Prof. Oded Lipschits

Director of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology

Head, Ancient Israel Studies - Overseas MA program at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University

Director, the Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition

Address: Tel Aviv University, P.O.B. 39040, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel

Home Address: Alon Ha-Galil, 17920, Israel.

Phone Number (Office): 03-6409952

E-mail: lipschit@post.tau.ac.il

Website: http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/directory/dir_oded_lipschits.html
The Lautenschlaeger Azekah Expedition: www.azekah.com
The Ramat Rahel Excavation's website: http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/projects/ramat_rachel/index.htm

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/oded.lipschits

Place and Date of Birth: Jerusalem, May 15th, 1963.

IDF (ZAHAL) Military Service: 1981 – 1985 (in reserve until 2008) Rank: Major

Martial Status: Married to Yael (Moreno) Lipschits

Number of Children: 4 - Or (1989), Tal (1993), Na'amah (1997), 'Iddo (2002).

Education

Name of Doctoral Dissertation: “The ‘Yehud’ Province under Babylonian rule (586-539 B.C.E.): Historic Reality and Historiographic Conceptions”.
Name of Supervisor: Prof. Nadav Na'aman.

Other Academic Activities

1999-2001 - Head of the Program for Basic and Panoramic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University

2001-2007 - Member of the Faculty Teaching Committee, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University

2004-2009 - Co-chair, "Literature and History of the Persian Period Group", Society of Biblical Literature, toghether with Prof. David Vanderhooft.

Since 2005 - Editor, 'Cathedra' – A Journal for the Research of the Land of Israel.
                     Member of the editorial board of the Institute for the Research of Eretz-
                     Israel, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem.

Since 2005 - A Member in the Research Committee of the Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University.

Since 2008 - Member of the Israel Exploration Society council

Since 2009 -  Editor, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel (peer-reviewed, quarterly journal, Mohr Siebeck, Germany)

Since 2009 - A Member of the Nomination Committee, School of History, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University.

Since 2010 - A Member in the Appeal Committee of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Since 4.2011 - Director, the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology

Since 4.2011 - Head, Ancient Israel Studies – Overseas MA program at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University.

Since 9.2011 - Head, MA Program in Ancient Israel Studies within the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East Studies
               Editor, Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University
               Editor, the Monograph Series, The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology
               Editor, Salvage Excavation Reports, the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology

Archaeological Field Work and other Projects in Archaeology

Since 2004 – The Ramat-Rahel Archaeological Project (together with Prof. Manfred Oeming, Heidelberg University).

Since 2005 – The Publication Project of Aharoni’s Excavations at Ramat Rahel.

2005 – 2008 – Corpus of the Yehud Stamp Impressions: Typology, Chronology, Distribution and Function (together with Prof. David Vanderhooft, Boston College).

2006 – 2008 – Development of a New Method of 14C Dating of Plaster And Implication for Dating Various Architectural Elements at Ramat Rahel (together with Elisabetta Boaretto and Lior Regev, Radiocarbon Dating Lab, Weizmann Institute of Science.

2007 – 2009 – Typology and classification of lmlk Jars, based on 3D scanning technology (together with A. Karasik, and Y. Gadot).

2008 – 2010 – Corpus of the Lion Stamp Impressions from the Persian Period: Typology, Chronology, Distribution and Function (together with Dr. Tallay Ornan, Hebrew University, Jerusalem).

2008 – 2010 – The Judean Stamped Jars from the Late Iron Age, the Persian and the Hellenistic Periods: Its Dates, Distribution and Function.

2008 -         The Ellah Valley Regional Project.
                    The Lautenschlaeger Excavations at Azekah.

Research Projects in History

1999-2004: Judah and the Judeans in the Babylonian Period (6th Century BCE).

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

Organizer and Co-organizer of Scientific Meetings

1. Can We Define the Pottery of the 6th Century BCE in Judah? Conference held in Tel Aviv University, October 1998.

2. Judah and Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period. Conference held in Tel Aviv University, May 2001. (Organizer, together with Prof. Joseph Blekinsopp)

3. Judah and the Judeans in the Persian (Achaemenid) Period. Conference held in Heidelberg University, July 2003. (Organizer, together with Prof. Manfred Oeming).

4. New Directions and Fresh Discoveries in the Research of the Yehud Stamp Impressions. Conference held in Tel Aviv University, January 2005.

5. Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century BCE. Conference held in Muenster University, August 2005. (Organizer, together with Prof. Rainer Albertz).

6. 2005 – 2009 - co-chair (with Prof. Vanderhooft) of the "Literature and History of the Persian Period" unit of the Society of Biblical Literature annual meetings.

7. Judah between East and West: The Transition from Persian to Greek Rule (ca. 400-200 BCE). International (Israeli-British) Conference, held in Tel Aviv University, April 2007. (Organizer, together with Prof. L.L. Grabbe).

8. The Judeans in the Achaemenid Age: Negotiating Identity in an International Context. Conference held in Heidelberg, 13-16 April 2008. (Organizer, together with Prof. Gary Knoppers and Prof. Manfred Oeming).

9. The First Tel Aviv Colloquium for the Study of Ancient Israel: Scribal Culture and the Shaping of the Past: The Bible and the Ancient Near East. Tel Aviv University, December 10th, 2009. (Organizer, together with Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Prof. Nadav Na’aman).

10. New Studies in the Research of the Lion Stamp Impressions from Judah. Tel Aviv University, January 14th, 2010.

11. Changes and Developments in the Israeli Academy: Facing the Future, Tel Aviv University, April 29th, 2010.

12. Ramat Rahel: Concluding Six Years of Excavations. Heidelberg, August 29 – 31, 2010.

13. The Persian Period – Text and Context, Tel Aviv University, May 19th, 2011.

Lectures in Scientific and International Conferences

1. The Formation of the Babylonian Province in Judah. The Twelfth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Division A: The Bible and Its World. Jerusalem 1997. (Hebrew).

2. Judah, Jerusalem and the Temple (586-539 B.C.). Ve Colloque International, La Transeuphratène à l’époque perse: Religions, croyances rites et images, Institut Catholique, Paris, March 30-31 and April 1st 2000.

3. The Population of Yehud Province in the Persian Period: An Archaeological Estimation. 2nd International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Copenhagen, May 22nd-26th 2000.

4. Literary and Ideological Aspects in Nehemiah 11. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Nashville, TN, November 18th-21st 2000.

5. Demographic Changes in Judah between the 7th and the 5th Centuries BCE. International Conference: Judah and Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period. Tel-Aviv, May 29th-31st 2001.

6. On the Time and Goal of the Compiler in the Story of Gedaliah the Son of Ahikam (Jer. 40:7 – 41: 18). The Thirteenths World Congress of Jewish Studies, Division A: The Bible and Its World. Jerusalem 2001. (Hebrew).

7. Demographic Changes in Judah between the 7th and the 5th Centuries BCE. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Denver, CO, November 17th-20th 2001.

8. The Achaemenid Imperial Policy and the Status of Jerusalem in the Middle of the Fifth Century BCE. International Conference on: Judah and the Judeans in the Persian (Achaemenid) Period. Heidelberg, July 2003.

9. The Place of the Babylonian Period in the Archaeology of Palestine. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta, Georgia, November 19th-22nd, 2003.

10. Some Archaeological and Historical Notes on Schniedewing's Book: How the Bible Became a Book: A Textualization of Ancient Israel. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, Georgia, November 22nd-25th, 2003.

11. Judah under Achaemenid Rule: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, Georgia, November 22nd-25th, 2003.

12. European Seminar on Historical Methodology, The Persian Period. 2004 International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Groningen, the Netherlands, July 25th-28th, 2004. 

13. Back To Ramat Rahel – New Observations Based on Old Field Plans. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, San Antonuo, Texas, November 17th-20th, 2004.

14. The Builders of the Wall: The Sources and Goals of Nehemiah 3. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San-Antonio, Texas, November 20th-23rd, 2004.

15. Nehemiah's Wall – A Religious Response to Political Crisis. The 7th Bi-National Symposium on Jewish and Christian Tradition, Devoted to the Topic: Religious Responses to Political Crisis in Jewish and Christian Tradition. Tel Aviv University, April 21st-23rd, 2005.

16. Demographic Changes in Judah between the 5th and 3rd Centuries B.C.E.   Judah and Judaeans in the Fourth Century B.C.E., August 12th-15th, 2005, University of Münster, Germany (Together with Dr. Oren Tal).

17. The YEHUD Stamp Impressions: First Conclusions from a New Project. Lecture in the International Conference:  Judah and Judaeans in the Fourth Century B.C.E., August 12th-15th, 2005, University of Münster, Germany (Together with Prof. David Vanderhooft).

18. A response to H.G.M. Williamson, Daniel Master, Rainer Albertz, Gary Knoppers, and Tamara Eskenazi. A Panel Discussion of The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem: Jerusalem under Babylonian Rule by Oded Lipschits. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Philadelphia, November 19th-22nd, 2005.

19. The Slow Development of Jerusalem in the Persian Period: Archaeological, Paleographic, and Historical Perspectives. Session on the Material Culture, in the Social-scientific Studies of the Second Temple Period. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Philadelphia, November 19th-22nd, 2005.

20. First Results from the 2005-2006 Excavation Seasons in Ramat Rahel. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Washington D.C., November 15th-18th, 2006.

21. A Comprehensive Database of the Yehud Jar Stamp Impressions: New Paleographical, Typological and Archaeological Findings. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Washington D.C., November 18th-21st, 2006.

22. Israeli Historians and Biblical History. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Washington D.C., November 18th-21st, 2006.

23. The Size and Status of Jerusalem in the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods. Lecture in the International (Israeli-British) Conference: Judah between East and West: The Transition from Persian to Greek Rule (ca. 400-200 BCE), Tel Aviv University, April 2007.

24. New Discoveries, New Interpretations and a Fresh Look on the Administrative Center at Ramat Rahel during the Late Iron Age and Persian Periods. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, San Diego, November 14th-17th, 2007.

25. Royal Landscape and Royal Architecture: Viewing Ramat Rahel from Afar. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, San Diego, November 14th-17th, 2007.  

26. Ramat Rahel as an Administrative Center in Judah during the Late Iron Age and Persian Periods. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Diego, November 17th-20th, 2007.

27. Three Historical Stages in the Emergence of Identity Questions among the Judeans during the Babylonian and Persian Periods. The Judeans in the Achaemenid Age: Negotiating Identity in an International Context, Heidelberg, April 13th – 16th , 2008.

28. Summarizing Four Years of the Renewed Excavation Project at Ramat Rahel.  Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston, MA, November 19th – 22nd, 2008.

29. The Origin of the Volute-Capitals from Judah, Moab, and Ammon.  Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Boston, MA, November 22nd – 25th, 2008.

30. Review on: The Old Testament between History and Theology: A Critical Survey, by Niels Peter Lemche. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Boston, MA, November 22nd – 25th, 2008.

31. The New Founded Assyrian Emporiums and Administrative Centers in Palestine. 'Foundation of Cities' – International Conference in the Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, February 22nd-23rd, 2009.

32. A New Look at the History and Archeology of Judah under Achaemenid Rule. A lecture in the Plenary Session: New Perspectives in the Study of the Persian Period. The 15th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, August 4th, 2009.

33. First Thought Following the Corpus of the Lion Stamp Impressions. A lecture in the Colloquium: New Studies in the Research of the Lion Stamp Impressions from Judah. Tel Aviv University, January 14th, 2010.

34. Home Alone in Judah - Hints of How the Babylonian Empire Administered an "Empty" Land. An Invited Lecture at the collège de France, April 7th 2010.

35. The Absence of Destruction Levels in Persian Period Judah: The Reasons, The Implications, and Possible Historical Interpretations. A Lecture at the VIII Colloque International La Transeuphratène à l’époque perse : Crises et autres difficulties. 8 au 10 Avril 2010, Institut Catholique de Paris.

36. The Babylonian Administration in Judah. A Lecture at the Praktisch.-Theol. Seminar, Heidelberg University, June 18th, 2010.

37. The Ramat Rahel Excavations Project (2005-2010): Review and Prospect. A Lecture at the Ökumenisches Institut, Heidelberg University, June 19th, 2010.

38. The history and archaeology of Judah in the Early Second Temple Period. A Lecture at the Conference: Bible and Biblical Studies in Human Context, Torun, Poland, June 23rd, 2010.

39. What Can We Learn From Archaeology on the Persian Administration in Judah?  The 20th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT). Helsinki, 1-6 August 2010.

40. A New Look on the Archaeology of Persian Period Judah. A Lecture at the International Conference: History and Identity in Second Temple Hebrew Bible Literature, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, August 12, 2010.

41. Summarizing Six Years of Excavations at Ramat Rahel. A Public Lecture in the Conference - Ramat Rahel: concluding Six years of excavations. University of Heidelberg, August 29 – 31, 2010.

42. Ramat Rahel as the Administrative Center of Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian Rule in Judah. A Lecture in the Conference of the Deutschen Verein zur Erforschung Palästinas (DPV): Herrschaft und Repräsentation in Palästina und Syrien. Schloss Rauischholzhausen, 5.-7. Nov. 2010.

43. New Archaeological Discoveries from Biblical Israel: Kings and Bureaucrats at the Paradise of Ramat Rahel. A Lecture at the Department of Theology, Boston College, November 12th, 2010.

44. The Demography of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period. A Lecture at the Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University, November 15th, 2010.

45. Stamped Jar Handles as a Tool for Dating Babylonian and Achaemenid Archaeological Strata in Judah. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta,  November 17th – 20th, 2010.

46. The Typology of the Royal Judean Storage Jars in its Historical Context. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta,  November 17th – 20th, 2010 (together with Omer Sergi (Tel Aviv University), Avshalom Karasik (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), and Yuval Gadot (Tel Aviv University).

47. Reevaluating the lmlk Storage Jars. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, November 20th, 2010.

48.Methodological Notes on the Archaeology of "The People that Remained in the Land. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, November 21th, 2010.

49. ACorpus of Stamped Yehud Jars Discovered at Ramat Rahel and Its Meaning to the Understanding of the History of Judah Under Babylonian and Persian Rule. The 37th Archaeological Congress in Israel. Bar-Ilan University, April 14th, 2011 (together with L. Freude and Y. Gadot).

50. The King’s Feast: New Evidence for Feasts in the Palace Courtyard from the Second Building Level at Ramat Rahel. The 37th Archaeological Congress in Israel. Bar-Ilan University, April 14th, 2011 (together with Y. Gadot).

51. A New Look on the Archaeology of Persian Period Judah. The Persian Period – Text and Context. International Confrence, Tel Aviv University, May 19th, 2011.

52. The Babylonian Administration in Judah. International ERC Conference - Exile and Return: The Babylonian Context. UCL - History Department, London, Friday, November 11th, 2011.

53. The Yehud Jar Stamp Impressions in the Changing Administration of Persian Period Judah. Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, San Francisco, November 17th, 2011 (together with David S. Vanderhooft).

54. A Ceramic Seal from Ramat Rahel - A Schematic Version of the ‘Woman at the Window’? Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, San Francisco, November 17th, 2011 (together with Keren Ras).

55. Responding to: A Review of The Yehud Stamp Impressions A Corpus of Inscribed Impressions from the Persian and Hellenistic Periods in Judah by Oded Lipschits and David S. Vanderhooft. Literature and History of the Persian Period, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Francisco, November 19th, 2011.

56. Ramat Rahel and other Indications for the Administration in Judah during the "Exilic" Period. Archaeology and Text: Jerusalem and its Environs, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Francisco, November 20th, 2011.

57. A New Outlook on the Archaeology of Persian Period Judah. A lecture in the Institut romand des sciences bibliques, Université de Lausanne, February 29th, 2012.

58. Ramat Rahel as the Center of Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian Rule in Judah. A lecture in the Theologische Fakultät, Universität Zürich, March 1st, 2012.

59. The History and Archaeology of Exilic and Post-Exilic Judah: A New Understanding A lecture in the Theologische Fakultät, Universität Zürich, March 2nd, 2012.

60. Reconstructing the Royal Garden from the Persian Period at Ramat Raḥel by Trapped Fossil Pollen. A Lecture in the Thirty Eight Archaeological Conference in Israel, Jerusalem, April 2nd, 2012.

61. Excavating Paradise and Other Archaeological Discoveries that Illuminate the World of the Bible. Sir Asher Joel Oration, Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, May 21st, 2012.

62. "Between Shochoh and Azekah” (Samuel 17:1) – What do we Know about These Sites even before We Start Excavating Them? The School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australia, May 25th, 2012.

63. "The System of the Stamped Jar Handles in Ancient Judah". Wissenschaftlich-Theologisches Seminar, Heidelberg University, June 14th, 2012.

64. Jerusalem in the Days of the Babylonian Exile and the Restoration Period in Light of the Excavations of the Last Generation. A Lecture in the Yad Izhak Ben Zvi Academic Conference on Jerusalem – Jerusaelm – Past, Present and Future. Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012.

Academic and Professional Awards
1991 - The Wolf Foundation Scholarship for M.A . Studies.

1992 - The Research Scholarship from the Wolf Foundation Fund

1993-1995 - The Buchmann Doctoral Scholarship Fund (1993-1995).

1995 - The Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Scholarship from the Center for the Study of Eretz Israel and  its Yishuv.

1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006 - the YANIV fund for Scholars in the Humanities.

1998 - The AMOS fund of the President of Israel for Scholars and authors.

1999 - The Fund of Tel Aviv University for the encouragement of research.

2000 - The award for the best lecturers in the Faculty of Humanities in Tel Aviv University.

2001 - The Special Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

2002 - The Zehavah and Eliyahu Eilat Prize for the book 'The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem'.

2005 - Ish-Shalom Prize for the best 'first-fruit' book in the research of the History of Israel.

2006 - White-Levy Program for Archaeological Publications, Harvard University.

2007 - "Early Israel" research grants, New Horizons program, Tel Aviv University – Development of a New Method of 14C Dating of Plaster And Implication for Dating Various Architectural Elements at Ramat Rahel (together with Elisabetta Boaretto and Lior Regev, Radiocarbon Dating Lab, Weizmann Institute of Science.                       

2007 - The Fund of Tel Aviv University for the encouragement of research.

2008 - Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University – Research Grant for Garden and Landscape Studies  

2008 - "Early Israel" research grants, New Horizons program, Tel Aviv University - Typology and classification of lmlk Jars, based on 3D scanning technology (together with A. Karasik, and Y. Gadot).                                                                                               

2008 - The Israel Science Foundation, Israel Academy of Sciences – The Lion Stamp Impressions from the Persian Period: Typology, Chronology, Distribution and Function (together with Dr. Tallay Ornan, Hebrew University, Jerusalem).                                

2009 - "Early Israel" research grants, New Horizons program, Tel Aviv University – Archaeological Study and Luminescence Dating of agricultural terrace walls and soil at Ramat Rahel (together with N. Porat, Geological Survey of Israel , and Y. Gadot).                  

2010 -  The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Short Term Research Fellowship.                

2011 - "Early Israel" research grants, New Horizons program, Tel Aviv University – Tracing Sources of ‘Scythian’ Arrowheads found at Ramat Rahel (together with Y. Erel and Y. Gadot).                                                                                                       

2011 - "Early Israel" research grants, New Horizons program, Tel Aviv University – Polen Studies and Tracing the Ancient Vegetation at the Garden of Ramat Rahel (together with D. Langot, B. Gross, and Y. Gadot).                                                               

Membership in Professional Societies
Society of Biblical Literature

American Schools of Oriental Research

Israel Association for Assyriology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies

European Association of Biblical Studies

World Union of Jewish Studies

Students Supervised

Doctoral Students
Ester Shoham - The Crystallization of the Samaritans during the Persian Period [Submitted 12\2010].

Karen Covello-Paran - The Jezreel Valley during the Intermediate Bronze Age - Social and Cultural Landscapes (Together with Prof. Israel Finkelstein).

Omer Sergi – The Formation of the Kingdom of Judah in the 9 th Century BCE and its Reflection in Biblical Historiography.

Ido Koch – The Shephelah Region during the Iron Age (together with Prof. Nadav Na'aman).

Yoon, Kook Young – Typology and Petrography of the Judahite Pillar Figurine (together with Prof. Yuval Goren).

Andrew Pleffer (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (together with Prof. Stephen Llewelyn).

Liorah Freud – Judahite Pottery from the Late Iron Age to Early Persian Period.

Keren Ras – Bull Iconography and the Cult in Israel and Judah.

Ephrat Bocher – Late Persian Period/Early Hellenistic Material Culture in Judah

MA Students

Ido Koch – Rosette Stamp Impressions from the Kingdom of Judah (together with Prof. Nadav Na'aman). [Submitted 12\2008]

Nirit Qedem-Shimon – Changes in the Architecture and Site Formation at Ramat Rahel between the Iron Age and the Hellenistic Period. [Submitted 12\2009]

Veronica Zlatcowski – The Administrative Center in Ramat Rahel during the Iron Age and the Persian Period in light of the Analysis of the Distribution of the Finds from Aharoni's Excavations (1954, 1959-1962) . [Submitted 3\2010]

Lior Marom – The Garden and the Water System – Area C1 in Ramat Rahel Excavations (2005-2007). [Submitted 4\2010]

Shira Guvrin – Technology and Function of Judean Bullae from the First Temple Period (together with Prof. Yuval Goren) [Submitted 8\2010]

Liorah Freud - Re-Examination of the Iron Age Pottery from Ramat Rahel [Submitted 6\2011]

Ephrat Bocher – The yršlm Stamp Impressions from the Early Hellenistic Period [Submitted 4\2012]

Shatil Imanuelov – Tel Azekah in Light of the Archaeological Survey (together with Dr. Yuval Gadot). [Submitted 5\2012]

Sharon Napchan - Bliss and Macalister's Excavations at Tell Zakariya (1898-1899) in Light of Modern Research (together with Prof. Zeev Herzog).

Hemdah Sadeh – Second Isaiah and the Forging of National Identity among the Judahite Community in Babylon (together with Dr. Dalit Rom-Shiloni).

Boaz Gross – Gardens in the Ancient Near-East and the Garden at Ramat Rahel.

Yoav Tsur - Tel Socoh in Light of the Archaeological Survey (together with Yuval Gadot).

Julia Fridman - The Intent and Meaning of Concentric Circle Incisions Found on Royal Judahite Storage Jars.

Michal Weinberger – Khirbet el-Burj and Jerusalem Surroundings in the Late Iron Age and the Persian Period.

Sara Hirschberg – The Mamilah Farm-House and the Agricultural Area Around Jerusalem.

Books

1. Lipschits, O. 2004. The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem: The History of Judah under Babylonian Rule. Jerusalem  2004. (Hebrew). [551 pp.]

    Lipschits, O. 2005. The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem: The History of Judah under Babylonian Rule. Winona Lake 2005.   [474 pp.]

2. Lipschits, O. and Vanderhooft, D. 2011. Yehud Stamp Impressions: A Corpus of Inscribed Stamp Impressions from the Persian and Hellenistic Periods in Judah. Winona Lake. [796 pp.]

Books – Accepted for Publication
1. Lipschits, O. Ramat Rahel III: Final Publication of Aharoni's Excavations. (The Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology - Monograph Series of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University). Tel Aviv.

2. Lipschits, O., Gadot, Y. Arubas, B. and Oeming, M. What the Stones are whispering? 3000 Years of Forgotten History at Ramat Rahel. (Hebrew).

Books in Preperation
1. Lipschits, O. in preparation. Judah under Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian Rule - A New Look on Its History and Administration in Light of the Stamped Jar Handles. (Hebrew).

2. Lipschits, O. and Ornan, T. in preparation. The Lion Stamp Impressions from the Persian Period: Typology, Chronology, Distribution and Function.

3. Lipschits, O., Oeming, M. and Gadot, Y. in preparation. Ramat Rahel IV – The Renewed Excavations by the Tel Aviv-Heidelberg Expedition (2005-2010): The Finds (The Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology - Monograph Series of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University). Tel Aviv.

4. Lipschits, O., Oeming, M. and Gadot, Y. in preparation. Ramat Rahel V – The Renewed Excavations by the Tel Aviv-Heidelberg Expedition (2005-2009): Stratigraphy and Architecture (The Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology - Monograph Series of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University). Tel Aviv.

Papers

1. Lipschits, O. 1990. The Date of the 'Assyrian residence' at Ayyelet Ha-Shahar. Tel Aviv 17: 96-99.

2. Lipschits, O. 1997. The Origins of the Jewish Population of Modi'in and Its Vicinity. Cathedra 85: 7-32 (Hebrew).

3. Lipschits, O. 1999. The History of the Benjaminite Region under Babylonian Rule. Tel Aviv 26 (2): 155-190.

4. Lipschits, O. 1999. Nebuchadrezzar's Policy in 'hattu-Land' and the Fate of the Kingdom of Judah. Ugarit-Forschungen 30: 467-487.

5. Lipschits, O. 1999. Jerusalem from Its Early Days to the End of the First Temple Period. In: Shavit, Y. (ed.). Jerusalem: Biography. Jerusalem: 13-37. (Hebrew).

6. Lipschits, O. 1999. The Formation of the Babylonian Province in Judah. Proceedings of the Twelfth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Division A: The Bible and Its World. Jerusalem: 115-123. (Hebrew).

7. Lipschits, O. 2000. Was There a Royal Estate in Ein-Gedi by the End of the Iron Age and During the Persian Period? In: Schwartz, J., Amar, Z. and Ziffer, I. (eds.). Jerusalem and Eretz Israel (Arie Kindler Volume). Tel Aviv: 31-42. (Hebrew).

8. Joffe, A., Cline, E. and Lipschits, O. 2000. The Stratigraphy and Architecture of Area H. apud: I. Finkelstein, D. Ussishkin and B. Halpern (eds.), Megiddo III: the 1992-1996 Seasons. Tel Aviv: 140-160.

9. Lipschits, O. 2001. "Jehoiakim Slept with His Father..." (II Kings 24: 6) - Did He? Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 4: 1-27.

10. Lipschits, O. 2001. Judah, Jerusalem and the Temple (586-539 B.C.). Transeuphraténe 22: 129-142.

11. Lipschits, O. 2001. The Policy of the Persian Empire and the Meager Architectonic Finds in the Province of Yehud. in: Faust, A. and Baruch, E. (eds.). New Studies in Jerusalem (Proceedings of the Seventh Conference). Ramat-Gan: 45-76. (Hebrew).

12. Lipschits, O. 2002. On the Titles 'bd hmlk and 'bd yhwh. In: Japhet, S. (ed.). Shnaton – An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies XIII. Jerusalem: 157-172. (Hebrew).

13. Lipschits, O. 2002. Literary and Ideological Aspects in Nehemiah 11. Journal of Biblical Literature 121: 423-440.

14. Lipschits, O. 2003. Demographic Changes in Judah between the 7^th and the 5^th Centuries BCE. In: Lipschits, O. and Blenkinsopp, J. (eds.). Judah and the Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period (Proceedings of the Conference held at Tel Aviv University, May 2001). Winona Lake: 323-376.

15. Lipschits, O. 2004. From Geba to Beersheba - A Further Discussion. Revue Biblique 111-3: 345-361.

16. Lipschits, O. 2004. Ammon in Transition from Vassal Kingdom to Babylonian Province. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 335: 37-52.

17. Lipschits, O. 2004. The Rural Settlement in Judah in the Sixth Century BCE: A Rejoinder. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 136, 2: 99-107.

18. Lipschits, O. 2006. On Cash-Boxes and Finding or Not Finding Books: Jehoash's and Josiah's Decision to Repair the Temple. In: Amit, Y., Ben-Zvi, E., Finkelstein, I. and Lipschits, O. (eds.). Essays on Ancient Israel and Its Near Eastern Context: A Tribute to Nadav Na'aman. Winona Lake: 239-254.

19. Lipschits, O. 2006. Achaemenid Imperial Policy, Settlement Processes in Palestine, and the Status of Jerusalem in the Middle of the Fifth Century BCE. In: Lipschits, O. and Oeming, M. (eds.). Judah and the Judeans in the Persian (Achaemenid) Period. Winona Lake: 19-52.

20. Lipschits, O., Oeming, M., Gadot, Y. and Arubas, B. 2006. Ramat Rahel 2005. Israel Exploration Journal 56 (2): 227-235.

21. Lipschits, O. 2007. Who Financed and Who Arranged the Building of Jerusalem's Walls? The Sources of the List of The Builders of the Walls (Nehemiah 3: 1-32) and the Purposes of its Literary Placement within Nehemihah's Memoirs. in: Bar-Asher, M, Rom-Shiloni, D., Tov, E. and Wazana, N. (eds.). Shai le-Sara Japhet, Studies in the Bible, its Exegesis and its Language. Jerusalem: 73-90. (Hebrew).

22. Lipschits, O. 2007. The Babylonian Period in Judah: In Search of the Half Full Cup (A response to the panel discussion: In Conversation with Oded Lipschits, The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem). Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 7: 39-47. http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/abstracts-articles.html#A63

23. Lipschits, O. and Tal, O. 2007. The Settlement Archaeology of Judah between the 5^th and 3^rd Centuries B.C.E. in: Lipschits, O. and Albertz, R. (eds.). Judah and the Judeans in the 4^th Century BCE. Winona-Lake: 33-52.

24. Lipschits, O., Oeming, M., Gadot, Y. and Vanderhooft, D. 2007. Seventeen Newly Excavated YEHUD Stamp Impressions from Ramat-Rahel. Tel-Aviv 34 (1): 74-89.

25. Lipschits, O. and Vanderhooft, D. 2007. Yehud Stamp Impressions: History of Discovery and Newly-Published Items. Tel-Aviv 34 (1): 3-11.

26. Lipschits, O. and Vanderhooft, D. 2007. Yehud Stamp Impressions of the Fourth Century BCE: A Time of Administrative Consolidation? in: Lipschits, O., Knoppers, G.N. and Albertz, R. (eds.). Judah and the Judeans in the 4^th Century BCE. Winona-Lake: 75-94.

27. Lipschits, O. and Vanderhooft, D. 2007. Jerusalem in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods in Light of the Yehud Stamp Impressions. Eretz Israel - Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies (Tedi Kolek's volume). Jerusalem: 106-115 (Hebrew).

38. Vanderhooft, D.S., and Lipschits, O. 2007. A New Typology of the Yehud Stamp Impressions . Tel-Aviv 34: 12-37.

29. Stern, E., Lipschits, O. and Vanderhooft, D. 2007. New Yehud Stamp Impressions from Ein Gedi. Tel-Aviv 34 (1): 66-73.

30. Lipschits, O. 2008. Ein Privatsiegelabdruck aus Ramat Rahel. in: Kottsieper, I., Schmitt, R., and Wörle, J. (eds.). Berührungspunkte. Studien zur Sozial- und Religionsgeschichte Israels und seiner Umwelt. Festschrift f ü r Rainer Albertz zu seinem 65. Geburtstag (AOAT 350). Münster: 491-498.

31. Lipschits, O., and Gadot, Y. 2008. Ramat Rahel and the Emeq Rephaim sites - Links and interpretations. in: Amit, D. and Stiebel, G.D. (eds.). New Studies in the Archaeology of Jerusalem and its Religion, Collected Papers , vol. II. Jerusalem: 88-96.

32. Lipschits, O., Vanderhooft, D.S., Gadot, Y., and Oeming, M. 2008. 24 New Yehud Stamp Impressions from the 2007 Excavation Season at Ramat-Rahel. Maarav 15.1: 7-25 (and Plates in pp. 97-103)

33. Gadot, Y., Lipschits, O. And Oeming, M. 2008. Tieferes Verstehen. Erw Š gungen zur Epistemologie der Archäologie am Beispiel der Ausgrabung von Ramat Rahel (Jerusalem). Trumah 18: 33-55.

34. Lipschits, O. 2009. The Time and Origin of the Volute-Capitals from Judah, Moab and Ammon. Cathedra 131: 5-24 (Hebrew).

34a. English Version in : Finkelstein, I. and Na'aman, N. eds. Studies on the Late Bronze and Iron Ages: Text and Artifacts Relating to Ancient Israel, Offered in Honor of David Ussishkin . Winona Lake: IN (Eisenbrauns).

35. Lipschits, O. 2009. Persian Period Finds from Jerusalem: Facts and Interpretations. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 9: 2-30 (Article 20) . http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/Articles/article_122.pdf

36. Lipschits, O., Gadot, Y. Arubas, B. and Oeming, M. 2009. Ramat Rahel and its Secrets. Qadmoniot 138: 58-77 (Hebrew).
36a. German version: Oeming, M. and Lipschits, O. 2010. Die Geheimnisse von Ramat Rahel. Welt und Umwelt der Bibel 2: 3-9.

37. Lipschits, O., Oeming, M., Gadot, Y., and Arubas, B. 2009. The 2006 and 2007 Excavation Seasons at Ramat Rahel. IEJ 59: 1-20.

38. Lipschits, O., and Vanderhooft, D.S. 2009. 40 Unpublished yehud Stamp Impressions from Aharoni's Excavations at Ramat Rahel. Eretz Israel 29 (Ephraim Stern's volume): 248-269. (Hebrew).

39. Lipschits, O., Vanderhooft, D.S., Gadot, Y., and Oeming, M. 2009. 24 New Yehud Stamp Impressions from the 2007 Excavation Season at Ramat-Rahel. Maarav 15.1: 7-25 (and Plates in pp. 97-103) .

40. Farhi, Y. and Lipschits, O. 2009. A Unique Bulla from the Ramat Ra?el Excavations Bearing the Name of Hadrian. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 170 (2009) 295–298.
40a. Hebrew version: Baruch, E., Levi-Reifer, A. and Faust, A. (eds.). New Studies in Jerusalem 15. Ramat-Gan: 169-174. (Hebrew, with English Summary on pp. 16-17).

41. Lipschits, O. Sergi, O., and Koch, I. 2010. The Date of the lmlk and 'Private' Stamp Impressions: A Fresh Look. TA 37(1): 3-32.

42. Lipschits, O., Vanderhooft, D. S., Gadot, Y., and Oeming, M. 2010. Twenty-Seven New Yehud Stamp Impressions from the 2008 Excavation Season at Ramat-Ra Æ el. Maarav 16.1: 7-28.

43. Finkelstein, I. and Lipschits, O. 2010. Omride Architecture in Moab: Jahaz and Ataroth. ZDPV 126 (1): 29-42, and Tafel 13.
43a. Hebrew Version: Lipschits, O. and Finkelstein, I. 2011. Eretz Israel 30 (Amnon Ben-Tor’s volume): 290-299.

44. Farhi, Y. Gadot, Y. Davidovich, U., and Lipschits, O. 2010. The Ramat Rahel Hoard of Tyrian Sheqels. Israel Numismatic Studies 17: 59-76.

45. Koch, I., and Lipschits, O. 2010. The Kingdom of Judah at the End of the First Temple Period in Light of the Rosette Stamped Jar Handles. Cathedra 137: 7-26. (Hebrew).
45a. English version: The Rosette Stamped Jar Handle System and the Kingdom of Judah at the End of the First Temple Period. ZDPV (forthcoming).

46. Lipschits, O. 2011. Jerusalem between Two Periods of Greatness: The Size and Status of Jerusalem in the Babylonian, Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods. in: Lipschits, O. and Grabbe, L.L. Judah between East and West: The Transition from Persian to Greek Rule (ca. 400-200 BCE), The Library of Second Temple Studies, T & T Clark International: 163-175.

47. Lipschits, O. 2011. Persian Period Judah – A New Perspective. in: Jonker, L. (ed.). Texts, Contexts and Readings in Postexilic Literature – Explorations into Historiography and Identity Negotiation in Hebrew Bible and Related Texts (Forschungen zum Alten Testament II 53). Tübingen: 187-212.

48. Lipschits, O. 2011. "Here is a man whose name is ceºmaH" (Zechariah 6: 12).  Eretz Israel 30 (Ben Tor volum): 283-289. (Hebrew).
48a. English version in: Davies, P. and Edelman, D. (eds.). 2010. The Historian and the Bible: Essays in Honour of Lester L. Grabbe (LHBOTS series 530). T&T Clark International, London: 124-136.

