Meir Lubetski

Meir Lubetski is a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature. His principal research interest concentrates on the contribution of East Mediterranean languages, literatures and archaeological artifacts as well as rabbinic literature to the understanding of the biblical world. He is the author of numerous articles published in a variety of journals. He contributed a number of articles to the seminal publication, the Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992). He was the guest editor and contributor to a special issue of the Biblical Archaeologist. Among his other publications, he edited and contributed to two festschrifts (1998, 2002).

He is active in the Society of Biblical Literature, where he has presented papers at the Annual and International conferences. He is the Program Unit Chair for the International conference and has organized sessions on Hebrew Language and Literature as well as Paleographical and Epigraphical  Studies Pertaining to the Biblical World.

He is currently working on two monographs: A Bibliography on the Book of Esther; Seals and Inscriptions of the Judean Period.

Location: VC, 6-278

Phone: (646) 312-4212

Fax: (646) 312-4211

E-mail: meir_lubetski@baruch.cuny.edu

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