
Gary A. Rendsburg (bio)
Blanche and Irving Laurie Chair in Jewish History
Ph.D., M.A. New York University
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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).
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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
- "Unlikely Heroes: Women as Israel," delivered at Brigham Young University, March 7, 2007
- "Light from Egypt on the Exodus Story," delivered at Brigham Young University, March 8, 2007
- "Dead Sea Scrolls at 60, Part One,"
delivered at the Highland Park Conservative Temple (Highland Park, NJ), March 4, 2009
(both audio download and pdf file of the images presented are available) - "Dead Sea Scrolls at 60, Part Two,"
delivered at the Highland Park Conservative Temple (Highland Park, NJ), March 11, 2009
(both audio download and pdf file of the handout are available)
LINKS TO ONLINE ARTICLES
- Down with History, Up with Reading: The Current State of Biblical Studies
- Confused Language as a Deliberate Literary Device in Biblical Hebrew Narrative
- Cyrus H. Gordon, the First American-Born, American-Trained Jewish Bible Scholar to Accede to a University Position
- Genesis of the Bible

- Biblical Literature as Politics: The Case of Genesis
JEWISH STUDIES ONLINE
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.
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
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).





