CV
Education
| 2008 | Ph.D. | Bar-Ilan University | Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| 1997 | M.A (Cum Laude) | Bar-Ilan University | Land of Israel Studies |
| 1992 | B.A.(Cum Laude) | Bar-Ilan University | Land of Israel Studies and Jewish History |
Dissertation:
"The Dwelling-House in the Land of Israel during the Roman Period: Material Culture and Social Structure."
The thesis title:
"The Economy of Jerusalem during the Herodian Period (37 B.C.E – 70 C.E)"
Scholarships, Awards and Research Grants
| 2005 | Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture |
| 2002-2004 | Rothenshtreich Scholarship for Ph.D. students in the Humanities |
Research
Archaeology of the Land of Israel during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods;Jewish Society and Material culture in the Land of Israel during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods;Jewish art during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods;Talmudic Realia.
Courses
| Course (Hebrew) | 04-013-01 | Topics in the History During the Mishnaic and Talmudic Period | Fall Semester | Credits equal 1 annual course hours | |
| Course (Hebrew) | 04-022-01 | The History of Israel from the Return of Zion to the End of the Second Temple Period | Annual | Credits equal 2 annual course hours | |
| Course (Hebrew) | 04-022-02 | The History of Israel from the Return of Zion to the End of the Second Temple Period | Annual | Credits equal 2 annual course hours | |
| Course (Hebrew) | 04-802-35 | Jerusalem: From the Beginning to the End of the First Temple Period | Annual | On-Line | Credits equal 2 annual course hours |
Publications
List of Publications
Articles in Periodicals
E. Baruch and A. Faust, "The Construction of the Synagogue and the Maintenance of the Community: The Building of Rural Synagogues in the Roman and Byzantine Periods as a Leveling Mechanism", Jerusalem and Eretz Israel, 12-13, 2020, pp. 131*- 157*.
E. Baruch, "The Traklin in Rabbinic Literature and Archaeology Evidence in the Land of Israel during the Roman Period", Jerusalem and Eretz Israel, 10-11, 2018, pp. 291-321. (Hebrew)
E. Baruch, "The Palatial Mansion in Jerusalem: Wealth and Ideology", New Studies on Jerusalem, 14, Ramat-Gan 2008, pp. 195-201. (Hebrew)
Eyal Baruch, David Inbar & Joe Uziel, "Area H at Qiryat Ata", Qamma, 1 (2007), pp. 5*-13*.
A. Faust and E. Baruch, "Synagogue Construction and Maintenance in the Roman-Byzantine Period as a Leveling Mechanism", Cathedra, 116 (2005), pp. 48-66. (Hebrew)
E. Baruch and Z. Amar, "The Latrine (Latrina) in the Land of Israel during the Roman-Byzantine Period", Jerusalem and Eretz-Israel, 2 (2004), pp. 27-50. (Hebrew)
"The 15th of Av: "Popular Holiday" in Jerusalem", New Studies on Jerusalem, 9, E. Bruch and A. Faust (eds.), Ramat-Gan 2003, pp. 35-43. (Hebrew)
E. Baruch and Y. Peleg, "A New Reconstruction of the royal Stoa in the temple Mount", New Studies on Jerusalem, 8, E. Bruch and A. Faust (eds.), Ramat-Gan 2002, pp. 49-57. (Hebrew)
"The Halakhic Status of Bone Utensils – A Disagreement Between the Pharisees, and the Dead Sea Sect", Al Atar, 7-8 (2001), pp. 21-35. (Hebrew)
Y. Peleg and E. Baruch, "The Measures of the Royal Stoa in the Temple Acoording to Josephus Flavius", New Studies on Jerusalem, 7, A. Faust and E. Baruch (eds.), Ramat-Gan 2001, pp. 151-157. (Hebrew)
"Bone Tools in Talmudic Souces", 1n:E. Ayalon and C. Sorek (ed.), Bare Bones – Ancient Artifacts from Animal Bones, Tel Aviv 1999, pp. 73-76. (Hebrew)
"The Economic Hinterland of Jerusalem in the Herodian Period", Cathedra, 89 (1998), pp. 41-62. (Hebrew)
Chapters in Books
E. Baruch, "Adopted Roman Rituals in Second Century CE Jewish Houses", J. Schwartz and P.J. Tomson (eds.), Jews and Christians in the First and Second Centuries: The Interbellum 70 – 132 CE, Leiden and Boston 2018, pp. 50-75.
E. Baruch, "The Hinterland of Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period", I, Gafni, R. Reich and J. Schwartz (eds.), The History of Jerusalem – The Second Temple Period, Jerusalem 2020, pp. 569-605. (Hebrew).
Chapters in Encyclopedia
E. Baruch, "Architecture", Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Daniel M. Gurtner (eds.), The T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, London; New York 2020, pp. 64-69.
E. Baruch, "Domestic Dwellings in Roman Palestine", Loren T. Stuckenbruck and Daniel M. Gurtner (eds.), The T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, London; New York 2020, pp. 606 – 610.
Books and Periodicals (Editor)
A. Fust, E. Baruch and J. Schwartz (eds.), Jerusalem From the Beginning to the Ottoman Conquest, Ramat Gan 2017.
New Studies on Jerusalem (volumes 3-22).
Settlement, Civilization and Culture: proceedings of the Conference in Memory of David Alon, A.M. Maeir and E. Baruch (eds.), Ramat Gan 2001.
Jerusalem and Eretz-Israel: A Journal for Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology (volume 7).
