#  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

 

 

 



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 location\_on Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations 6 Divinity Avenue 209, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 smartphone [617-495-3977](tel:617-495-3977) 

 email <dstern@fas.harvard.edu> 

 laptop\_windows [Profile](https://nelc.fas.harvard.edu/people/david-stern) 

 

 



 

- 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



 

 

 





 

 

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