Andrew D. Gross
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures
Catholic University of America
United States of America
Biography
Andrew David Gross (Associate Professor; PhD., New York University, 2006) has been on the faculty of the Semitics Department since 2008. His areas of interest include Akkadian, Northwest Semitic languages, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Ancient Near Eastern Law. His research focuses on the continuity of legal traditions between the cuneiform record and Aramaic common law. He is presently collaborating on a new edition of the Temple Scroll from Qumran Cave 11 for Brill’s Dead Sea Scrolls Editions series.
Research Interest
His areas of interest include Akkadian, Northwest Semitic languages, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Ancient Near Eastern Law. His research focuses on the continuity of legal traditions between the cuneiform record and Aramaic common law. He is presently collaborating on a new edition of the Temple Scroll from Qumran Cave 11 for Brill’s Dead Sea Scrolls Editions series.
Publications
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“The Judean Desert Documents as a Regional Sub-Tradition in Aramaic Common Law.†In The Dead Sea Scrolls at 60: Scholarly Contributions of New York University Faculty and Alumni, edited by Lawrence H. Schiffman and Shani Tzoref (Studies in the Texts of the Desert of Judah 89; Leiden: Brill, 2010), pp. 99–113.
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“From Emar to Elephantine: A Study in the Continuity of Legal Traditions.†In In the Shadow of Bezalel: Aramaic, Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Bezalel Porten edited by Alejandro Botta (CHANE 60; Leiden: Brill, 2013), pp. 333–49.
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“Oracles on Accommodation vs. Confrontation: The View from Josephus and the Rabbis,†Enemies and Friends of the State: Ancient Prophecy in Context (ed. C. A. Rollston; Eisenbrauns, forthcoming).
