol. 3. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. Book in Prep. Artifacts and Other Finds from the Western Summit of Sepphoris (editor with Eric Meyers and Carol Meyers). Duke Sepphoris Excavations, Vol. 4. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. In Prep. “God as a Source of Credit: A New Interpretation of Leviticus 27” (with Joshua Sosin). In Prep. “The Material Culture of Second Temple Palestine” (Working Title). In Donn F. Morgan, ed. The Oxford Handbook of the Writings of the Hebrew Bible. Oxford: Oxford University Press. In Prep. “Archaeology of the Second Temple Period: New Discoveries and Research” (Working Title). In Carl Ehrlich and Sara Horowitz, eds. The State of Jewish Studies: Perspectives on the Premodern Periods. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. In Prep. “Comments on Jar Fragment with Hebrew Inscription,” and “Ostraca and Tituli Picti.” In Artifacts and Other Finds from the Western Summit of Sepphoris (op. cit.). In Prep. “Archaeology (Recent Trends).” In Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Daniel Gurtner, eds., T&T Clark Companion to Second Temple Judaism, Vol. 2: Contexts of Second Temple Judaism. London: T&T Clark. BOOK REVIEWS 2015 “Visualizing a Vibrant Jewish Culture.” Review of Rachel Hachlili, Ancient Synagogues—Archaeology and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research. Handbook of Oriental Studies 105. Leiden: Brill (2013). Biblical Archaeology Review 41/4 (July/August 2015), 63–65. In Prep. Review of Samuel L. Adams, Social and Economic Life in Second Temple Judea. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox (2014). Review of Biblical Literature. PAPERS AND TALKS 2015 “The Sacred Landscape of Ancient Judea and Its Countryside Priesthood.” University of Pittsburgh, Department of Religious Studies. March 2015. 2014 “The Archaeology of the Second Temple Period in Judea.” The State of Jewish Studies: Perspectives on Pre-Modern Periods. Symposium at York University, Gordon, Curriculum Vitae, Page 3 Toronto. December 2014. 2014 “Judean Royal Bathing Culture and Palace Purity in the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods.” Archaeology of the Near East: The Classical Periods Session. American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. November 2014. 2014 “Adjusting the Prophet’s Numbers: Scribal Intervention and the Sacred Economy in MT Ezekiel’s Temple Vision.” Economics in the Biblical World Section. Theme: The Political-Economic-Religious Position of Learned Scribes. The Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. November 2014. 2014 “On the Sanctity of Mixtures and Branches: Two Halakhic Sayings in Romans 11.” Paul and Judaism Consultation. Theme: Reimagining Paul’s Assemblies within Judaism. The Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. November 2014. 2014 “Land Tenure by the Jewish Cult in the Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods.” Expressions of Cult in the Southern Levant in the Greco-Roman Period: Manifestations in Text and Material Culture. An International Conference at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Giv’at Ram, Israel. May 2014. 2014 “The Temple Economy of Herodian Judea: A View from the Countryside.” Money and Cult: The Role of the Temple in the Ancient Economy. The Irish Society for the Study of the Ancient Near East, Third Annual Conference. Dublin, Ireland. May 2014. 2013 “Exploitable Anathemata: Ancient Disputes on Herem Dedications to the Judean Priesthood.” Second Temple History, Culture, and Biblical Traditions Section. The Association for Jewish Studies Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. December 2013. 2013 “Field Consecrations in Lev 27: On Gifts of Land to the Priests of Yahweh.” The Levites and Priests in Biblical History and Tradition Session. The Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. November 2013. 2013 “On Sacred Real Estate and Ancient Jewish Fundraising.” Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati Campus. January 2013. 2012 “Sacred Land Endowments to Jewish Temples and Priests.” The New Testament and Judaic Studies Colloquium, Duke University. October 2012. 2012 “Economic Aspects of Consecrated Land.” Place and Space in the Hebrew Bible. Duke Divinity course (Ellen Davis, instructor). October 2012. 2012 “Herem Properties in Early Judaism.” The Perilman Fellow Symposium, Duke Center for Jewish Studies. September 2012. TEACHING “Introduction to Judaism,” Duke University (instructor). “Introduction to Biblical Hebrew,” Duke Divinity School (instructor, ×8 semesters; tutor ×4). “Judaism through Film,” Duke University (co-instructor with Laura Lieber). “Hebrew Reading,” Duke Divinity School (instructor, ×2 semesters). “Holy Land Archaeology: Religious and Political Issues,” Duke University (teaching assistant to Carol Meyers, Eric Meyers, ×3 semesters). “Introduction to Old Testament Interpretation,” Duke Divinity School (preceptor for Anathea Portier-Young). Gordon, Curriculum Vitae, Page 4 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK (SUPERVISORY POSITIONS) 2014 (June) Area Supervisor, Huqoq Excavation Project (Galilee), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jodi Magness, director. 2011 (May) Field Director, Sepphoris Western Summit Excavations (Galilee), Duke University. Eric Meyers, Carol Meyers, directors. 2008 (May) Area Supervisor, Khirbet Beit Lehi Excavations (Judean Lowlands), Hebrew University. Oren Gutfeld, director. 2007 (July) Area Supervisor, Sepphoris Lower City Excavations (Galilee), Hebrew University. Zeev Weiss, director. 2006 (July) Area Supervisor, Sepphoris Lower City Excavations (Galilee), Hebrew University. Zeev Weiss, director. 2005 (May) Area Supervisor, Khirbet Beit Lehi Excavations (Judean Lowlands), Hebrew University. Oren Gutfeld, director. 2005 (Oct.) Area Supervisor, Khirbet Beit Lehi Excavations (Judean Lowlands), Hebrew University. Oren Gutfeld, director. 2004 (July) Assistant Area Supervisor, Achziv Northern Cemetery Excavations (Northern Israeli Coast), Hebrew University. Eilat Mazar, director. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2011 Translator (Hebrew to English) and Annotator, Judaic Art Collection, North Carolina Museum of Art. 2007–2008 Chief Manuscript Editor, The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations