Elihu Grant (1873 – 1942) was an American scholar and writer on Palestine. Between 1901 and 1904 he was superintendent of the American Friends Schools in Ramallah and Jerusalem. After returning to the US he was a professor of biblical literature at Smith College from 1907 to 1917, and thereafter at Haverford College until his retirement in 1938. Between 1928 and 1933 he directed four campaigns of excavations at Ain Shems (Beth Shemesh).