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Degrees:
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature
and English (New York University)
M.A. in English
(Bar Ilan University, Israel)
B.A. in Hebrew and
English (Hebrew University, Jerusalem).
Publications:
Author of three books, among them the award-winning
Eve’s Journey: Feminine Images in Hebraic Literary
Tradition, as well as numerous book chapters
and essays in the fields of biblical influences on
Western literature, Hebraic literary tradition, the
Bible as literature, women in the Bible and Judaic
literature, and Israeli and Middle Eastern politics,
culture, and literature. Recent publication: Guest-edited
a dedicated volume of the AJS Review (28:1),
the Journal of the national and international Association
of professors of Jewish Studies, titled The Bible’s
Presence in Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture,
to which she contributed a methodological Introduction
and an essay.
Scholarly Interests and current research
program:
Currently working on a Reader for a newly-developed
course titled “Religion and Literature”
as well as on a book titled The Eden of Childhood:
Myth and Counter-Myth in Modern Literature.
Activities:
Scholar-in-residence and guest speaker in numerous
universities in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Israel.
Public lecturer and TV political commentator. As Director
of the Center: teaches and organizes seminars, lecture
series, and conferences in all areas of Israel and
Middle Eastern politics and culture, Religion and
Society, and in Jewish history, literature and thought.
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