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ROBERT R. CARGILL, PH.D.
DEPARTMENTS OF CLASSICS AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
*** ********* ******** *** ********** OF IOWA IOWA CITY, IA 52242-1418
319-***-**** ******-*******@*****.*** WWW.BOBCARGILL.COM
EDUCATION
2008 Ph.D. Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Dissertation: The Qumran Digital Model: An Argument for Archaeological
Reconstruction in Virtual Reality
2006 M.A. Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2000 M.Div., M.S. Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
1996 B.S. Human Physiology / Pre-Med
California State University, Fresno, CA
1993 A.A. Fresno City College, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-present Assistant Professor of Classics and Religious Studies The University of Iowa
2010-2011 Adjunct Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles
2009 Visiting Professor Portland State University
2009 Adjunct Professor Azusa Pacific University
2001-2005 Adjunct Professor Pepperdine University
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
Departmental
2011-Present Digital Humanities Committee, University of Iowa
2011-Present Egyptology Steering Committee, University of Iowa
University
2011-Present Digital Humanities Committee, University of Iowa
2009-11 Instructional Technology Coordinator, Center for Digital Humanities, UCLA
2009-11 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
2009-11 Research Associate, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
2010-11 Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Religion, UCLA
2010-11 Chair, Common Collaboration and Learning Environment (CCLE) Functionality Sub-group
2009-10 Chair, Common Collaboration and Learning Environment (CCLE) Support Sub-group
2006-08 Chief Architect and Designer, Qumran Visualization Project, UCLA
National
2009-Present Chair, American Schools of Oriental Research Media Relations Committee
2010-Present Chair, Society of Biblical Literature Blogging and Online Publication Steering Committee
PUBLICATIONS
Book
2009 Qumran through (Real) Time: A Virtual Reconstruction of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Bible In Technology 1
(Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press).
Chapter in Edited Volume
2012 Early Archaeological Explorations and the New Testament Era, Chap. 2 in The Bible in Archaeology and
History: The New Testament, Judaism, and Early Christianity, Vol. 1. (In progress).
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2011 The State of the Archaeological Debate at Qumran, Currents in Biblical Research 10 (1): 101-18.
2010 The Benefit of Blogging for Archaeology, Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 39 (3): 12-16.
2009 The Qumran Digital Model: An Argument for Archaeological Reconstruction in Virtual Reality and A
Response to Magness, Near Eastern Archaeology 72 (1): 28-47.
2009 The Fortress at Qumran: A History of Interpretation, The Bible and Interpretation, May 2009.
http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/qumfort.shtml
Essays and Op-Eds
2011 A Critique of Simcha Jacobovici s Secrets of Christianity: Nails of the Cross, The Bible and Interpretation, May
2011. http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/simcha358005.shtml
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ROBERT R. CARGILL, PH.D.
DEPARTMENTS OF CLASSICS AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
210 JEFFERSON BUILDING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA CITY, IA 52242-1418
319-***-**** ******-*******@*****.*** WWW.BOBCARGILL.COM
2010 On the Virtue of Doubt: A Brief Autobiography of the Skeptic in the Sanctuary, JasonBoyett.com, September
2010. http://blog.beliefnet.com/omeoflittlefaith/2010/09/robert-cargill-skeptic-sanctuary.html
2010 How and Why Academic Peer-Review is About to Change, The Bible and Interpretation, August 2010.
http://www.bibleinterp.com/opeds/cargillp357931.shtml
2010 On the Misuse of Archaeology for Evangelistic Purposes, The Bible and Interpretation, June 2010.
http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/misuse357930.shtml
2010 The Camera Friendly Scholar: Essentials of Giving Great TV Interviews, 8-12 in Academics and the Media:
Four Perspectives (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2010).
