Robert Stieglitz
Associate Professor


Department of Classical and Modern Language and Literatures
Rutgers University, Newark
175 University Avenue
408 Conklin Hall
Newark, NJ 07102
Email: stieglit@andromeda.rutgers.edu

Robert R. Stieglitz, Ph.D. (Brandeis University, 1971) teaches courses on Near Eastern archaeology, the Bible as literature, law in the ancient Near East, and ancient Jewish civilization. He has directed archaeological excavations in Greece and Israel, and conducted archaeological surveys throughout the Mediterranean world. His archaeological work focuses on ancient harbors and maritime activity. He is the author of over one hundred and twenty articles on the ancient Near East and various Mediterranean studies. Professor Stieglitz is the director of the undergraduate program (major and Minor) in Ancient and Medieval Civilizations, and the minor program in Archaeology at Rutgers-Newark.