http:\/\/mesas.emory.edu\/faculty\/GDNewby\/index.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nEDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Brandeis University 1964-1966 Ph.D. Mediterranean Studies<\/li>\n
- Brandeis University 1962-1964 M.A. Mediterranean Studies<\/li>\n
- University of Utah 1959-1962 B.A. Philosophy (cum laude<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
ACADEMIC POSITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Emory University:<\/li>\n
- The Goodrich C. White Professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, 2012 to date<\/em><\/li>\n
- Professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, 1992 to 2012 <\/em><\/li>\n
- Department Chair, 1992 to 2001, 2004 to 2011. <\/em><\/li>\n
- Director, Graduate Program in West and South Asian Studies, 1996 to 2004. <\/em><\/li>\n
- Executive Director, Institute for Comparative and International Studies, 2001 to 2004.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- North Carolina State University:<\/li>\n
- Professor of History, 1989 to 1992;<\/em><\/li>\n
- Professor and Associate member of Department of Philosophy and Religion, 1989 to 1992.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Associate Professor of History, 1976-1989<\/em><\/li>\n
- Assistant Department Head, 1980-82.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Harvard University: Research Affiliate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 1974-76.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Brandeis University: Assistant Professor of Mediterranean Studies, 1967-76.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Washington State University: Assistant Professor of History, 1966-67<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Chair, Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Emory U., 1992 to 2001, 2004 to 2011.<\/li>\n
- Co-Leader, Religion and Human Spirit Strategic Initiative, 2007 to 2009.<\/li>\n
- Chair, Governance Committee, 2007 to 2008.<\/li>\n
- Co-Chair, Religious Life Center at Emory Initiative, 2002 to 2009.<\/li>\n
- Chair, Humanities Council, Emory College 2005-2008, 2010-2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Executive Director, Institute for Comparative and International Studies, Emory U., 2001 to 2004.<\/li>\n
- Director, Title VI National Resource Center: Middle East, Emory U., 2000 to 2003.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Co-Chair, Graduate Program in West and South Asian Studies, Emory U., 1997 to 2004.<\/li>\n
- Assistant Department Head, Department of History, NCSU, 1980-1982.<\/li>\n
- Part-Time Pool Search Committee Chairman, History Department, NCSU, 1978-1979, 1985-1986, 1987-1988, 1991-1992.<\/li>\n
- Head of Graduate Studies, Department of History NCSU, 1977-1978, 1981-1982.<\/li>\n
- Undergraduate Academic Adviser, Department of History NCSU, 1970-1976, 1988 to 1992.<\/li>\n
- Faculty Senate member, Brandeis U, 1973-1974<\/li>\n
- Acting Chair, Department of Mediterranean Studies, Brandeis U, 1969-1970<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
HONORS, GRANTS AND AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Endowed Chair: Goodrich C. White Chair of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, 2012 to date.<\/li>\n
- S. Dept. of Education Title VI NRC, 2000 \u2013 2003, Director and P.I.<\/li>\n
- S. Dept. of Education Title VI Language Center grant, 2002-2004, co-P.I.<\/li>\n
- Fulbright Fellowship (Malaysia) 1995.<\/li>\n
- Georgia Humanities Council for public conference: FORCES OF CHANGE, $15,000.00, 1995.<\/li>\n
- Phillips Research Fellow in Jewish Studies, St. John’s University, 1991-2.<\/li>\n
- North Carolina State University Summer Teacher Institute for Jewish History, Culture, and Religion, G. Newby, Director, funded in part by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, 1992-3, Director and P.I.<\/li>\n
- National Humanities Center Fellow, 1990-1991. Project Title: CONTESTING ABRAHAM’S LEGACY: TEXT AND INTERTEXT IN 8TH CENTURY JEWISH-MUSLIM DIALOGUE.<\/em><\/li>\n
