- Eric Cline (Ancient Jewish History)
- Paul Duff (Hebrew Bible)
- Robert Eisen (Jewish Thought)
- Barry Freundel (Rabbinic Judaism)
- Steven Glazer (Jewish Ethics, American Judaism)
- Edwin Hostetter (Hebrew Bible)
- Shoshana Marcus (Hebrew Language)
- Yaron Peleg (Hebrew Literature and Language)
- Linda Raphael (Modern Jewish Literature)
- Bernard Reich (Modern Israel)
- Walter Reich (International Affairs)
- Daniel Schwartz (Modern Jewish History)
- Lauren Strauss (American Jewish History)
- Max Ticktin Hebrew and Yiddish Language and Literature)
Professor of Classics and of Anthropology (Ancient
History and Archaeology)
(202) 994-0316 | Phillips 302 | ecline@gwu.edu
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Yale University; Ph.D., University of Pensylvania
Professor Cline is an active field archaeologist and ancient historian. He has participated in 20 seasons of excavation and survey in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, Greece, Crete and the United States. He is currently Associate Director (USA) at the ongoing excavations of Megiddo (biblical Armageddon) and Co-Director at the ongoing excavations of Tel Kabri, both located in Israel. A former Fulbright scholar and an award-winning teacher and author, Dr. Cline has taught previously at Stanford, Xavier, and the University of Cincinnati. Among his numerous publications are The Battles of Armageddon: Megiddo and the Jezreel Valley from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age (2000); Jerusalem Besieged (2004); and The Ancient Egyptian World (2005). In addition to serving as a faculty member in the Judaic Studies Program, he is also the Chair of the Department of Classical and Semitic Languages and Literatures, a member of the Anthropology and History Departments, and the advisor for the undergraduate majors in Archaeology.