Elias Bickerman

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 654 citations indexed

About

Elias Bickerman is a scholar working on Anthropology, Religious studies and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elias Bickerman has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 654 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Anthropology, 16 papers in Religious studies and 13 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Elias Bickerman's work include Classical Antiquity Studies (16 papers), Biblical Studies and Interpretation (16 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (7 papers). Elias Bickerman is often cited by papers focused on Classical Antiquity Studies (16 papers), Biblical Studies and Interpretation (16 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (7 papers). Elias Bickerman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Elias Bickerman's co-authors include A. H. M. Jones, Glanville Downey, C. Bradford Welles, William H. Stahl, Samuel K. Eddy, William Horbury, Hermann Bengtson, Robert M. Grant, Morton Smith and Emilio Gabba and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Political Science Quarterly and The Classical World.

In The Last Decade

Elias Bickerman

40 papers receiving 395 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Later Roman Empire, 284-602: A Social Economic and Administrative Survey

1965 215 citations Elias Bickerman, A. H. M. Jones The American Historical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elias Bickerman United States	12	332	261	139	128	121	51	654
Mason Hammond United Kingdom	14	410 1.2×	399 1.5×	71 0.5×	53 0.4×	101 0.8×	80	823
Robert K. Sherk United States	13	292 0.9×	317 1.2×	99 0.7×	55 0.4×	56 0.5×	45	533
A. H. M. Jones South Korea	13	303 0.9×	380 1.5×	191 1.4×	92 0.7×	114 0.9×	60	785
Averil Cameron United Kingdom	15	347 1.0×	362 1.4×	338 2.4×	140 1.1×	176 1.5×	95	827
W. Kendrick Pritchett	12	336 1.0×	386 1.5×	47 0.3×	30 0.2×	58 0.5×	72	555
Malcolm F. McGregor Canada	13	308 0.9×	449 1.7×	57 0.4×	39 0.3×	141 1.2×	58	749
Fergus Millar United Kingdom	20	629 1.9×	760 2.9×	236 1.7×	227 1.8×	246 2.0×	114	1.3k
Andrew Wallace‐Hadrill United Kingdom	16	508 1.5×	609 2.3×	105 0.8×	75 0.6×	89 0.7×	47	903
Archibald R. Lewis United States	12	174 0.5×	75 0.3×	78 0.6×	26 0.2×	93 0.8×	63	478
Robert I. Burns United States	10	129 0.4×	45 0.2×	127 0.9×	46 0.4×	102 0.8×	82	428

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elias Bickerman

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Bickerman, Elias. (2018). FROM EZRA TO THE LAST OF THE MACCABEES. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 1 indexed citations

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Bickerman, Elias, et al.. (2015). Studies in Jewish and Christian History: A New Edition in English Including the God of the Maccabees. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations

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Bickerman, Elias. (2007). Studies in Jewish and Christian History (2 vols). 4 indexed citations

4.

Horbury, William & Elias Bickerman. (1988). Studies in Jewish and Christian History 3. Vetus Testamentum. 38(4). 489–489. 19 indexed citations

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Bickerman, Elias. (1987). From Ezra to the Last of the Maccabees (Foundations of Post-Biblical Judaism). Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations

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Bickerman, Elias, Emilio Gabba, & Morton Smith. (1985). La conception du mariage à Athènes. 559–588. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Morton & Elias Bickerman. (1983). Studies in Jewish and Christian History, Part Two. Journal of Biblical Literature. 102(1). 120–120. 2 indexed citations

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Werblowsky, R. J. Zwi, Gregory Schopen, Jonathan Jong, et al.. (1981). Collected Essays. Numen. 28(1). 81–81. 3 indexed citations

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Bickerman, Elias. (1978). The Generation of Ezra and Nehemiah. 45. 1–1. 4 indexed citations

10.

Grant, Robert M. & Elias Bickerman. (1975). Le culte des souverains dans l'empire romain. The Classical World. 68(7). 464–464. 11 indexed citations

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Bickerman, Elias. (1967). Four Strange Books of the Bible: Jonah, Daniel, Koheleth, Esther. 9 indexed citations

12.

Bickerman, Elias & A. H. M. Jones. (1965). The Later Roman Empire, 284-602: A Social Economic and Administrative Survey. The American Historical Review. 70(3). 750–750. 215 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bickerman, Elias, et al.. (1963). La cronologia nel Mondo Antico.

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Bickerman, Elias, et al.. (1963). Lettre d'Aristée à Philocrate. Introduction, texte critique, traduction et notes, index complet des mots grecs. The Classical World. 56(8). 259–259. 2 indexed citations

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Bickerman, Elias. (1962). The Civic Prayer for Jerusalem. Harvard Theological Review. 55(3). 163–185. 1 indexed citations

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Bickerman, Elias. (1961). The Agricultural Policy of Muhammad ‘Ali in Egypt, by Helen Anne B. Rivlin. Political Science Quarterly. 76(4). 639–640. 14 indexed citations

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Bickerman, Elias. (1958). The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire, by M. Rostovtzeff and P. M. Fraser. Political Science Quarterly. 73(3). 459–460. 48 indexed citations

18.

Bickerman, Elias & Ernest Barker. (1957). From Alexander to Constantine. The American Journal of Philology. 78(3). 325–325. 3 indexed citations

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Bickerman, Elias, et al.. (1955). Perseo e la fine della monarchia macedone. The Classical Weekly. 48(4). 55–55. 8 indexed citations

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Bickerman, Elias. (1952). Origines Gentium. Classical Philology. 47(2). 65–81. 21 indexed citations

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