Dr. Amit Gvaryahu

Amit Gvaryahu, currently an Associate Research Scholar in the Program in Judaic Studies at Princeton University, is a cultural historian of ancient Judaism. He studies money and its significance in antiquity, mostly among ancient Jews, but also in other contexts. He also has side interests in Roman Law, Biblical interpretation, textual criticism, and book history. His first book, "Usury: Moneylending, Money and Society in Rabbinic Literature," is in print with the Hebrew University Magnes Press. He is currently working on an anthology of early rabbinic Midrash in translation (under contract with Yale University Press). His work has appeared in numerous journals, such as the Harvard Theological Review, Studies in Late Antiquity, and the Jewish Quarterly Review. A past fellow of the Martin Buber Society of Fellows at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Gvaryahu received his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2019.