David Stern
Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature
Director of the Center for Jewish Studies
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
6 Divinity Avenue 209, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Near East (Roman Palestine and Babylonia primarily)
- Late Antiquity
- Areas of Expertise: Roman empire; race, ethnicity and identity; uses of the past; ancient Judaism; classical Jewish literature (Talmud and Midrash); early Christian and Jewish connections; comparative Jewish and Christian exegesis; book culture in Late Antiquity