Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Faculty Member, Jewish History

Lecturer

About

EDUCATION_______________________________________________________
2011.  Postdoctoral Research, The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, The University of Oxford (Visiting Scholar).

2011.  Ph.D., Bar Ilan University: The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology. Dissertation Title: “The Archaeology of Purity: Archaeological Evidence for the Observance of Ritual Purity in Ereẓ-Israel from the Hasmonean Period until the End of the Talmudic Era (164 BCE – 400 CE)”, Supervised by Prof. Ze’ev Safrai.

2006.  M.A., Bar Ilan University: The Martin (Szusz) Dept. of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology. Advanced track toward M.A. and PhD degree. M.A. Degree with Honors (Grade Average: 97%).

2003.  B.Sc., Touro College: Lander College of Arts and Sciences. With Honors (GPA: 4.00).

1994- 2001.  Rabbinic Studies, Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav, Jerusalem.


PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION______________________________
2009.  Certification as Field Archaeologist, Institute of Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University.

2001.  Rabbinic Ordination, The Chief Rabbinate of Israel.


ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE________________________________
2011- 2012.  Lecturer, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: Department of Jewish History.


SIGNIFICANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK POSITIONS_____________
2009  Tel ‘Eton, Area Supervisor, Bar Ilan University Expedition.

2008  Tel es-Safi, Assistant Area Supervisor, Bar Ilan University Expedition.

2006  City of David, Assistant Supervisor, Israel Antiquities Authority.


RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS___________________________________________
2011- 2012.  Fellow, Jerusalem Researchers Program, Institute for Eretz-Israel Studies at Yad Ben-Zvi.

2011-2012.  Associate, The Mikveh (Jewish Ritual Bath) in Germany Research Project, Technische Universität Braunschweig and the University of Haifa; GIF.

2009-2011.  Fellow, Doctoral Seminar Fellowship, Institute for Eretz-Israel Studies at Yad Ben-Zvi.

2006-2009.  Fellow, Beit Morasha of Jerusalem: The Academic Center for Jewish Studies and Leadership.

2001-2006.  Fellow, The Halakhah Berurah and Berur Halakhah Institute.


AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS_______________________________
2011.  Targum Shlishi Award for Doctoral Dissertation in Judaic Studies, Targum Shlishi, a Raquel and Aryeh Rubin Foundation.

2010.  Kushitzky Fund Award, Kushitzky Fund, The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology: Bar Ilan University.

2009.  Wolf Fund Scholarship for Excellence in Doctoral Studies, Wolf Foundation.

2007.  Award for Excellence in Academic Studies, Knesset Parliamentary Committee for Education, in conjunction with The Council of University Heads in Israel.

2007-2010.  President’s Doctoral Fellowship of Excellence, Bar-Ilan University.

2006-2008.  Rector’s Prize for Excellence in Academic Studies, Bar-Ilan University.


RECENT PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES AND PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS_________________________
London, 2011.  “Between Galilean Judaism and Judean Judaism: An Archaeological Perspective on Regional Differences in the Observance of Ritual Purity in First Century C.E. Ereẓ Israel”, The Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting 2011.

Oxford, 2011.  “Towards Establishing a Meaningful Dialogue between Archaeology and Talmudic Texts”, Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period, The Hebrew and Jewish Studies Unit of the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford.

Jerusalem, 2011.  “The ‘Otzar’ in Ancient Ritual Baths: Second Temple Period Innovation or Anachronistic Interpretation?”, The Mikveh from Eretz-Israel to Germany (Ashkenaz): A German-Israeli Seminar; Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, University of Haifa, Bet Tfila – Forschungsstelle für jüdische Architektur in Europa.

New York, 2011.  “‘Come and See to What Extent Purity has Spread Forth’ (Tosefta, Shabbat 1:14): The Archaeological Evidence for the Observance of Ritual Purity in Eretz-Israel from the Hasmonean Period until the Closing of the Palestinian Talmud”, Talmuda de-Eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine; Yeshiva University.


REFEREED PUBLICATIONS_______________________________
Articles in Journals
2010. Amit, David and Adler, Yonatan. “Miqwa’ot in the Necropolis of Beth She‘arim.” Israel Exploration Journal 60: 72–88.

2009. “Ritual Baths Adjacent to Tombs: An Analysis of the Archaeological Evidence in Light of the Halakhic Sources.” Journal for the Study of Judaism 40: 55–73.

