David Ringo Miano

CURRICULUM VITA

Education:                  Ph.D., History (Ancient), University of California, San Diego (2006). Dissertation: “Shadow on the Steps: Time Measurement in Ancient Israel.” Committee: David Noel Freedman (co-chair), William Propp (co-chair), Richard Friedman (Literature), David Goodblatt (History), Thomas Levy (Anthropology), Alden Mosshammer (History).

M.A., History (Ancient), University of California, San Diego (2003).

B.A., Classics, State University of New York at Buffalo (1999).

Research Interests:   My research focuses on the history of ancient Israel in its Near Eastern context. My expertise lies in matters concerned with ancient chronological reckoning, cross-cultural interaction in the eastern Mediterranean, and historical analysis of biblical texts from Israel’s monarchic period.

Languages:     Biblical Hebrew, Classical and New Testament Greek, Aramaic, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Modern Hebrew,

                         French, German.

Conference Papers   

and Invited Lectures:            “The Twelve Sepharim of the Torah” (regional SBL meeting, San Francisco, CA 2/2002)

“Who Wrote the Tel Dan Inscription?” (regional SBL meeting, Davis, CA 3/2003)

“What Happened in the Fourteenth Year of Hezekiah?” (regional SBL meeting, Whittier, CA 3/2004; SBL annual meeting, San Antonio, TX 11/2004)

“‘His Seed is Not’: Thirteenth Century Israel” (SBL annual meeting, San Antonio, TX 11/2004)

“Unlocking the Secret of Meter in Hebrew Poetry” (regional SBL meeting, Tucson, AZ 3/2005; SBL annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA 11/2005)

“The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Qumran Community” (La Jolla Professional Men’s Society, La Jolla, CA 6/2007)

“The Dead Sea Scrolls” (First Presbyterian Church, Oceanside, CA 8/2007)

Dead Sea Scrolls Lecture Series (5 one-hour talks, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 9/2007-10/2007)

Honors:           Dita Gumpel Judaic Studies Endowed Fellowship (2001)

Wexler Family Judaic Studies Fellowship Fund (2004)

Learned Societies:     Society of Biblical Literature (2001-present)

Association of Ancient Historians (2002-present)

Academic

Employment:  Section Instructor, Revelle Humanities Program, UCSD (1999-2006)

                        Associate Instructor, Summer Session, UCSD (2002-present)                                                 

                        Lecturer, History Department, UCSD (2003-present)

Adjunct Instructor, History Department, University of San Diego (2005-2006)             

Adjunct Instructor, History Department, San Diego Mesa College (2005-present)