2010 Forget about Noah s Ark; There Was No Worldwide Flood, The Bible and Interpretation, May 2010.
http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/flood357903.shtml
2009 On False Accusations of Anti-Semitism within the Academy, The Bible and Interpretation, December 2009.
http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/false3141515.shtml
2009 Why Christians Should Adopt the BCE/CE Dating System, The Bible and Interpretation, September 2009.
http://www.bibleinterp.com/opeds/why_3530.shtml
2009 Pseudo-Science and Sensationalist Archaeology: An Expos of Jimmy Barfield and the Copper Scroll
Project, The Bible and Interpretation, August 2009. http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/cargill2_08261.shtml
2009 On the Curious Protests of the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition in Toronto, The Bible and Interpretation, August
2009. http://www.bibleinterp.com/opeds/curious.shtml
2009 On the Insignificance and the Abuse of the Copper Scroll, The Bible and Interpretation, July 2009.
http://www.bibleinterp.com/opeds/copper.shtml
Video
2007 Ancient Qumran: A Virtual Reality Tour. Produced, wrote, and directed film commissioned by the San Diego
Natural History Museum s for their exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls, June 29 December 31, 2007.
CONFERENCE PAPERS, LECTURES, AND PERFORMANCES
National
2011 No, No You Didn t Find That: The Importance of Scholarly Refutation in An Era of Social Media, Presented at
Biblical Archaeology Society s Bible & Archaeology Fest XIV, San Francisco, CA, November 20, 2011.
2010 Instruction, Research, and the Future of Online Educational Technologies - Presented at the Society of Biblical Literature
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 22, 2010.
2009 The State of the Archaeological Debate at Qumran Presented to the Association for Jewish Studies annual
meeting in Los Angeles, CA, December 21, 2009.
2009 Scholars Behaving Badly: Charles Gadda, Raphael Golb, and the Campaign of Anonymity on the Internet to Promote
Norman Golb and Smear His Rivals, - Presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, New Orleans,
LA, November 23, 2009.
2009 Talking to the Media as a Biblical Scholar - Presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, LA, November 22, 2009.
2009 A Response to Jodi Magness, Yuval Peleg, Lawrence Schiffman, and Eric Cline, - Presented as a part of the review of
my book Qumran through (Real) Time: A Virtual Reconstruction of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
(Gorgias 2009) at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 22, 2009.
2007 The Archaeology of Qumran: The Digitally Reconstructed Settlement and a Proposed Occupation Model - Presented at the
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 19, 2007.
2007 The Archaeology of Qumran: The Digitally Reconstructed Settlement and a Proposed Occupation Model - Presented at the
American Schools of Oriental Research Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 17, 2007.
2007 A Virtual Tour of Qumran - Presented the Plenary Introduction for keynote speaker Dr. Jodi Magness
American Schools of Oriental Research Plenary Presentation: The Current State of Qumran Archaeology, San
Diego, CA, November 14, 2007.
2006 Qumran through (Real) Time: A Virtual Reconstruction of the Archaeology of Qumran - Presented at the Society of
Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 20, 2006.
2006 Qumran through (Real) Time: The Qumran Visualization Project - Presented at the American Schools of Oriental
Research Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 17, 2006.
2005 Reactions to Binary Messianic Expectation in the Second Temple Period: Its Expectation, Embodiment, and Rejection -
Presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, CA, November 21, 2005.
Regional
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ROBERT R. CARGILL, PH.D.
DEPARTMENTS OF CLASSICS AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
210 JEFFERSON BUILDING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA CITY, IA 52242-1418
319-***-**** ******-*******@*****.*** WWW.BOBCARGILL.COM
2009 Qumran at the Dead Sea: A Virtual Reality Tour of the Dead Sea Qumran Settlement - Presented at the Writings
from the Ancient World conference at California State University, Fullerton (Irvine Campus), Irvine, CA,
April 4, 2009.
2004 Palaeo-Hebrew as Language Ideology in the Numismatic Record of the Bar Kokhba Revolt - Presented at the Society of
Biblical Literature Pacific Coast Regional Conference, Whittier, CA, March 21, 2004.
