Gary Gilbert is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Jewish Studies Sequence at Claremont McKenna College. His research and teaching engage with various area of Jewish Studies, but particularly Jewish communities in the Greek and Roman periods. He is author numerous articles on Jews and Jewish communities in the Roman world, particularly on the community in Aphrodisias. Professor Gilbert received his bachelors in Classical Studies from Haverford College and his doctorate from Columbia University, with additional studies in Jewish history at The Jewish Theological Seminary and early Christianity at Union Theological Seminary. Professor Gilbert serves on the staff of the Tel Akko archaeological excavations in Israel, and is assisting with the publication of those materials. Professor Gilbert has held visiting positions at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies and the University of Warsaw.