He is Professor Emeritus of Middle East Religions and Archaeology and Islamic Law and the Director of the Institute for the Study of Judeo-Christian Origins at California State University Long Beach.
He has a Ph.D. in Middle East Languages and Cultures with a Speciality in Islamic Law from Columbia University
He has a B.A. from Cornell University in Philosophy and Engineering Physics
Visiting Senior Member of Linacre College, Oxford.
Robert's Theories and Contributions
Paul as an Herodian |
First to Call for AMS Carbon Dating |
First to Lead a Team to Conduct a 40 KM Walking Survey of the Daves along the Dead Sea Shores |
Dead Sea Scrolls |
James the Brother of Jesus |
First to do a Radar Groundscan of the Settlement at Qumran, its Marl Terraces, and other Caves |
Interpretation of Habakkuk 2:4 at Qumran |
First to call the James Ossuary fraudulent |