Local
2011 2011 Fresno City College Commencement Address Presented at the 2011 commencement ceremony for Fresno
City College, Selland Arena, Fresno, CA, May 20, 2011.
2011 What Archaeology Taught Me about Peacemaking in Israel and Palestine Presented to the Middle Eastern Peace and
Awareness (MEPA) organization at Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, January 25, 2011.
2010 Combating Sensationalist Archaeological Claims and Debunking Pseudoscience - Presented to the Los Angeles chapter
of the Biblical Archaeology Society, Los Angeles, CA, October 1, 2010.
2010 The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process during the First Decade of the 2000s: An Assessment Presented as a part of a
symposium sponsored by the Middle Eastern Peace and Awareness (MEPA) organization at Pepperdine
University, Malibu, CA, March 10, 2010.
2009 A Tour of Herodian Jerusalem - Presented to the Los Angeles chapter of the Biblical Archaeology Society, Los
Angeles, CA, May 1, 2009.
2009 Promoting Social Justice: Confronting Racism and Homophobia - Presented as part of a panel discussion hosted by the
Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology at the Howard Hughes Center West Los
Angeles Campus, March 24, 2009.
2009 The Eight Gates of Jerusalem - Presented to the Los Angeles chapter of the Biblical Archaeology Society, Monrovia,
CA, January 9, 2009.
2008 Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls - Presented at the Oxnard Public Library, Oxnard, CA, January 19, 2008.
2007 The Qumran Visualization Project - Presented to the UCLA Club of San Diego, San Diego, CA, November 20,
2007.
2007 Qumran in Biblical Times: The Reconstructed Settlement at Khirbet Qumran - Presented to the Los Angeles chapter of
the Biblical Archaeology Society, Los Angeles, CA, April 23, 2007.
2005 A Brief History of Jerusalem - Presented to the Los Angeles chapter of the Biblical Archaeology Society, Monrovia,
CA, October 7, 2005.
2005 Messianism at the Time of Christ - Presented to the Los Angeles chapter of the Biblical Archaeology Society,
Monrovia, CA, June 3, 2005.
2004 Does Archaeology Illuminate the New Testament? - Presented at the Give Me An Answer Lecture Series in
Huntington Beach, CA, July 11, 2004.
2004 The History of Sepphoris through its Mosaics - Presented to the Los Angeles chapter of the Biblical Archaeology
Society, Monrovia, CA, January 9, 2004.
2002 The Significance of Caesarea Philippi to the Ministry of Jesus - Presented to the Los Angeles chapter of the Biblical
Archaeology Society, Monrovia, CA, November 1, 2002.
TELEVISION AND RADIO APPEARANCES
2011 History of the World in Two Hours Appeared as expert on episode that premiered on The History Channel,
October 2011. (Flight 33)
2011 Ray Appleton Show Guest for 1-hour interview with Ray Appleton on KMJ 580, Fresno, CA, May 20, 2011.
[web]
2010 Writing the Dead Sea Scrolls Appeared as featured investigator exploring new research about the Dead Sea
Scrolls that appeared on National Geographic Channel, July 2010. (CTVC) [web]
2010 Ancient Aliens: The Series - Appeared as expert on 6-episode series that aired on The History Channel, April-May
2010. (Prometheus Entertainment) [web]
2010 Life After People: 10,000+ Years After Humans - Appeared as expert in documentary that premiered on
The History Channel, January 2010. (Flight 33)
2010 Blood for the Gods: Sex & Death - Appeared as expert on episode that premiered on The Discovery Channel,
January 2010. (Flight 33)
2009 Daily Planet: October 6, 2009 - Appeared in a featured segment highlighting the archaeology of Qumran on
Discovery Channel Canada, October 6, 2009. (Discovery)
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ROBERT R. CARGILL, PH.D.
