Publications

BOOKS

Uzi Leibner, Khirbet Wadi Ḥamam: A Roman-period Village and Synagogue in the Lower Galilee, Jerusalem: Qedem Reports 13, the Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2018.

Uzi Leibner, Settlement and History in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Galilee: An Archaeological Survey of the Eastern Galilee, Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism Series. 2009.

 

BOOKS EDITED

Orit Peleg-Barkat, J. Ashkenazi, U. Leibner, M. Aviam and R. Talgam (eds.), Between the Sea and the Desert: On Kings, Nomads, Cities and Monks - Essays in Honor of Joseph Patrich, Jerusalem 2019. 

Uzi Leibner and Catherine Hezser (eds.), Jewish Art in Its Late Antique Context, Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck 2016.

Eyal Baruch, Uzi Leibner, and Avi Faust (eds.), New Studies on Jerusalem, Vol. 9, 2003. Bar IlanUniversity: Ramat Gan, (Hebrew). 

 

CHAPTERS IN COLLECTIONS

Uzi Leibner, ‘Galilee in the Second Century BCE: Material Culture and Ethnic Identity,’ in Andrea M. Berlin and Paul J. Kosmin, eds. The Middle Maccabees: From the Death of Judas through the Reign of John Hyrcanus (ca. 160–104 BCE). New Archaeological and Historical Perspectives. SBL Press: Archaeology and Biblical Studies Series. Forthcoming. 

Uzi Leibner, ‘Material Culture and Ethnic Identity in Hellenistic-Period Galilee: Kh. el-‘Eika as a Case Study,’ in L. Sagiv, N. Hacham, G. Herman and D. Rivlin-Katz (eds.), A question of identity: Formation, transition, negotiation, Berlin/Boston 2019, pp. 265-289.

Uzi Leibner, ‘Geography and Realia in Midrash Kohelet Rabbah,’ in, M. Hirshman (ed.), Midrash Kohelet Rabbah 1-6: Critical edition based on manuscripts and Genizah fragments, Jerusalem 2016, pp. 116-125 (Hebrew).

Uzi Leibner, ‘Rabbinic Traditions and Synagogue Art,’ in U. Leibner and C. Hezser (eds.), Jewish Art in Its Late Antique Context, Tubingen 2016, pp. 139-154.

Catherine Hezser and Uzi Leibner, ‘Jewish Art in Its Late Antique Context: An Introductory Essay,’ in U. Leibner and C. Hezser (eds.), Jewish Art in Its Late Antique Context, Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016, pp. 1-23.

Uzi Leibner, “Khirbet Wadi Hamam in the Early and Middle Roman Periods,” in Galilee in D.A. Fiensy and J.R. Strange (eds.), Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods: Vol. 2: The Archaeological Record from Cities, Towns, and Villages, Fortress Press, Minneapolis MN, 2015, pp. 343-361.

Uzi Leibner, “An Illustrated Midrash of Mekilta de R. Ishmael, Vayehi Beshalah, 1,” in S. Fine and A. Koller (eds.), Talmuda De'Eretz Yisrael: Archaeology and the Rabbis in Late Antiquity, De Gruyter Publishers, (2014) pp. 83-96.

Uzi Leibner, “Arts and Crafts, Manufacture and Production,” in C. Hezser (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Daily Life in Roman Palestine, Oxford University Press: Oxford 2010, pp. 264-296.

Uzi Leibner, “Settlement Patterns in the Eastern Galilee: Implications Regarding the Transformation of Rabbinic Culture in Late Antiquity,” in L. I. Levine and D. R. Schwartz (eds.), Jewish Identities in Antiquity: Studies in Memory of Menahem Stern, Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen 2009, pp. 266-292.

Uzi Leibner, “Settlement and Demography in Late Roman and Byzantine Eastern Galilee,” in L. Di Segni, Y. Hirschfeld, J. Patrich, and R. Talgam (eds.), Man Near a Roman Arch: Studies Presented to Prof. Yoram Tsafrir, Israel Exploration Society: Jerusalem 2009, pp. 14-28 (Hebrew)

Uzi Leibner, “Khirbet Wadi Hamam in the Early and Middle Roman Periods,” in D.A. Fiensy and J.R. Strange (eds.), Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 2: The Archaeological Record from Cities, Towns, and Villages, Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014, pp. 343-361.

 

ARTICLES

Uzi Leibner and Benjamin Arubas, "The Invisible Synagogues of the Second Temple Period," Cathedra (forthcoming) (Hebrew).

