Steven Fine is a cultural historian specializing in 'Judaism in the Greco-Roman World' and a professor at Yeshiva University.

Fine begsn his career as an intern in the Departments of Jewish Art and Jewish Folklore at the Israel Museum (1977-8, 1980–81) under the direction of Bezalel Narkiss, in the Department of Indian Art of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1982-3, under the tutelage of Pratapaditya Pal), and then as founding curator of the USC Archaeological Research Collection (1983-87 under the tutelage of Bruce Zuckerman).

[citation needed] After completing his doctorate in Jerusalem, Fine served as assistant and associate professor at Baltimore Hebrew University (1994-2000), and then as Jewish Foundation Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati from 2000 to 2005.

He is the Founding Director of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies and the Arch of Titus Project.

[1] Some of his work, including his class on the Arch of Titus, has been dedicated to debunking the myth that the ancient menorah from the Temple in Jerusalem is in Vatican City.