DEPARTMENTS OF CLASSICS AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
210 JEFFERSON BUILDING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA CITY, IA 52242-1418
319-***-**** ******-*******@*****.*** WWW.BOBCARGILL.COM
2009 Angels & Demons: Decoded - Appeared as expert on episode that premiered on The History Channel, May 2009.
(Prometheus)
2009 Biblical Mysteries Explained: Lost Gospels - Appeared as expert on episode that premiered on The Discovery
Channel, April 2009. (Flight 33)
2009 Ancient Aliens - Appeared as expert on 2-hour special that premiered on The History Channel, March 2009.
(Prometheus)
2008 Biblical Mysteries Explained: Exodus - Appeared as expert on episode that premiered on The Discovery Channel,
December 2008. (Flight 33)
2008 Biblical Mysteries Explained: Sodom and Gomorrah - Appeared as expert on episode that premiered on The
Discovery Channel, December 2008. (Flight 33)
2008 Indiana Jones and the Ultimate Quest - Appeared as expert on 2-hour documentary that premiered on The History
Channel, May 2008. (Prometheus)
2006 Decoding the Past: Prophecies of Iraq - Appeared as expert on episode that premiered on The History Channel,
January 2006. (Paulist)
2005 Decoding the Past: Prophecies of Israel - Appeared as expert on episode that premiered on The History Channel,
December 2005. (Paulist)
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE OF RESEARCH
2011 Casas, Flavia, Tech-savvy Professors Take to Tweeting, Daily Bruin, Jan. 20, 2011. [web]
2010 Horgan, Richard, UCLA Prof Earns Doctorate in Self-Defense, Fishbowl LA, Nov. 23, 2010. [web]
2010 Tugend, Tom, Slander, Lies and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Journal, Nov. 23, 2010. [web]
2010 Cyber Bullying: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Criminal Case of Raphael Golb, UCLA Newsweek, Nov. 17,
2010 [web]
2010 Selavan, Barnea and Dovid Willner, Interview of Dr. Robert Cargill, LandMinds, Arutz Sheva s Israel
National Radio, Aug. 18, 2010. [mp3 part 1, part 2]
2010 Abhold, Katrina, Robert Cargill Star of Fresno City Colleges, UCLA Today, Aug. 3, 2010. [web]
2010 Than, Ker, Biblical Mystery of Dead Sea Scrolls Solved? National Geographic, July 27, 2010. [web]
2010 Sullivan, Meg, Scholar Highlights New Research on Dead Sea Scrolls in TV Special, UCLA Today, July 22,
2010. [web]
2010 Tigay, Chanan, Scholarly Squad Debunks Biblical Discoveries, AOL News, May 2, 2010. [web]
2009 Jarus, Owen, Exclusive Interview: Dr. Robert Cargill on Virtual Reality Qumran, Heritage Key, July 20, 2009.
[web]
2009 Kolowich, Steve, Harassment of Dead Sea Scroll Scholars Leads to Arrest of Professor s Son, Chronicle of
Higher Education, March 6, 2009. [web]
Afron, Heidi, ( - Qumran in Three-dimensions ), National Geographic Israel, June 2008.
2008
(Hebrew) [web]
2007 Sanchez, Maria, Interview with Robert Cargill, The Maria Sanchez Show, KTVA AM 1520, Dec. 27, 2007.
2007 Whipps, Heather, Warriors Once Occupied Dead Sea Scrolls Site, Live Science, July 12, 2007. [web]
2007 Feuer, Jack, On Exhibit: Ancient Qumran Comes Alive, UCLA Magazine, July, 1, 2007 [web]
2007 Sullivan, Meg, Virtual Qumran Sheds New Light On Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery Site, Science Daily, June 21,
2007 [web]
2007 Tugend, Tom, Armchair Archeologists Can Explore Qumran Virtually, Jewish Journal, June 14, 2007. [web]
GRANTS
2011 CCLE Innovation and Development Program (IDP) grant to test the viability of Fedora/Islandora data
repository for use with the CCLE/Moodle 2.0 Course Management System at UCLA. ($3,500).