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for Independent Study and Research, 1986. Project Title: A HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF ARABIA.<\/li>\n
- C.L.S. Study Fellowship 1976-1977 (declined).<\/li>\n
- National Defense Fellow (Arabic) 1962-66.<\/li>\n
- National Defense Undergraduate Scholarship (Arabic) 1960-62.<\/li>\n
- University Regents Scholarship (University of Utah) 1959-60.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- THE MAKING OF THE LAST PROPHET: A Reconstruction and Study of the First Biography of Muhammad<\/em>, Columbia, S.C.: The University of South Carolina Press, 1989.<\/li>\n
- A HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF ARABIA<\/em>, Columbia, S.C.: The University of South Carolina Press, 1988; new edition 2009.<\/li>\n
- A CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ISLAM<\/em>, Oxford: OneWorld Press, 2002.<\/li>\n
- The Rise of Islam, Time, and the End of Anxiety:<\/em> Apocalypse and Apocalypticism in the East Mediterranean at the Beginnings of Islam. Under contract with the University of South Carolina Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
EDITORSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Founding Editor and member of Editorial Board, Medieval Encounters<\/em>, published by E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1994 to 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Middle East Content Editor, Pearson\/Prentice Hall Social Science textbooks, 2006 to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Comparative Islamic Studies<\/em>, London: Equinox, 2005 to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
SELECT ARTICLES and BOOK CHAPTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cIslam,\u201d The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law<\/em>, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015.<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Spiritual Meaning of Mecca, the Ka\u2019ba, and the Jajj,\u201d in Vincent J. Cornell and Bruce B. Lawrence, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality<\/em>, Hoboken, Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Jews of Arabia at the Birth of Islam,\u201d A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations: From the Origins to the Present Day<\/em>, Edited by Abdelwahab Meddeb and Benjamin Stora, Princeton University Press, 2013<\/li>\n
- \u201cConclusion,\u201d Fundamentalism: Perspectives on a Contested History, <\/em>Simon A. Wood and David Harrington Watt, eds., Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2014<\/em>.<\/li>\n
- \u201cIs Joe Lieberman a Bad Jew?\u201d Religion Dispatches, December, 2009<\/em><\/li>\n
- \u201cHouse Health Care Bill Discriminates Against Religious Freedom,\u201d Religion Dispatches, November 2009.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Newby, G., Patton, L., Robbins, V., \u201cComparative Sacred Texts and Interactive Reading: Another Alternative to \u201cWorld Religions Class,\u201d Journal of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion<\/em>, 2009.<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Silence of Religious Voices in the Health Care Debates,\u201d Religion Dispatches, September, 2009.<\/em><\/li>\n
- \u201cIs Nothing Secular?: A Review Article of Sherry Jones\u2019 The Jewel of Medina<\/em>,\u201d Religion Dispatches, Fall, 2008.<\/em><\/li>\n
- \u201cLanguage, Script and Religion,\u201d The Atlas of World\u2019s Religions,<\/em> Denny, ed., N.Y.: Macmillan, 2007, pp. 40-41.<\/li>\n
- \u201cFolded Time: A Socio-Rhetorical Analysis of Quranic and Early Islamic Apocalyptic Discourse,\u201d D. B. Gowler et al.<\/em> Fabrics of Discourse : essays in honor of Vernon K. Robbins<\/span>. Harrisburgh, Trinity International, 2003.<\/li>\n
- \u201cMuslim-Jewish Polemics,\u201d Encyclopedia of Religion<\/em>, New York: Macmillan, 2004.<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Ka\u2019bah,\u201d Encyclopedia of Religion<\/em>, New York: Macmillan, 2004.<\/li>\n
- “The Use of Electronic Media in the Study of Sacred Texts,” New Approaches to the Study of Religion, Religion and Reason Series<\/em>, Peter Antes, Armin, W. Geertz & Randi Warne, eds., Berlin: Verlag de Gruyter, 2004.<\/li>\n
