Then and Now
I will be teaching a new course this fall (2014) entitled Great Jewish Books. The description is: Judaism is sometimes defined as an extended conversation between writers in different places and times, writing in different languages. This course … [Continue reading] about New Course Syllabus: Great Jewish Books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzmEIVy26wM Above is the interview that I had with Steven Weiss on The Jewish Channel about my book. My three minutes begins at 4:00. Two other reviews appeared the other week in newspapers: Philadelphia … [Continue reading] about And a couple more reviews….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LR8oMMjDeQ Reviews of How the Bible Became Holy have begun to appear. Here are the ones that I know about: JWeekly: … [Continue reading] about More Reviews
In the last two posts I discussed establishing the criteria for an academic job and the data necessary for assessments. In this post I want to put the pieces together into a concrete process and then offer a few closing reflections on this … [Continue reading] about Hiring for an Academic Job (3): Process
In the last post I discussed the benefits of a search committee or (better) entire academic unit determining, in advance and as specifically as possible, the criteria that will be used in the process of an academic job search. Here, using for … [Continue reading] about Hiring for an Academic Job (2): Data