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Oded Lipschits
Oded Lipschits (Hebrew: עודד ליפשיץ; born May 15, 1963) is an Israeli professor in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East Studies at Tel Aviv University. In 1997 he earned his Ph.D. in Jewish History under the supervision of Nadav Na'aman. He has since become a Senior Lecturer and Full Professor at Tel Aviv University and served as the Director of the Tel Aviv Institute of Archaeology since 2011. Lipschits is an incumbent of the Austria Chair of the Archeology of the Land of Israel in the Biblical Period and is the Head and founder of the Ancient Israel Studies Masters program in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East Studies.
Most of Lipschits' research relates to the history, archaeology, and biblical account of the Southern Levant, specifically narratives related to the development of Judah within its local and regional setting, as well its transformation under imperial control i.e., Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Macedonia. Together with his colleagues, Lipschits has directed several archaeological excavations including Ramat Rachel (2004–2010), Tel Azekah (2012–) and Tel Moza (2018–). Oded Lipschits is credited with authoring and co-authoring over a dozen books and several hundred articles. He has organized and lectured in over 200 local and international conferences worldwide and has been the recipient of several prestigious awards, grants, and scholarships, including the EMET Prize in the field of Archaeology (2022).
In 2024, he received an "honorary doctorate" from the University of Zurich for his research on the history and archeology of Israel and Judah during the biblical period.6
Oded Lipschits was born in Jerusalem in 1963, and served in the IDF between 1981 and 1985 (in the military reserve until 2008) and ultimately discharged with the rank of major. Lipschits is married to Yael (Moreno) Lipschits and lives in Alon HaGalil. They have four children.
Lipschits began his studies in archaeology and Jewish history at the Tel Aviv University in 1985, and received his Ph.D. 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 Nadav Na'aman. After graduating, Lipschits received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for outstanding post-Doctoral researchers and in 2002–2003 completed his post-doctorate in the Faculty of Theology at Heidelberg University.
In 1998 Lipschits became a faculty member and 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 was appointed a Full Professorship at the Tel Aviv University. Lipschits has established and has since headed the MA program in Ancient Israel Studies and International MA program for the History and Archaeology of the Holy Land. He has served since 2011 as the director of the Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology. Lipschits has supervised more than 50 MA students and 20 Ph.D., students.
The primary focus of Lipschits' research is the Southern Levant, and the land of Judah in the Iron Age, Persian, Hellenistic and Hasmonean periods.
Through his application of Biblical criticism, critical studies of historical sources and archaeological data, Lipschits has maintained that contrary to the conservative interpretation of the Biblical narrative, the country during this period was shaped by the presence of foreign empires, starting in the 8th century BCE with the Neo-Assyrian Empire. This stands in contrast to the understanding of Jewish history as divided into First and Second Temple periods, with a settlement and cultural "gap" in the mid-6th century, explained by the Biblical narrative of the Babylonian exile. Lipschits has demonstrated in his book The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem: Judah Under Babylonian Rule (2004) that significant parts of Judah remained inhabited during the Babylonian rule. This work which is based on his doctoral dissertation has granted him the Ish-Shalom Prize for the Best 'First-Fruit' Book in the Research of the History of Israel. Although his revolutionary thesis was not accepted by all scholars, his critics have praised the book for its extent, organization and detail, citing it as one of the most comprehensive works on the subject to date, that is important and worthy of study.
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Oded Lipschits
Oded Lipschits (Hebrew: עודד ליפשיץ; born May 15, 1963) is an Israeli professor in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East Studies at Tel Aviv University. In 1997 he earned his Ph.D. in Jewish History under the supervision of Nadav Na'aman. He has since become a Senior Lecturer and Full Professor at Tel Aviv University and served as the Director of the Tel Aviv Institute of Archaeology since 2011. Lipschits is an incumbent of the Austria Chair of the Archeology of the Land of Israel in the Biblical Period and is the Head and founder of the Ancient Israel Studies Masters program in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East Studies.
Most of Lipschits' research relates to the history, archaeology, and biblical account of the Southern Levant, specifically narratives related to the development of Judah within its local and regional setting, as well its transformation under imperial control i.e., Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Macedonia. Together with his colleagues, Lipschits has directed several archaeological excavations including Ramat Rachel (2004–2010), Tel Azekah (2012–) and Tel Moza (2018–). Oded Lipschits is credited with authoring and co-authoring over a dozen books and several hundred articles. He has organized and lectured in over 200 local and international conferences worldwide and has been the recipient of several prestigious awards, grants, and scholarships, including the EMET Prize in the field of Archaeology (2022).
In 2024, he received an "honorary doctorate" from the University of Zurich for his research on the history and archeology of Israel and Judah during the biblical period.6
Oded Lipschits was born in Jerusalem in 1963, and served in the IDF between 1981 and 1985 (in the military reserve until 2008) and ultimately discharged with the rank of major. Lipschits is married to Yael (Moreno) Lipschits and lives in Alon HaGalil. They have four children.
Lipschits began his studies in archaeology and Jewish history at the Tel Aviv University in 1985, and received his Ph.D. 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 Nadav Na'aman. After graduating, Lipschits received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for outstanding post-Doctoral researchers and in 2002–2003 completed his post-doctorate in the Faculty of Theology at Heidelberg University.
In 1998 Lipschits became a faculty member and 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 was appointed a Full Professorship at the Tel Aviv University. Lipschits has established and has since headed the MA program in Ancient Israel Studies and International MA program for the History and Archaeology of the Holy Land. He has served since 2011 as the director of the Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology. Lipschits has supervised more than 50 MA students and 20 Ph.D., students.
The primary focus of Lipschits' research is the Southern Levant, and the land of Judah in the Iron Age, Persian, Hellenistic and Hasmonean periods.
Through his application of Biblical criticism, critical studies of historical sources and archaeological data, Lipschits has maintained that contrary to the conservative interpretation of the Biblical narrative, the country during this period was shaped by the presence of foreign empires, starting in the 8th century BCE with the Neo-Assyrian Empire. This stands in contrast to the understanding of Jewish history as divided into First and Second Temple periods, with a settlement and cultural "gap" in the mid-6th century, explained by the Biblical narrative of the Babylonian exile. Lipschits has demonstrated in his book The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem: Judah Under Babylonian Rule (2004) that significant parts of Judah remained inhabited during the Babylonian rule. This work which is based on his doctoral dissertation has granted him the Ish-Shalom Prize for the Best 'First-Fruit' Book in the Research of the History of Israel. Although his revolutionary thesis was not accepted by all scholars, his critics have praised the book for its extent, organization and detail, citing it as one of the most comprehensive works on the subject to date, that is important and worthy of study.