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Gary A. Rendsburg (bio)

Blanche and Irving Laurie Chair in Jewish History

Ph.D., M.A. New York University
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CURRICULUM VITAE (pdf)
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • The literature of the Bible
  • The history of ancient Israel
  • The historical development of the Hebrew language
  • The relationship between ancient Egypt and ancient Israel

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Introduction to the Bible
  • Introduction to Ancient Judaism
  • Jewish Society and Culture I
  • Women in the Bible
  • Readings in Biblical Hebrew Prose
  • Readings in Biblical Hebrew Poetry

PUBLICATIONS:

Books Authored

  • The Redaction of Genesis (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1986).
  • Diglossia in Ancient Hebrew (American Oriental Series 72; New Haven: American Oriental Society, 1990).
  • Linguistic Evidence for the Northern Origin of Selected Psalms (Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series 43; Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990).
  • The Bible and the Ancient Near East, co-authored with Cyrus H. Gordon (New York: W. W. Norton, 1997).
  • Israelian Hebrew in the Book of Kings(Occasional Publications of the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Program of Jewish Studies, Cornell University 5; Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 2002).
  • Solomon’s Vineyard: Literary and Linguistic Studies in the Song of Songs, co-authored with Scott B. Noegel (SBL Ancient Israel and Its Literature; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009 / Leiden: Brill, 2009).
    See book description


Books Edited

  • Co-Editor, The Bible World: Essays in Honor of Cyrus H. Gordon (New York: Ktav, 1980).
  • Co-Editor, Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Vol. 1 (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1987).
  • Co-Editor, Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Vol. 2 (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1990).
  • Co-Editor, Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Vol. 3 (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1992).
  • Co-Editor, Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Vol. 4 (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2002).


PUBLIC LECTURES

LINKS TO ONLINE ARTICLES

JEWISH STUDIES ONLINE

Megiddo Gate
My online non-credit mini-course entitled “The Bible and History” is now available to the public, as the first offering from the Jewish Studies Online program, a joint venture of the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life and the Department of Jewish Studies. The program is made possible by a generous benefaction from Mr. Gene Hoffman of Short Hills, N.J.

I invite you to register for the course, which is free, by following this link . I hope that you find the course to be informative and enlightening, and I encourage you to participate with other course registrants via the discussion board that accompanies the program.

Genesis

THE TEACHING COMPANY

I have had the honor and privilege of producing two courses for The Teaching Company, located in Chantilly, VA. The first course, "The Book of Genesis," was released in May 2006, while the second course, "The Dead Sea Scrolls," was released in March 2010.

Both courses consist of a series of 24 lectures, and are available in either video (DVD) or audio (CD or download) format.
The Teaching Company: Book of Genesis
The Teaching Company: Dead Sea Scrolls

co-authored with Scott B. Noegel (SBL Ancient Israel and Its Literature; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009 / Leiden: Brill, 2009).
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