Eli Tadmor is an Assyriologist—a scholar of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq)—and specializes in Assyrian and Babylonian literature, religion, and history. 

After receiving a BA from Tel-Aviv University in 2018, he went on to graduate studies at Yale University, where he received a PhD in Assyriology in 2024. His research has led to seven articles (four published, one forthcoming, and two awaiting review), three scholarly notes, two book reviews, a public-facing blog on ancient Mesopotamia ("Once Upon a Time in the East" / היה היה במזרח), and online appearances. 

He is currently under contract with Yale University Press to write Erra: An Ancient Myth in a New Translation. The book concerns the Erra Epic—a Babylonian poem telling how Erra, a god of war and pestilence, nearly annihilated humanity out of rage on account of them holding him in contempt. Set to contain a new translation of the composition along with essays shedding light on the text and its world, the book aims to bring Erra to a broad public readership for the first time in more than two thousand years.

Eli can be reached at eli@tadmor.us