Visiting Faculty
Gary A. Rendsburg
Blanche and Irving Laurie Chair in Jewish History
Chair, Department of Jewish Studies
Ph.D., M.A. New York University
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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
Women in the Bible
Readings in Biblical Hebrew Prose
Readings in Biblical Hebrew Poetry
Introduction to the Bible
Introduction to Ancient Judaism
Jewish Society and Culture I
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).
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).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILATIONS
American Oriental Society
Association for Jewish Studies
Society of Biblical Literature
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: http://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu/online/. 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
A second multimedia that I recently completed is a course on “The Book of Genesis” for the Teaching Company, located in Chantilly, VA. The course, which was released in May 2006, consists of a series of 24 lectures, and is available in either video (DVD or VHS) or audio (CD or tape cassette) format. For further details, including ordering information, please see
The Teaching Company: the Book of Genesis.
The Teaching Company: the Book of Genesis.