Areas of Research/Interest: Assyriology, Hebrew Bible interpretation and cultural history, ancient Syria, Emar, ancient religion, interplay of ancient Near Eastern societies. External Affiliations: American Oriental Society, Society of Biblical Literature, American Schools of Oriental Research. Fellowships/Honors: Guggenheim Fellowship, 2004-05; American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 2004-05; Senior Fulbright Fellow to France, 1997-98; National Endowment for Humanities Summer Stipend, 1991.
Select Publications:
Democracy's Ancient Ancestors: Mari and Early Collective Governance (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004) Time at Emar: The Cultic Calendar and the Rituals form the Diviner's Archive (Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2000) |