Hadass Shambadal and Uzi Leibner, "The 'ḥadut' - An Underground Storage Installation in Roman Palestine," Cathedra (forthcoming) (Hebrew).

Uzi Leibner, ‘The End of the Amoraic Period in the Land of Israel: Periodization, History and Archaeology,’ Tarbiz 86.4 (2020), pp. 575 – 610 (Hebrew).

Stefano De Luca and Uzi Leibner, ‘A Monastery in Magdala (Taricheae)?’ Journal of Roman Archaeology 32 (2019), pp. 399 – 414.

Rivka Elitzur-Leiman and Uzi Leibner, ‘An Amulet from Khirbet Wadi Ḥamam,’ Israel Exploration Journal Vol. 66 (2016), 220—231.

Uzi Leibner and Benjamin Arubas, “Summary of the Excavation Project at Khirbet Wadi Hamam, a Roman Period Village in the Galilee,” Qadmoniot 149 (2015) pp. 28-39 (Hebrew).

Roi Sabar, Uzi Leibner, Uri Davidovich, and Boaz Langford, “Survey of the Caves in the Cliffs of Mount Nitai,” Qadmoniot 149 (2015) pp. 46-50 (Hebrew).

Uzi Leibner, Yinon Shivtiel,  Nir Distelfeld, “An Early Roman Hiding Complex at ‘Enot Sho‘im,Central Lower Galilee,” TEL AVIV Vol. 42 (2015), 127–143

Uzi Leibner, “Determining the settlement history of Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine sites in the Galilee, Israel: Comparing Surface, Subsurface, and Stratified Artifact Assemblages,” Journal of Field Archaeology 39.4 (2014), pp. 387-400.

Uzi Leibner and Chaim Ben David, “Imported Fine Ware in Palaestina Secunda: Geographic, Economic, and Ethnic Aspects,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 371 (2014), pp. 185-201.

Uzi Leibner, Uri Davidovich, and Benjamin Arubas, “The Structure, Date, and Purpose of the Fortification on Mount Nitai,” Eretz-Israel 31 (2014), the Ehud Netzer Volume. Pp. 236-246 (Hebrew).

Uzi Leibner and Gabriela Bijovsky, “Two Hoards from Khirbet Wadi Hamam and the Scope of the Bar Kokhba Revolt”, Israel Numismatic Research 8 (2014), pp.109-134.

Uri Davidovich, Mika Ullman, and Uzi Leibner, ‘Proto-historic occurrences in Mount Nitai and Khirbat Wadi Hamam, Northeastern Lower Galilee,’ Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society 43 (2013), pp. 189-204.

Uzi Leibner, “The Origins of Jewish Settlement in Galilee in the Second Temple Period: Historical Sources and Archaeological Data’, Zion 77 (2012), pp. 437–469 (Hebrew).

Uzi Leibner, “Excavations at Khirbet Wadi Hamam (Lower Galilee): the Synagogue and the Settlement,” Journal of Roman Archaeology 23, pp. 220-237.

Uzi Leibner and Shulamit Miller, “A Figural Mosaic in the Synagogue at Khirbet Wadi Hamam,” Journal of Roman Archaeology 23, pp. 238-264.

Uzi Leibner, “Khirbet Wadi Hamam – A Roman-Period Village and Synagogue in the Galilee,” Qadmoniot 139 (2010), pp. 30-40 (Hebrew).

Uzi Leibner, “Settlement and Demography in Late Roman and Byzantine Eastern Galilee,” in A. S. Lewin and P. Pellegrini (eds.), Settlements and Demography in the Near East in Late Antiquity, Biblioteca di Mediterraneo Antico, 2 (2006). Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali: Pisa and Rome, pp. 105–130.

Uzi Leibner, “Identifying Gennesar on the Sea of Galilee,” Journal of Roman Archaeology 19 (2006), pp. 229–245.

Uzi Leibner, “A Galilean-Geographical Midrash on the Journey of Job’s Servant-Lads,” Cathedra 120 (2006), pp. 33–54 (Hebrew).

Uzi Leibner, “23rd of Mar Heshvan in the Ta‘anit Scroll,” Tarbiz 71 (2003), pp. 5–17 (Hebrew).

Uzi Leibner, “The Carobs of Shikma, the Carobs of Tsalmona and the Carobs of Gedora in Rabbinical Sources: Geographical or Botanical Names?,” Cathedra 109 (2003), pp. 175–184 (Hebrew).

Uzi Leibner, “Ritual Law and a Roman Road in the Golan,” Al Attar 4/5 (1999), pp. 193–198 (Hebrew).