- “Re-thinking the End of Time: Apocalypticism in Pirke Rabbi Eliezer and the Biography of Muhammad” CCAR Journal<\/em>, 2002.<\/li>\n
- “Ark,” “Baal,” “Deferral,” “Forgery,” Generations,” Encyclopaedia of the Quran<\/em>, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002.<\/li>\n
- “Quranic Texture: A Review of Vernon Robbins’ The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse and Exploring the Texture of Texts.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament<\/em> 70 (1998), pp. 93-100.<\/li>\n
- “The Foundation of the University of Naples: Typological Parallels with Arab Institutions of Higher Learning,” Medieval Encounters<\/em>, 3,2, 1997, pp. 173-184.<\/li>\n
- “Imitating Muhammad in two Genres: Mimesis and Problems of Genre in S\u00eerah and Sunnah, Medieval Encounters<\/em>, 3,3, 1997, pp. 266-283.<\/li>\n
- “Muslim\/Non-Muslim Relations: Lessons From the Past for a Better Future,” Development: Islamic, Malaysian and American Perspectives<\/em>, Aidit Haji Ghazali and M. Zain, Karim, eds., Kuala Lumpur: Institut Perkembangan Minda, 1996, pp. 47 – 76.<\/li>\n
- “Muslims, Jews and Christians: Relations and Interactions,” The Muslim Almanac<\/em>, Azim A. Nanji, ed., New York: Gale Research, Inc., 1996, pp. 423 – 430.<\/li>\n
- 3 articles for Oxford University Press’s Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World<\/em><\/li>\n
- “Laptop Power for History on the Road,” jointly with Richard W. Slatta, History Microcomputer Review<\/em>, 7:2 (1991), pp. 25-34.<\/li>\n
- 7 articles for Harper’s Dictionary of Religion<\/em>, 1995.<\/li>\n
- “Quranic and Islamic Interpretations of Biblical Materials,” Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation<\/em>, Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1995.<\/li>\n
- “The Drowned Son: Midrash and Midrash Making in the Quran and Tafsir,” Stephen David Ricks, Studies in Islamic and Judaic Traditions: Papers Presented at the Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies, Center for Judaic Studies<\/em>, U. of Denver, Atlanta, Ga: Scholars Press, 1986.<\/li>\n
- “The Sirah as a Source for early Arabian Jewish History,” S.A.I.<\/em> 7 (1986) pp. 121-138.<\/li>\n
- “Ibn Khaldun and Frederick Jackson Turner: Islam and the Frontier Experience,” in Ibn Khaldun and Islamic Ideology<\/em>, B. Lawrence, ed., vol. XL, International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology, K. Ishwaran, ed., Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1984, pp. 122-133; also in Journal of Asian and African Studies<\/em>, XVIII, 3-4, pp. 274-285.<\/li>\n
- “Two Castrated Bulls: A Study in the Haggadah of Ka’b al-Ahbar, jointly with David Halperin, Journal of the American Oriental Society<\/em>, vol. 102, no. 4, 1982.<\/li>\n
- \u201cTafsir Isra\u2019iliyyat.\u201d Journal of the American Academy of Religion<\/em>, thematic issue S (1980), pp. 685-97.<\/li>\n
- \u201cTrade in the Levant and East Mediterranean in the Early Islamic Period,\u201d Archaeological News<\/em>, viii 2\/3, 1979.<\/li>\n
- \u201cAbraha and Sennacherib: A Talmudic Parallel to the Tafs\u00eer on Surat al-F\u00eel,\u201d Journal of the American Oriental Society<\/em>, 1974.<\/li>\n
- \u201cSurat al-Ikhlas: A Reconsideration,\u201d Orient and Occident<\/em>, 1973.<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Dependent Pronoun in Semitic and Egyptian,\u201d Jewish Quarterly Review<\/em>, 1972.<\/li>\n
- \u201cObservations about an Early Judaeo-Arabic.\u201d Jewish Quarterly Review 61 (1971)<\/em> 214-21.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
SELECT LECTURES, PAPERS, and PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cConversations about the End of Time: Jews, Christians and Muslims at the Beginning of Islam,\u201d The Max and Pearl Herman Jewish Studies Lecture, University of Regina, Saskatchawan, Canada, March 12, 2015.<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Wheat is in the Barley: Sin and Size in Rabbinic Judaism and Islam,\u201d Annual Meeting of the American Society for the Study of Religion: Cambridge, MA (April 25-27, 2014).<\/li>\n
