Research Fields

• Classical Archaeology
• Landscape Archaeology
• Archaeological Surveys
• Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Galilee
• Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Pottery
• Ancient Jewish Art
• Ancient Synagogues - Architecture, Art and Institutional Aspectes
• Talmudic Realia

About

Uzi Leibner is an associate professor in Classical Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology in at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He specializes in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine archaeology of the Land of Israel and its surroundings. His interests lie in various aspects of landscape archaeology; rural settlements; ancient synagogues; ancient Jewish Art; and the integration of archaeological material and historical sources.

 

Selected Publications

 Khirbet Wadi Ḥamam: A Roman-period Village and Synagogue in the Lower Galilee, Jerusalem: Qedem ‎Reports 13, the Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2018.

 Settlement and History in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Galilee: An Archaeological Survey of the Eastern ‎Galilee, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2009. ‎

 (with B. Arubas) "The Invisible Synagogues of the Second Temple Period," Cathedra (forthcoming) ‎‎(Hebrew).

 (with D. Adan-Bayewitz, F. Asaro and M. D. Glascock, "A Pottery Production-Site for late Second Temple-period ‎Jerusalem," Eretz Israel 34, forthcoming (Hebrew).

(with Ch. Ben David, "Imported Fine Ware in Palaestina Secunda: Geographic, Economic, and Ethnic Aspects," BASOR 371 (2014), pp. 185-201. ‎

 

Selected Awards

Eliezer Shimshon Rosenthal Prize in Talmudic Research (2017).

Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality in the Humanistic Disciplines (2014).‎ 

 

Teaching

 Introduction to the Archaeology of the Land of Israel in the Hellenistic, Roman ‎and Byzantine Periods

‎Introduction to Byzantine Archaeology

‎Jewish Art and Architecture in the Second Temple Period and in the Days of the ‎Mishnah and Talmud

 Rural Settlements in the Land of Israel in the Roman and Byzantine Periods ‎

 Hellenistic and early Roman Pottery Roman and Byzantine Pottery

 Water Installations in israel and in the Classical World (B.A Seminar)

Galilee and its inhabitants during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods (M.A Seminar)

The Ancient Synagogue - History and Archaeology (MA, with N. Hacham)

Talmudic Archaeology (MA, with D. Rosenthal)