Cornell University
Intercollege Program
 

ARCHAEOLOGY  CORE  FACULTY
     
 
Lauren Monroe
Assistant Professor,
Near Eastern Studies


Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel

lm283@cornell.edu
607.255.1326
417 White Hall
Education
  • SUNY – Albany, Judaic Studies, B.A. 1992
  • New York University, Hebrew and Judaic Studies , M.A. 1996, PhD 2004
Teaching Experience
  • Cornell University – 2006 to present
  • University of Minnesota – 2004-2006
 
Research Interests
Israelite social and political history as revealed In the layers of the biblical text and archaeological tell; Israelite religion and ritual.
 
Archaeological Field Experience
Tel Zayit, Israel (1999-2007)
 
Selected Publications
2007 Review of K. van der Toorn, Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible, Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies (forthcoming)
2007 "A Holiness Substratum in the Deuteronomistic Account of Josiah’s Reform," in M. Leuchter, ed., Scribes Before and After 587 BCE: A Conversation (Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 7; 2007) 42-53.
2006 "Israelite, Moabite and Sabaean War-herem Traditions and the Forging of National Identity: Reconsidering the Sabaean Text RES 3945 in Light of Biblical and Moabite Evidence," Vetus Testamentum 57 (2007) 318-341.
2005 Review of Boyd Barrick, The King and the Cemeteries: Towards a New Understanding of Josiah's Reform, Revue Biblique (2005) 417-425.
1999 With Baruch Levine, "KTU 2.40: A msr for the Sons and Daughters of Ugarit," Revue Biblique 106/3 (1999) 321-344.