49. Lipschits, O. 2011. Shedding New Light on the Dark Years of the “Exilic Period”: New Studies, Further Elucidation, and Some Questions Regarding the Archaeology of Judah as an “Empty Land. In: Kelle, B., Ames, F.R., and Wright, J.L. (eds.). Interpreting Exile: Interdisciplinary Studies of Displacement and Deportation in Biblical and Modern Contexts. SBL's Ancient Israel and Its Literature series. Atlanta: 57-90.

50. Lipschits, O. 2011. The Ivory Seal of šlm (Son of) klkl, Discovered at Ramat Rahel. IEJ 61-2: 162-170.

51. Lipschits, O. And Amit, D. 2011. 18 Stamped Jar Handles Not Published So Far. in: Baruch, E., and Faust, A. (eds.). New Studies in Jerusalem 17. Ramat-Gan: 179-198 (Hebrew, with English Summary on p. 54*-55*).

52. Lipschits, O., Gadot, Y., Arubas, B., and Oeming, M. 2011. Palace and Village, Paradise and Oblivion: Unraveling the Riddles of Ramat Rahel. NEA 74/1: 2-49 .

53. Lipschits, O. Sergi, O., and Koch, I. 2011. Judahite Stamped and Incised Jar Handles: A Tool for the Study of the History of Late Monarchic Judah. Tel-Aviv 38(1): 5-41.

54. Lipschits, O. and Na’aman, N. 2011. From ‘Baal Perazim’ to ‘Beth-Haccherem’ – On the Ancient Name of Ramat-Rahel. Beth-Miqra 56: (1): 65-86 (Hebrew).

55. Bocher, E., and Lipschits, O. 2011. First Conclusions from the Study of the yršlm Stamp Impressions on Jar Handles. in: Baruch, E., and Faust, A. (eds.). New Studies in Jerusalem 17. Ramat-Gan: 199-218. (Hebrew, with English Summary on pp. 55*-56*).

56. Finkelstein, I., Koch, I., and Lipschits, O. 2011. The Mound on the Mount: A Solution to the “Problem with Jerusalem”. JHS . http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/Articles/article_159.pdf

57. Finkelstein, I. and Lipschits, O. 2011. The Genesis of Moab. Levant 43(2): 139-152.

58. Lipschits, O. 2012. Archaeological Facts, Historical Speculations and the Date of the lmlk Storage Jars. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 12, article 4 (http://www.jhsonline.org/Articles/article_166.pdf

59. Lipschits, O. 2012. Between Archaeology and Text: A Reevaluation of the Development Process of Jerusalem in the Persian Period. in: Nissinen, M. (ed.). Congress Volume, Helsinki 2010 (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum). Leiden: 145-165.

60. Lipschits, O. 2012. Nehemiah 3: Sources, Composition and Purpose. in: Kalimi, I. (ed.). A New Perspective on Ezra-Nehemiah Story and History, Literature and Interpretation. Winona Lake: 73-99.

61. Sergi, O., Karasik, A., Gadot, Y., and Lipschits, O. 2012. Computer Generated Typology of the Royal Judahite Storage Jars and its Archaeological and Historical implications. Tel Aviv 39: 64-92.

62. Davidowich, U., Porat, N., Gadot, Y., Avni, Y., and Lipschits, O. 2012. Archaeological investigations and OSL Dating of Terraces: The Case of Ramat Rahel, Israel. Journal of Field Archaeology 37/3: 192-208.
62a. Hebrew version: in: Baruch, E., and Faust, A. (eds.). New Studies in Jerusalem 17. Ramat-Gan: 473-492. (Hebrew, with English Summary on p. 67*).

63. Gurwin, S., Goren, Y., Ashkenazi, D. and Lipschits, O. forthcoming. Scientific Analysis of the Bullae from the "Samaria Papyri". Tel Aviv.

64. Lipschits, O., Koch, I. Shaus, A., and Guil, S. 2012. The Enigma of the Biblical Bath, and the System of Liquid Volume Measurement during the First Temple Period. Ugarit-Forschungen 42 (2011): 453-478.

65. Lipschits, O., Gadot, Y., and Langgut, D. forthcoming. Ramat Rahel during the Babylonian and Persian Periods: The Archaeology of a Royal Edifice. Transeuphratene (2012).

66. Langgut D., Gadot Y., Porat N., and Lipschits O. forthcoming. Trapped Pollen Reveals the Secrets of Royal Persian Garden at Ramat Rahel (Jerusalem). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

67. Bocher, E. and Lipschits, O. forthcoming. The Corpusof yršlm Stamp Impressions—The Final Link. Tel Aviv.

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Short notes and items published in encyclopedias
1. Lipschits, O. 2006. Blood in Ramat Rahel. Etmol 187: 26-28 (Hebrew).

2. Lipschits, O., and Shavit, Y. 2006. "And I took unto me faithful witnesses" (Isaiah 8: 2); Between Archaeology and Historiography. Introduction to Zmanim 94: 4-7.

3. Lipschits, O., and Oeming, M. 2006. Palast der Könige Judas und eines der ältesten Marienheiligtümer der Welt.Welt und Umwelt der Bibel 2: 64-65.

4. Lipschits, O., Oeming, M., Gadot, Y., and Arubas, B. 2006. The 2005 Excavation Season in Ramat Rahel. Excavations and Surveys in Israel. (Hebrew and English). http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail.asp?id=420&mag_id=111

5. Lipschits, O. 2006. RAMAT-RAHEL – The New Encyclopedia Judaica.

6. Lipschits, O., and Sergi, O. 2006.  BANI – The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible: 388.

7. Lipschits, O., and Sergi, O. 2006. BANISHMENT - The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible: 388-389.

8. Lipschits, O., and Sergi, O. 2006. BAZLITH - The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible: 410-411.

9. Lipschits, O., and Sergi, O. 2006. BELTETHMUS - The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible: 424.

10. Lipschits, O., and Sergi, O. 2006. BEZAI - The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible: 451.

11. Lipschits, O., and Sergi, O. 2006. BIGVAI - The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible: 465.

12. Lipschits, O., and Sergi, O. 2006. BILSHAN - The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible: 466.

13. Lipschits, O., and Vanderhooft, D.S. 2007. Summary Data of Yehud Stamp Impressions, Arranged by Type. Tel-Aviv 34: 114-120.

