Then and Now
What does Jewish studies “look like”? This: Let me explain. Last year I set out to try to understand what we might mean by the academic field of “Jewish studies.” I had done some previous work on networks on citation analysis and so … [Continue reading] about What is Jewish Studies?
Everybody knows that according to the biblical story of Noah, it rained for forty days and forty nights (Genesis 7:12, 17). Less well-known is that the flood lasted for far longer. The biblical account relates that the flood began “in … [Continue reading] about The Calendar Before Chaos
I am delighted to announce that I was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant for three years to work on the project, “Knowledge Transmission and Cultural Interactions Through the Ages: An AI-Based Analysis of a … [Continue reading] about A Full Citation Network of Jewish Legal Literature
I recently had an essay published at theTorah.com. It is connected to last week’s Torah reading, Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17), focusing on Deuteronomy 12, which allows for the consumption of domestic animals that were slaughtered … [Continue reading] about Is All Animal Slaughter in Antiquity Sacred?
This fall I will be teaching the course "The Land of Israel in the Religious Imagination: From Antiquity to the Present" as a continuing education course. It is open to all and will have a hybrid format. You can attend in person in Providence or … [Continue reading] about The Land of Israel in the Religious Imagination