Papers Presented at Scientific Colloquia and Guest Lectures
| 1-5.7.2019 | SBL International Meeting, Rome | "From Edom to Idumaea: On the Emergence of Province Idumaea" |
| 5-8.7.2019 | 15th Congress of the Fédération internationale des associations d'études classiques and the Classical Association annual conference, London | "Decorations in the Palatial Mansion in Jerusalem: Wealth and Ideology" |
| 15 – 19. 7. 2018 | 11th Congress of the European Association of Jewish Studies, Krakow | "Who is a 'Real Israelite'? Material Aspects of the Jewish-Samaritan Identity Struggle during the Roman and Byzantine Period" |
| 7 – 11.8.2017 | SBL International Meeting, Berlin | "The Traklin in Rabbinic Literature and Archaeological Finding: Adapted Roman Practices in Jewish Houses" |
| 31.7 – 5.8.2016 | 9th Congress of the Société d'études Samaritaines, Prague | "The Samaritans during the Byzantine Period: Material Culture and Identity" |
| 7-9 September 2015 | The Parkes Institute Jubilee conference: Jewish/non-Jewish Relations from Antiquity to the Present, Southampton University | "The Palatial Mansion in Jerusalem: Wealth and Ideology" |
| 5-7 January 2015 | Yavne Revisited: The Historical Rabbis and the Rabbis of History, Bar-Ilan University | "Prepare Yourself in the Vestibule that You May Enter into the (Banquet) Hall (Avot 4:16)': The Jewish House in the Second Century CE in Light of Rabbinic Sources and Archaeological Remains" |
| 20-24.7.2014 | 10th Congress of the European Association of Jewish Studies, Paris | " The Jewish Elite in Jerusalem and Roman Culture: Self Identity in Changing Circumstances as Reflected in a Palatial Complex" |
| 10.4.2014 | The Forty Archaeological Conference in Israel, Haifa University | "Amphorae on Ossuaries as a Decorative Motif – Origin and Influence" (Hebre) |
| 10-13.9.2012 | Ars Judaica Conference: Traditional and perspective in History of Jewish Art, Bar Ilan University | "The Meaning of Amphorae on Ossuaries" |
| 24-27 July 2012 | Aram Thirty Fourth International Conference: The Edomites (Idumeans) and the Nabataeans, The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford | "From Edom to Idumaea: On the Emergence of Province Idumaea" |
| 5.1.2011 | Jubilee in honor of Prof. Daniel Sperber – Studies in the Social and Cultural Life of the Jews in the Land of Israel and Babylonia during the Time 0f the Second Temple, Mishnah and Talmud, Department of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan | "The Significance of Ritual Bath (mikve) in Jewish Society in the Second Temple Period" |
| 8.12.2008 | Studies in the History of Jewish Society and its Leadership in the Land of Israel during the Time of the Second Temple, Mishnah and Talmud, Department of Jewish History, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, | "The characteristics of a Typical Dwelling-House in the Land of Israel during the Roman Period" |
| 13.11.2008 | New Studies on Jerusalem – The Fourteenth Conference, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan | "The Palatial Mansion in Jerusalem: Wealth and Ideology" |
| 10.6.2004 | The Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Department of Land of Israel Studies, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan | "The Synagogue and the Rural Jewish community in the Talmudic Period" |
| 14.4.2003 | Twenty-Ninth Archaeological Conference in Israel, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jerusalem | "Synagogue Construction and Maintenance in the Roman-Byzantine Period as a Leveling Mechanism" |
| 18.12.2003 | New Studies on Jerusalem – The Ninth Conference, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan | "The 15th of Av: "Popular Holiday" in Jerusalem" |
| 26.12.2002 | New Studies on Jerusalem – The Eighth Conference, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan | "A New Reconstruction of the royal Stoa in the temple Mount" |
| June 12.2001 | New Studies on Jerusalem – The Seventh Conference, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan | "The Measures of the Royal Stoa in the Temple According to Josephus Flavius" |
| 3.5.2001 | Twenty-Seventh Archaeological Conference in Israel, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan | "The Latrine (Latrina) in the Land of Israel in the Roman-Byzantine Period" |
| 30.5.2000 | The Twentieth Annual Conference of the Department of Land of Israel Studies, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan | "The Itinerary of Eshtori ha-Farhi in Kaftor va-Perah" |
| May 1996 | The Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Department of Land of Israel Studies, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan | "The Agricultural Hinterland of Jerusalem during The Herodian Period" |
Organizing of Scientific Colloquia
| December 20th 2018 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), "Stop! Do Not Enter": Physical and Spatial Dimensions of Purity and Impurity, Sacred and Profane, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| January 26th 2017 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Twenty-two Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 31th 2015 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Twenty-one Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 25th 2014 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Twentieth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 26th 2013 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Nineteenth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 27th 2012 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Eighteenth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| September 6th 2012 | Organizing Committee Member (together with Prof. Ronny Reich, Dr. Gabriel Barkay, Dr. Eyal Meiron and Ahron Horovitz), City of David Studies of Ancient Jerusalem – The Thirteenth Annual Conference |
| December 29th 2011 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Seventeenth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
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Organizing Committee Member Thirty-Seventh Archaeological Conference in Israel |
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| December 16th 2010 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Sixteen Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December24th 2009 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Fifteenth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| November 13th 2008 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Fourteenth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| November 8th 2007 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Thirteenth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 28th 2006 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Twelve Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| March 30th 2006 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Eleventh Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 30th 2004 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The tenth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 18th 2003 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Ninth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 26th 2002 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Eighth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 17th 2001 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Seventh Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| May 17th 2001 | Organizer (together with Prof, Aren Maeir), Settlement, Civilization and Culrure – The Conference in Memory of David Alon, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 7th 2000 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Sixth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 23th 1999 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Fifth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 10th 1998 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Fourth Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| December 11th 1997 | Organizer (together with Prof. Avraham Faust), New Studies on Jerusalem – The Third Conference, The Department of the Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
Last Updated Date : 12/07/2023