14. Knoppers, G.N., Lipschits, O., and Oeming, M. 2007. Introduction to Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century BCE. In: idem. (eds.). Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century BCE. Winona-Lake: 1-8.

15.  Lipschits, O. 2009. La mer Morte, du Néolithique à l'époque perse (8500-333 av. J.-C.). Archéo-Théma 2: 12-18.

16.  Lipschits, O. forthcoming. RAMAT RAḤEL (Heb. רָמַת רָחֵל ) - The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology.

Book Reviews
1. Lipschits, O. 1997. Review on: Hans M. Barstad, The Myth of the empty Land - A Study in the History and Archaeology of Judah During the "Exilic" Period. (Symbolae Osloenses Fasc. Suppl. XXVIII), Scandinavian University Press, Oslo 1996. Zion 62: 419-422 (Hebrew).

2. Lipschits, O., Shavit, Y., and Sergi, O. 2006. Review on Uriah Y. Kim, Decolonizing Josiah- Towards a Post Colonial Reading of Deuteronomistic History. RBL. (co. Authors: Yaacov Shavit, and Omer Sergi).

3. Lipschits, O. 2007. Rezension: Zipora Talshir und Dalia Amara, Herausgebern, Auf der Grenze - Zwischen Textkritik und Literarkritik (Beer-Sheva, Studien der Abteilung der Bibel und alter naher Osten, Band XVIII, 2005, Beer-Sheva, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Press). ZAW 119: 445.

4. Lipschits, O. 2007. Rezension: G. Brin, Studien in der prophetischen Literatur (The Biblical Encyclopedia Library, Mosad Bialik, Jerusalem 2006). ZAW 119: 447.

5. Lipschits, O. 2007. Rezension: Haim Tadmor, Assyria, Babylonia und Judah - Studien zur Geschichte des antiken Vorderen Orients, Mordechai Cogan, Herausgeber (Jerusalem, 2006, Mosad Bialik und Israel Exploration Society). ZAW 119: 476.

6. Lipschits, O. 2008. Review on: Yonina Dor, “Have the “Foreign Women” Really been Expelled? Separation and Exclusion in the Restoration Period”. MO>ED – Annual for Jewish Studies 18: 166-173 (Hebrew).

7. Lipschits, O. 2009. Review on: Levin, Yigal, ed. A Time of Change: Judah and its Neighbours in the Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods (Library of Second temple Studies 65), London and New York: T&T Clark, 2007. RBL. http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/6443_6960.pdf

8. Lipschits, O. 2009. Review on: Meir Lubetski (ed.), New Seals and Inscriptions, Hebrew, Idumean, and Cuneiform (Hebrew Bible Monographs 8; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2007). CBQ 71: 674-677.

9. Lipschits, O. 2010. Review on: Bienkowski, P. (ed), Studies in Iron Age Moab and Neighbouring Areas in Honour of Michèle Daviau (Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement Series, 29; Leuven: Peeters, 2009). JHS 10. (http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/reviews/reviews_new/review458.htm)

10. Koch, I. and Lipschits, O. forthcoming. Review on:  Nam, R.S. 2012. Portraits of Economic Exchange in the Book of Kings (Biblical Interpretation Series 112). Leiden and Boston. JHS.

Edited books and periodicals
1. Lipschits, O., and Blenkinsopp, J. (eds.). 2003. Judah and Judeans in the Neo-Babylonian Period. Winona-Lake.

2. Lipschits, O., and Oeming, M. (eds.). 2006. Judah and the Judeans in the Persian Period. Winona-Lake (2005).

3. Amit, Y., Ben-Zvi, E., Finkelstein, I., and Lipschits, O. 2006. (eds.). Essays on Ancient Israel and Its Near Eastern Context: A Tribute to Nadav Na'aman. Winona Lake.

4. Lipschits, O., Knoppers, G.N., and Albertz, R. (eds.). 2007. Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century BCE. Winona-Lake.

5. Grabbe, L.L., and Lipschits, O. (eds.). 2011. Judah between East and West: The Transition from Persian to Greek Rule (ca. 400-200 BCE), The Library of Second Temple Studies, T & T Clark International.

6. Lipschits, O., Knoppers, G.N., and Oeming, M. (eds.). 2011. The Judeans in the Achaemenid Age: Negotiating Identity in an International Context. Winona-Lake.

Edited periodicals
1. Zmanim – A Historical Quarterly: Archaeology, Bible and History (number 94, 2006) Guest editor.

2. Tel Aviv 34/1 (2007): The Growing Corpus of Yehud Stamp Impressions: New Finds and New Research. Guest editor. (co. editor: David S. Vanderhooft)

Edited-Translated Papers
1. Translation of Rainer Albertz, The Recent Discussion on the Emergence of the Pentateuch/Hexateuch (Beit-Mikra 55/2, 2010: 5-38).

Non-Academic high-school and elementary school textbooks (in Hebrew)
1. The History of the Jewish People: 1882-1948 (Vol. I and II). Tel-Aviv (1992).

2. The Democracy and the Government System in Israel. Tel-Aviv (1994).

3. The Arabic Citizens in Israel: Equality and Integrating Processes. Tel-Aviv (1994).

4. History, Bible and What in Between: The Book of Joshua. Jerusalem (2000). (co. author: Yehudit Lipschits).

5. History, Bible and What in Between: The Book of Judges. Jerusalem 2002. (co. author: Yehudit Lipschits).

6. History, Bible and What in Between: The Book of Ruth. Jerusalem (2004). (co. author: Yehudit Lipschits).

7. History, Bible and What in Between: I Samuel. Jerusalem (2005). (co. author: Yehudit Lipschits).

8. History, Bible and What in Between: II Samuel. Jerusalem (2007). (co. author: Yehudit Lipschits and Omer Sergi).

9. History, Bible and What in Between: I Kings. Jerusalem (2010). (co. author: Yehudit Lipschits and Omer Sergi).

10. Joshua, Judges,Kings and Psalms for the Middle School  (2011). (co. authors: Yehudit Lipschits and Omer Sergi).

11. The United Monarchy – David and Solomon for the Middle School (forthcoming). (co. authors: Yehudit Lipschits and Omer Sergi)

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