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Literary Dimensions of Medieval Jewish Religious Discourse

[RG #100] Literary Dimensions of Medieval Jewish Religious Discourse

September 1, 2004 - February 28, 2005

Organizer:

Ronit Meroz (Tel Aviv University)

The goal of this study group is to explore religious systems by scrutinizing the meeting point -- within the cultural context -- of the religious discourse and the literary means chosen to express it; to raise such questions as the relations between different genres and their religious or ideational system, or their social, historical and cultural context.

 

2004-2005 Research Groups

Members

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Karl Grözinger

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University of Potsdam

Karl is a professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Potsdam, Germany. His research interests are: history of Jewish thought (theology, philosophy, mysticism); interdependence among theology, philosophy and mysticism.

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Richard Kalmin

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Jewish Theological Seminary

Richard is a professor in the Department of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. His research interests are the history and literature of the Jews of Late Antiquity.

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Joshua Levinson

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Joshua is a professor in the Department of Hebrew Literature at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: narrative theory and hermeneutics; Rabbinic literature; and the rewritten Bible.

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Ronit Meroz

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Tel Aviv University

Ronit is a professor in the Department of Jewish Philosophy, Talmud and Kabbalah at Tel Aviv University. Her research interests are Jewish mysticism (especially Book Bahir, the Book of Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah).

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Haviva Pedaya

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Ben-Gurion University

Haviva is a professor in the Department of Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her research interests are Jewish sources from the Hebrew Bible through the medieval Kabbalah.

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Elhanan Reiner

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Tel Aviv University

Elhanan is a professor in the Department of History of the Jewish People at Tel Aviv University. His research interests are Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Early Modern Europe, and Jewish medieval popular religion in Palestine.

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Dina Stein

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Graduate Theological Union

Dina is a professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. Her research interests are the dynamics of cultural imagination in rabbinic literature, and self-reflective aspects of rabbinic discourse.