#  Peter Machinist 

Hancock Research Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages

 

 

 



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 location\_on Harvard Divinity School 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 

 smartphone [617-495-0333](tel:617-495-0333) 

 email <machinis@fas.harvard.edu> 

 laptop\_windows [Profile](https://hds.harvard.edu/people/peter-machinist) 

 

 



 

- Ancient Near East, especially Mesopotamia and the Levant, centering on Israel and Judah
- 2nd and 1st millennia BCE
- Areas of Expertise: comparative study of cultures; the history of Assyria; Hebrew Bible and the history of Israel and Judah; imperialism and its discontents; myth



 

 

 





 

 

- ## People Role
    
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