- \u201cApocalypticism and the Rise of Islam,\u201d Annual Islam Lecture, University of Indiana at Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, 2012.<\/li>\n
- \u201cMuruwwah and D\u00een Revisited: Late Ancient Legacies of Maleness in Islamic Foundational Texts,\u201d American Academy of Religion annual convention, 2011.<\/li>\n
- \u201cMethodological Issues in Comparing the Bible and Qur\u2019an,\u201d American Academy of Religion annual convention, 2011.<\/li>\n
- \u201cHistory and Religion of Islam,\u201d 20 hours of classes for Lay Academy, First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA. 2008<\/li>\n
- \u201cMatters of Faith: Islam,\u201d EBRU TV, 2 hour interview on Turkey\u2019s English Language television on the topic of Islam.<\/li>\n
- \u201cHistorical Background to the Gaza Conflict,\u201d Middle East Historical Series invited lecture, Glenn Memorial UMC, 2009.<\/li>\n
- \u201cReligion and the Ancient Near Eastern City,\u201d Annual Meeting of the American Society for the Study of Religion, Newark, 2004.<\/li>\n
- \u201cNegotiating Abraham\u2019s Heritage: The Rise of Islam in Syria,\u201d Keynote address, Syria and the Rise of Civilization<\/em>, Fernbank Museum, Atlanta, 2002.<\/li>\n
- \u201c The Study of Judaism and Islam in American Universities: Theories & Practices,\u201d Annual Meeting of the Jewish Studies Association, Western Branch (by invitation), 1999.<\/li>\n
- “Apocalypse and Apocalyptic in early Islam and late Rabbinic Judaism,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Jewish Studies, Chicago, 1999.<\/li>\n
- Chair & Commentator, “Panel on Narrating the Prophet\u2019s Legacy,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Boston, 1999.<\/li>\n
- “The Study of Judaism and Islam in American Universities: Theories & Practice,” Annual Meeting, Jewish Studies Association, Western Branch, March 1999 (by invitation).<\/li>\n
- “The Socio-Rhetorical Texture of the Quran,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, 1997.<\/li>\n
- “The Drowned Son: The Noah Stories in Judaism and Islam,” Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, 1997.<\/li>\n
- \u201cJews and Muslims in the 8th<\/sup> Century Middle East,\u201d University of Gronigen, Netherlands (invited), 1997.<\/li>\n
- Organizer & Chair, “Islam in Southeast Asia,” panel at Annual Meeting of American Academy of Religion, 1997.<\/li>\n
- “Prophets, Messiahs and Community: Jewish-Muslim Conflicts over Texts and Territory in the 8th Century,” Lecture to the Medieval Studies Committee, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, October, 1994.<\/li>\n
- “Arab Contributions to the Foundation of the University of Naples: A Typological Study,” Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, Knoxville, TN, April, 1994.<\/li>\n
- \u201cJudaism and Islam: Past Events and Future Prospects,\u201d (invited) Mid-Atlantic meeting of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, \u201c 1993.<\/li>\n
- “Text and Territory: Jewish-Muslim Relations 632-750,” Bridging the Worlds of Islam, An International Conference in honor of William Brinner, Berkeley, 1993.<\/li>\n
- “Diverging Fortunes: Jewish-Muslim Associations and Dissociations,” Siena College, N.Y. Jewish-Muslim-Christian Dialogue 1492-1992, October, 1992.<\/li>\n
- “Gender and Mimesis in Islam: Imitating Muhammad in Two Genres,: Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Kansas City, 1991.<\/li>\n
- “The Islamic Context of Pirke Rabbi Eliezer,” Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Berkeley, 1991.<\/li>\n
- “A Light From His Mother’s Womb: Myth and Legitimacy in Birth Stories of Muhammad,” Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society, Atlanta, 1990.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- American Academy of Religion:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Member History of Islam Steering Committee, 1988 to 1995, 2002-2007.<\/p>\n
Co-Chair, Qur’an Group, 2007 to date.<\/p>\n
Member of History of Judaism Steering Committee 1988-91.<\/p>\n