Cargill, Jack

Jack Cargill
Professor Emeritus of Ancient History
Degree: Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, B.A., M.A. University of Texas, Austin
Email: jcargill@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
Research Interests: Ancient Greece, the Near East, and Rome, and the interactions between them, with special interests in classical Greek epigraphy and historical issues related to the Bible and archaeology

510:201 Ancient Greece
508:200 Ancient Near East (cross-listed with Jewish St. and Middle Eastern St.)
510:301-302-303 Early-Classical-Hellenistic Greece
506:402 Seminars in Ancient Topics, classical and biblical (sometimes cross-listed)

Family, Feelings, Play, Politics, and Holy War: Poems by Jack Cargill (Authorhouse.com 2005)
Mercenary of the Gods: Memoirs of a Greek in Service to Judah and Egypt (Regina Books, Claremont, CA 2004)
"Death, War, Whimsey: More Poems on Ancient Themes," Ancient World 35 (2004) 117-129
"Homage to Cavafy: Some Poems in Ancient Settings," Ancient World 32 (2001) 217-231
"Ancient Israel in Western Civ Textbooks," History Teacher 34 (2001) 297-326
complete texts of above three available at personal website
Handbook for Ancient History Classes (Regina Books, Claremont, CA 1997)
"The Decree of Aristoteles: Some Epigraphical Details," Ancient World 27 (1996) 1-12
Athenian Settlements of the Fourth Century B.C. (E.J. Brill, Leiden 1995)

Association of Ancient Historians (past 2-term Sec./Treas.)
American School of Classical Studies at Athens Alumni Association (past Council member)
American School of Classical Studies at Athens Managing Committee (past RU representative)

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