Oded Lipschits

Lipschits was born in Jerusalem in 1963. Served in the IDF between 1981 and 1985 (in reserve until 2008), discharged with the rank of major. Began his studies of archaeology and Jewish history in the Tel Aviv University in 1985; received his PhD in 1997, from the Department of Jewish history, Tel Aviv University. The subject of his doctoral dissertation was: “The ‘Yehud’ Province under Babylonian Rule (586-539 B.C.E.): Historic Reality and Historiographic Conceptions”, which he wrote under the supervision of Prof. Nadav Na'aman.[1] The work was later published as a book.[2] In 1998 he became a Lecturer; in 2002 he received the title of Senior Lecturer with tenure from the Department of Jewish history, Tel Aviv University; in 2007 he became Associate Professor; and in 2012 he was appointed Full Professor at the Tel Aviv University. He headed the archaeological project in Ramat Rachel, near Jerusalem, between 2004 and 2010, and since 2008 he's been heading the archaeological project in Tel Azeka.[1]

Oded is married to Yael (Moreno) Lipschits. They have 4 children.[1]

• 2004 – 2010 – The Ramat-Rahel Archaeological Project (together with Dr. Yuval Gadot and Prof. Dr. Manfred Oeming, Heidelberg University).[3]
• Since 2005 – The Publication Project of Aharoni’s Excavations at Ramat Rahel, Ramat Raḥel III (together with Dr. Yuval Gadot and Liora Freud).[4]
• 2005 – 2008 – Corpus of the Yehud Stamp Impressions: Typology, Chronology, Distribution and Function (together with Prof. David Vanderhooft, Boston College).[5]
• 2007 – 2009 – Typology and classification of lmlk Jars, based on 3D scanning technology (together with Avshalom Karasik, and Dr. Yuval Gadot).[6]
• 2008 – 2010 – Corpus of the Lion Stamp Impressions from the Persian Period: Typology, Chronology, Distribution and Function (together with Dr. Tallay Ornan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
• 2008 – 2010 – The Judean Stamped Jars from the Late Iron Age, the Persian and the Hellenistic Periods: Its Dates, Distribution and Function.
• 2008 – Director of the Ellah Valley Regional Project.[7]
• 2008 – The Lautenschläger Excavations at Azekah.[8][1]

• 1999 – 2004 – Judah and the Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period (6th Century BCE).[9]
• Since 2004 – Judah and the Judeans in the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods (5th – 2nd Cebturies BCE).
• Since 2007 – Administration and Economy in Judah Under Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian Rule
• Since 2008 – Nehemiah’s Wall: The Biblical Descriptions, Archaeological Remains and its Historical Reality
• Since 2012 – A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible: the Book of Ezra and Nehemiah (Hermenia Series, Fortress Press, together with Gary N. Knoppers).
• Since 2014 – Judah in “the Long Third Century” (with Nitsan Shalom, Noa Shatil and Yuval Gadot).[10][1]