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Robert J. Littman Professor 1890 East-West Rd. Moore Hall 491 Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone (808) 956-4173 Fax (808) 373-4639 E-mail: littman@hawaii.edu http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/classes/llea122/

Education

BA, PhD, Columbia University
M.Litt., University of Oxford

Selected Publications (FOR FULL LIST SEE VITA LINK)

BOOKS
THE GREEK EXPERIMENT: IMPERIALISM AND SOCIAL CONFLICT: 800-400 B.C. (Thames and Hudson, London l974 and Harcourt Brace, New York l974 (hard and paper).
KINSHIP AND POLITICS IN ATHENS 600-400 B.C. (Peter Lang, New York) 1990.
JEWISH HISTORY IN 100 NUTSHELLS (with Naomi Pasachoff) (Aronson, New York 1994) paperback 1996
THE BOOK OF TOBIT (introduction, translation and commentary) Brill, Leiden, Holland publication date expected 2004 (in Septuagint Commentary Series)
THE WISDOM OF BEN SIRACH (introduction, translation and commentary) Brill, Leiden, Holland publication date expected 2006 (in Septuagint Commentary Series)

ARTICLES
"Epidemiology of the Plague of Athens," (with D. Morens) TAPA 122 (1992) 271-304.
"The Menetekel Inscription in Rembrandt's Belshezzar's Feast," Oud Holland 107 (1993) 296-297.
"The `Thucydides Syndrome' Reconsidered: New Thoughts on the `Plague of Athens,' (with D. Morens) Am.J.Epidemiology 140 (1994) 621-628.
"Medicine in Alexandria," in Aufsteig und Niedergang der römischen Welt II, 37.3 (1996) 2678-2708.
"Athens, Persia and the Book of Ezra, TAPA 125 (1995) 251-259.
"Aids and AAA in Egypt? Emerging Infectious Diseases 2 no. 4 (1996) 363.
"Hellenic Holocaust: A Historical Clinico-Pathologic Conference," (with D. Durack, M. Benitez, P. Mackowiak) American Journal of Medicine 109 (2000) 391-397.
"Dor and the Athenian Empire," American Journal of Ancient History. Forthcoming

Selected Awards

Herodotus Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study
Elected, Member, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J

Research Interests

Septuagint studies, Greek history, history of Greek medicine, Egyptian medicine, biblical history, archaeology. Current major projects Mummies of Bahariya Oasis (LINK); archaeological excavations in Egypt (LINK); digital edition Codex Sinaiticus with British Library (LINK); translation of Sophocles; commentaries on Septuagint Apocrypha.

Courses Taught

Greek and Roman Mythology
Upper level Greek and Latin languages
Egyptian language
Greek and Latin Roots of Medical Terminology
Hebrew

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