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Overview
Gary Greenberg, author of The Moses Mystery: The African
Origins of the Jewish People, is a prominent New York City
Criminal Defense Attorney with the Legal Aid Society. He has long
been interested in the interrelationships between ancient myth and
ancient history, especially as it applies to Egyptian influences on
the writing of the bible. In addition to his academic interests, he
has published a novel and has been active in Libertarian political
and educational circles. In 1978 he ran for Governor of New York
State on the Libertarian ticket. He has appeared on numerous radio
and television shows in connection with his legal, political, and
academic work, including Court TV, the Barry Farber Show, the Bernie
McCain Show, Powerpoint, the Bob Law show, and the Morton Downey Show.
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Writings
on Biblical and Egyptian History
A free lance writer who has written several books and articles on
many subjects, Mr. Greenberg released The Moses Mystery: The
African Origins of the Jewish People (Birch Lane Press) in
1996. It is a controversial study of the early origins of biblical
Israel. In 1998 a paperback edition with some minor corrections was
issued under the new title of The Bible Myth: The African
Origins of the Jewish People (Citadel Press). The Moses Mystery
has since been issued in a Greek language edition and The Bible Myth
in a Portuguese edition. The Moses Mystery was reviewed in the New
York Times, the Library Journal, and Booklist, as
well as several other newspapers and journals. He has also appeared
on a number of interview programs to discuss his book.
His follow-up book, 101 Myths of the Bible: How Ancient Scribes
Invented Biblical History (Sourcebooks) will be released in
November 2000. He is also under contract with Sourcebooks for a
biography of King David that will challenge many traditional
assumptions about this popular biblical figure.
Mr. Greenberg has presented a number of academic papers at several
international conferences devoted to biblical or Egyptological
studies, including the VIIth International Congress of Egyptologists
(1995) and the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical
Literature (1997), and has published several articles in
Egyptological journals. He currently serves as President of the
Biblical Archaeology Society of New York. Professional affiliations
include the Society of Biblical Literature, the American Institute of
Archaeology, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the Egyptian
Exploration Society.
To read some of Mr. Greenberg's writings on biblical and Egyptian
history and get more information about his various books you should
go to his web site, Ancient
Near Eastern Myth and History. where you will find
information about his books and other writings on the ancient Near East.
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Other
Writings
In June 2000 Mr. Greenberg released his first novel, War of the Werewolf,
a political thriller and social satire co-authored with Jerome
Tuccille. He has also previously published a book on Computer
Programming. In addition he has written for several publications on a
variety of subjects. His writings on law have appeared in the New
York Law Journal, The Champion (published by the National Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers), and the Newsletter of the New York
Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. He has also been published
in Microcomputing, Creative Computing, Kilobaud, Compute, Personal
Computing, Outlook Magazine, Media-Ecology Review, Libertarian Forum,
and Laissez Faire Review. He also edited Outlook Magazine and the New
York Libertarian, two journals about Libertarian philosophy and politics.
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Political
Activism
As a political activist, Mr. Greenberg helped co-found the
Libertarian Party of New York and served four terms as State
Chairman. In 1975 and 1983 he organized the Libertarian Party
National Presidential Nominating Conventions. In 1973 he managed the
NYC mayoral campaign of Fran Youngstein, the first woman to appear on
the New York City general election ballot for Mayor and in 1981 he
managed the NYC mayoral campaign of Judith Jones, the first African-American
woman to appear on the New York City general election ballot for
Mayor. In 1978 he ran for Governor of the State of New York on the
Libertarian ticket. He campaigned on a platform urging drug
legalization and received approximately 20,000 votes.
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Other
Matters
As a criminal defense attorney, Mr. Greenberg has tried over 150
felony cases to verdict, including several homicide trials.
Mr. Greenberg is a graduate of Brooklyn College (1965) and Seton Hall
Law School (1968), and holds a Juris Doctor degree.
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