2008. “The Ancient Synagogue and the Ritual Bath: The Archaeological Evidence and its Relevance to an Early Rabbinic Enactment.” Cathedra 128: 51–72 [Hebrew].

2008. “Second Temple Period Ritual Baths Adjacent to Agricultural Installations: The Archaeological Evidence in Light of the Halakhic Sources.” Journal of Jewish Studies 59: 62–72.

2008. “The Temple Willow-Branch Ritual Depicted on Bar Kokhba Denarii.” Israel Numismatic Journal 16: 129–133.

2007. “Identifying Sectarian Characteristics in the Phylacteries from Qumran.” Revue de Qumran 89: 79–92.

2007. “Representations of the Temple Menorah in Ancient Jewish Art in Light of Rabbinic Halakhah and Archaeological Finds.” Recent Innovations in the Study of Jerusalem 13: 161–172 [Hebrew; English abstract: 26*– 27*].

2007. “The Observance of Ritual Purity Laws in the Agricultural Industry of the Land of Israel during the Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods.” Jerusalem and Eretz-Israel – A Journal for Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology: Yehuda Feliks Memorial Volume 4–5: 59–83 [Hebrew; English abstract: pp. 6*–7*].

2007. Amit, David and Adler, Yonatan. “Revisiting the 1913–1914 Weill Expedition: Recent Excavations in the City of David.” City of David: Studies of Ancient Jerusalem 2: 69–81 [Hebrew].

2006. “The Ritual Baths Near the Temple Mount and Extra-Purification Before Entering the Temple Courts: A Reply to Eyal Regev.” Israel Exploration Journal 56: 209–215.


Articles and Chapters in Books
In preparation. “Mishnah Tractate Miqva’ot: Translation and Commentary.” In The Mishnah: An Annotated Translation, edited by Shaye J. D. Cohen and Hayim Lapin. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Forthcoming. “‘Come and See the Extent to Which Purity had Spread’ (tShab 1.14): An Archaeological Perspective on the Historical Background to a Late Tannaitic Passage.” In Talmuda de-Eretz Israel: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antique Palestine, edited by Steven Fine and Aaron Koller. Studia Judaica; Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter.

Forthcoming. Amit, David and Adler, Yonatan. “The Stone Vessels.” In The Port Town of Ancient Jaffa during the Persian-Byzantine Periods: The Jacob Kaplan Excavations at Jaffa, edited by Orit Tsuf. Israel Antiquities Authority Reports. Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority.

2011. “The Content and Order of the Scriptural Passages in Tefillin: A Reexamination of the Early Rabbinic Sources in Light of the Evidence from the Judean Desert.” In Halakhah in Light of Epigraphy, edited by Albert I. Baumgarten, Hanan Eshel, Ronen Katzoff and Shani Tzoref, 205–229. Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplement Series 3. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2011.

2010. Amit, David and Adler, Yonatan. “The Observance of Ritual Purity after 70 C.E.: A Reevaluation of the Evidence in Light of Recent Archaeological Discoveries.” In “Follow the Wise” (B. Sanhedrin 32b): Studies in Jewish History and Culture in Honor of Lee I. Levine, edited by Ze’ev Weiss, Oded Irshai, Jodi Magness and Seth Schwartz, 121–143. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.


Encyclopedia Entries
In preparation. “Religion: Purity in the Roman Period.” In The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology, edited by Daniel Master, Avraham Faust, Beth Alpert Nakhai, L. Michael White and Jürgen Zangenberg. Oxford: Oxford University Press.


Book Reviews
2011. Review of Tangled up in Text: Tefillin and the Ancient World, by Yehudah B. Cohn. Zion 76: 383–387 [Hebrew].


NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS______________________________
2005. Birur Halakhah on Tractate Hagigah of the Babylonian Talmud. Jerusalem: The Halakhah Berurah and Berur Halakhah Institute [Hebrew].

2004. “The Pool of Siloam as a Pilgrimage Landmark: A New Interpretation of a Passage in the Jerusalem Talmud.” Sinai 134: 160–167 [Hebrew].

2004. “Archaeological Evidence in the Halakhic Decision Making Process.” Techumin, 24: 495–504 [Hebrew].

2003. “The Value of Coinage during the Tannaitic Era.” Techumin 23: 404–412 [Hebrew].



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