Duke and UNC Duke University University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Consortium for Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology

Carol L MeyersCarol L Meyers

Title: Professor
Office Location: 227 Gray Building
Office Phone: (919) 660-3514, (919) 660-3510
Email Address: carol@duke.edu

Education

  • PhD Brandeis University, 1975
  • MA Brandeis University, 1967
  • BA Wellesley College, 1964

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • Mary Grace Wilson Professorship in Religion, Duke University, 2002–
  • Education Endowment Award, Women’s Institute for Continuing Jewish Education, 0 2001
  • Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement Award, 0 1999
  • International Corresponding Fellow, Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies, Bar Ilan University (Israel), 1998–

Teaching (Spring 2012):

  • Religion 109.01, Women biblical tradition Synopsis
    Gray 220, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • Jewishst 198s.01, Archaeology of the holy land Synopsis
    Gray 220, W 07:15 PM-09:45 PM
  • Religion 399.06, Gender & hebrew bible Synopsis
    Gray 220, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • Religion 399.07, Holy land archaeology Synopsis
    Gray 220, W 07:15 PM-09:45 PM

Representative Publications

(More Publications)

  1.  Excavations at Ancient Nabratein: Synagogue and Environs.  Meiron Excavation Project Eisenbrauns for the American Schools of Oriental Research, 2009. (with Eric Meyers)
  2.  Exodus.  New Cambridge Bible Commentary Series. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  3.  Households and Holiness: The Religious Culture of Israelite Women.  Facets Fortress Press, 2005.
  4. "Archäologie als Fenster zum Leben von Frauen in Alt-Israel."  German translation of: "Archaeolgoy as a Window to the Lives of Israelite Women." Volume 1.1 of 22 volumes, to be published in 4 languages. Bibel—Alten Testament: Tora Bibel und die Frauen: Eine exegtisch-kulturgeschichtliche Enzyklopädie (2009): 63-109.
  5. "In the Household and Beyond: The Social World of Israelite Women." Nordic Journal of Theology  63 (2009): 19-41.
  6. "The Persian Period at Sepphoris."  with Eric Meyers  (Ephraim Stern festschrift volume);Eretz Israel 29 (2009): 136*-143*.
  7. "Women in the OT." New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. Volume 5 (2009): pp.879-882.
  8. "Grinding to a Halt: Gender and the Changing Technology of Flour Production in Roman Galilee." Engendering Social Dynamics: the Archaeology of Maintenance Activities  (2008): 65-74.
  9. "Terracottas without Texts: Judean Pillar Figurines in Anthropological Perspective."  (Social World of Biblical Antiquity, Second Series, 3. To Break Every Yoke: Essays in Honor of Marvin L. Chaney  (2008): 115-130.
  10. "Engendering Ezekiel." Near Eastern Birkat Shalom Studies in the Bible, Ancient, and Postbiblical Judaism Presented to Shalom M.Paul on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday 1 (2008): 281-297.
  11. "Seven-Spout Oil Lamps in Ancient Palestine." Die Zahl Sieben imAlten Orient: Studien zur Zahlensymbolik in der Bibel und ihreraltorientalischen Umwelt (The Number Seven in the Ancient Near East: Studies on the Numerical Symbolism in Hebrew Bible and Its Ancient Near Eastern Environment :45-54 (2008).
  12. "Framing Aaron: Incense Altar and Lamp Oil in the Tabernacle Texts." Sacred History, Sacred Literature: Essays on Ancient Israel, the Bible, andReligion in Honor of R. E. Friedman on His Sixtieth Birthday  (2008): 13-21.