Fine, Steven

Steven Fine is the Churgin Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University and director of the YU Center for Israel Studies. A cultural historian of ancient Judaism, Fine's books include: Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World: Toward a New Jewish Archaeology (Cambridge, 2005, 2010, AJS Schnitzer Book Award), The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel (Harvard University Press, 2016). Recently, Fine edited two volumes celebrating exhibitions which he also curated: The Arch of Titus: From Jerusalem to Rome and Back (Brill, 2021) and The Samaritans (Brill, 2022). Fine is a founding editor of IMAGES: A Journal for the Study of Jewish Art and Visual Culture and of Horeb: Studies in Rabbinic Culture.