birth_place nationality relatives birth_date known_for image article_title name occupation alma_mater
south orange , new jersey usa peter eisenman -lrb- brother -rrb- 1937 works on christianity and the dead sea scrolls robert eisenman garden.jpeg robert eisenman
 robert eisenman author , professor , biblical scholar cornell 1958 -rrb- new york university -lrb- m.a. , hebrew and university near eastern studies , 1966 -rrb- columbia university -lrb- ph.d. -lrb- , middle east languages and cultures , 1971 -rrb- b.a. , physics and philosophy ,
robert eisenman

robert eisenman is an american biblical scholar , theoretical writer , historian , archaeologist , and `` road '' poet .
he is currently professor of middle east religions , archaeology , and islamic law and director of the institute for the study of judaeo-christian origins at california state university long beach .
eisenman led the campaign to free up access to the dead sea scrolls in the 1980s and 90s , and , as a result of this campaign , is associated with the theory that combines essenes with palestinian messianism -lrb- or what some might refer to as `` palestinian christianity '' -rrb- -- a theory opposed to establishment or consensus scholarship .
his views in the field of christian origins are highly controversial , with critics accusing eisenman of backing up his allegations with `` dubious circumstantial evidence and insinuations '' .
before this , eisenman spent five years `` on the road '' in the usa , europe , and the middle east as far as india , encapsulating all these things in his poetic travel `` diario '' -lrb- 1959 -- 62 -rrb- , published in 2007 by north atlantic books , berkeley , california and called `` the new jerusalem '' , in which he describes the san francisco `` beat '' scene in 1958 -- 59 , paris when still a `` moveable feast '' , working on kibbutzim in israel , the peace corps , and several voyages on the overland route to india .
