BIO & CV

HIGHER EDUCATION

1989–1993:     B.A. cum laude, Yeshiva University (USA), Major: Mathematics

 

1994–1998:     M.A. Studies (Direct Track to Doctorate), Department of Bible, Hebrew University

                        Thesis: 4QReworked Pentateuch: Text-Type and Exegesis

                        Advisor: Prof. Emanuel Tov

                       

1998–2004:     Ph.D. summa cum laude, Department of Bible, Hebrew University

Doctoral Thesis: The Book of Jubilees: Rewritten Bible, Redaction, Ideology and Theology

Advisors: Profs. Menahem Kister and Israel Knohl

 

2004–2005:     Postdoctoral Studies, Yale University Divinity School

                        Host: Prof. John J. Collins

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY

2000–2003:                 Instructor (Assistant B), Department of Bible

2005–2010:                 Lecturer, Department of Bible

2010–2014:                 Senior Lecturer with Tenure, Department of Bible

2014–2018:                 Associate Professor, Department of Bible

2014–2016:                 Head, School of Philosophy and Religions

2014–:                         Father Takeji Otsuki Chair in Bible Studies

2016–2018:                 Head, Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies

2018–:                         Full Professor, Department of Bible

2018–:                         Dean, Faculty of Humanities

 

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS/TASKS AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY

1998–2005:     Assistant Editor, Textus, Hebrew University Bible Project (Vols. 20–22)

2005–2016:     Co-Editor, Textus, Hebrew University Bible Project (Vols. 23–26)

2005–2010:     Associate Editor, Hebrew University Bible Project

2010–2013:     Chairman, Department of Bible

2010–:             Editor, Hebrew University Bible Project

2010–:             Academic Committee, Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature

2012–14:         Member, Area Committees (ועדות סינון), Faculty of Humanities

2013–14:         Academic Head, M.A. Program in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, Rothberg International School

2013–2015:     Member, Doctoral Authority Plenum

2015–2018:     Head, Academic Committee, Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature

 

SERVICE IN OTHER ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

1999–2000:     Instructor, Department of Bible and Ancient Near East, Ben Gurion University

2004–2005:     Visiting Research Associate, Yale University Divinity School

2011–2012:     Fall Semester: Visiting Scholar, New York University and Jewish Theological Seminary

   Spring Semester: Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame, Indiana

 

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Membership in Editorial and Advisory Boards

2008–2018:     Steering Committee, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Qumran Section (Co-chair: 2014–2018:)

2009–2013:     Executive Committee, International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies

2009–2013:     Steering Committee, Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha Section

2010–:             Editorial Board, Zeitschrift für Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

2010–:             Editorial Board, Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplement Series

2010–:             Advisory Board, Historical and Theological Dictionary of the Septuagint

2010–:             Advisory Board, Israel Antiquities Authority Dead Sea Scrolls Digitization Project

2010–:             Steering Committee, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Daniel Consultation

2010–2015:     Area Editor, “The Biblical Text in Ancient Literature” in Textual History of the Bible Project (Brill, Leiden)

2012–:             Advisory Board, Henoch

2012–:             Editorial Board, Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Periods (Journal and Supplement Series)

2014–2016:     Board of Advisors, Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation

2016–:             Editorial Board, Revue de Qumran

 

Honors, Prizes, and Fellowships

2004:               Golda Meir Fellowship, Hebrew University

2004–2005:     Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellowship

2005:               Allan Bronfman Memorial Prize for an Outstanding Dissertation in the Faculty of Humanities, Hebrew University

2005–2006:     Ephraim Urbach Postdoctoral Fellowship, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture

2006–2009:     Simon and Ethel Peleg Fellowship for Outstanding Young Scholar, Hebrew University

2008:               Polonsky Prize (First Place, Researcher) for Creativity and Originality in the Humanistic Disciplines, Hebrew University – Publication #‎2(a)

 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

International Organization for Qumran Studies

International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies

International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament

Society of Biblical Literature

World Union of Jewish Studies

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

2006–2010:     Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

                        153,000 NIS per year (4 years)

Co-Principal Investigator (with Prof. S. Talmon)

Topic: Preparation of Hebrew University Bible Project Critical Edition

 

2010–2014:     Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

                        135,000 NIS per year (4 years)

Principal Investigator (with Prof. S. Naeh)

Topic: Preparation of Hebrew University Bible Project Critical Edition

 

2013–2015:     Hebrew University – Humboldt University (Berlin) Cooperation Grant

                        80,050 Euros (Hebrew Univ – 37,450; Humboldt: 42,600)

            Joint Project with Prof. Dr. Bernd Schipper

            Topic: Scribal Hermeneutics and Literary Development in Ancient Judaism

 

2015–2019:     Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

                        200,000 NIS per year (4 years)

Principal Investigator

Topic: Preparation of HUBP Critical Edition of Joshua

 

 

2020–2023:  Israel Science Foundation (ISF) 

200,000 NIS per year (3 years) 

Principal Investigator 

Topic: Preparation of HUBP Critical Edition of Joshua 13–24 

 

TEACHING AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY

A. Supervision of master and doctoral degree students in the last five years

 

  • Master's degree students:

2008:               Yishai Burke

2013:              Shirah Katz

2014:               Chaim Schwartz, Avigail Aravna

2017:               Aure Ben-Zvi (with Prof. S. Fassberg)

2017–:             David Knoll (with Prof. E. Tov)

2018–:             Haggai Weiss

 

  • Doctoral students:

2014–:             Daniel Olariu (with Prof. E. Tov; including M.A. thesis equivalent)

2017–:             Avigail Aravna (with Dr. R. Goldstein)

2018–:             Itai Kagan (currently finishing M.A.)

2018–:             Natan Evron (with Dr. R. Goldstein)

 

  • Visiting Doctoral students:

2017–2018:     Joseph Riordan (University of Notre Dame; Fulbright fellowship)

 

  • Postdoctoral fellows:

2014:                         Elisa Uusimäki (University of Helsinki)

2016–2018:               Nadav Sharon (Lady Davis Fellow)

2018–2019:              Lydia Lee (Golda Meir Fellow)

 

  • Doctoral Committees:

2012:               Naama Weiss (Hebrew Literature)

2013:               Jason Driesbach (Bible); Zev Farber (Bible, Emory University)

2014:               Richard Medina (Hebrew Language); Shlomo Wadler (University of Notre Dame); Naama Golan (Bible, Bar Ilan University)

2015:               Song Ja Koh (Bible); Sivan Kedar (Archaeology)

2016:               Deborah Storek (Bible); Chen Finch (Jewish Education)

2017:               Hsin-Chih Perng (Hebrew Language); Michal Tal-El (Jewish Education); Hila Dayfani (Bible, Bar Ilan University)

2018:               Oren Abelman (Jewish History)

 

B. Courses taught in the last 5 years

  • Bachelor's degree courses

Introduction to Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

Ancient Jewish Exegesis

Introduction to Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period

Book of Judges

Biblical Apocalyptic Literature

Biblical Court Tales (B.A. Seminar)

The Book of Jubilees (B.A. Seminar)

Literature of the Restoration Period (B.A. Seminar)

 

  • Master's degree courses

Aramaic Targumim

The Bible at Qumran: Text, Rewriting and Interpretation

Septuagint of the Book of Daniel

Septuagint of the Book of Ezra-Nehemiah

Septuagint of the Book of Joshua

 

 

Updated: 30.11.2018