2010 CCLE Innovation and Development Program (IDP) grant to test the viability of Equella and Alfresco data
repositories for use with the CCLE/Moodle Course Management System at UCLA. ($15,000).
2010 CCLE Innovation and Development Program (IDP) grant for improving online instructional documentation
for the CCLE/Moodle Course Management System at UCLA. ($3,200).
2008 Grant from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences for the production of HD reconstructions of
Qumran for use in their exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls ($16,000)
2007 UCLA Graduate Student Research Fellowship ($10,000)
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ROBERT R. CARGILL, PH.D.
DEPARTMENTS OF CLASSICS AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
210 JEFFERSON BUILDING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA CITY, IA 52242-1418
319-***-**** ******-*******@*****.*** WWW.BOBCARGILL.COM
2006 Research grant from the San Diego Natural History Museum and Steven Spielberg s Righteous Persons Foundation
for dissertation work on the Qumran Visualization Project ($75,000)
2005 UCLA Graduate Student Research Fellowship ($10,000)
1998 Seaver Dean s Scholarship for work on the project: The History of Israel through Coins
1997 J. P. Sanders Ministerial Scholarship ($36,000) (1997-2000, 3-year renewable)
1996 Pepperdine University Religion Division Grant (1996-2000, 4-year renewable)
AWARDS AND HONORS
2011 Fresno City College Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipient and 2011 Commencement Speaker, Selland
Arena, Fresno, CA, May 20, 2011. [web]
2010 Named one of 100 distinguished alumni as part of Fresno City College s 100 Stars for 100 Years,
celebrating the centennial anniversary of the college.
IOWA COURSES TAUGHT
Last Taught Course Title
Fall 2012 RELS:4352 Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Fall 2012 CLSA:3447 Intro to Biblical Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha
Spring 2012 RELS:2289 Jerusalem from the Bronze to the Digital Age
Spring 2012 CLSA:3445 Mythology of Otherworldly Journeys
Fall 2011 RELS:1001 Judaism, Christianity and Islam
COURSES TAUGHT ELSEWHERE
Last Taught Course Title Place
Winter 2011 ANNEA 10W Jerusalem, the Holy City University of California, Los Angeles
Summer 2009 HST 410 Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls Portland State University
Spring 2009 UBBL 310 1 & 2 Samuel Azusa Pacific University
Spring 2009 UBBL 210 Luke-Acts Azusa Pacific University
Summer 2005 REL 102 History and Religion of Early Christianity Pepperdine University
Fall 2005 REL 101 History and Religion of Israel Pepperdine University
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION EXPERIENCE
2006 Excavator Hazor, Israel Supervisors: A. Ben-Tor and S. Zuckerman
2004 Square Supervisor Omrit, Israel Supervisor: J.A. Overman
2000 Area Supervisor Banias, Israel Supervisors: V. Tzaferis and J.F. Wilson
1999 Square Supervisor Banias, Israel Supervisors: V. Tzaferis and J.F. Wilson
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Society of Biblical Literature (Section Chair) American Mensa (Member)
Association for Jewish Studies (Member) American Schools of Oriental Research (Committee Chair)
Archaeological Institute of America (Member) Israel Exploration Society (Member)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Hellenistic Judaism Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha Aramaic Targumim
Digital Humanities Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology The Bar Kokhba Rebellion
Hebrew Bible Qumran Natural Science and Religion
Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew and Aramaic Languages
ANCIENT LANGUAGE PROFICIENCIES
Northwest Semitic
Hebrew (Biblical, Qumran, Rabbinic)
Aramaic (Biblical, Imperial, Qumran, Targumic)
Syriac
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ROBERT R. CARGILL, PH.D.
DEPARTMENTS OF CLASSICS AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
210 JEFFERSON BUILDING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA CITY, IA 52242-1418
209-***-**** WWW.BOBCARGILL.COM ******-*******@*****.***
Greek (Biblical)
Coptic
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