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
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