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Opening the Gates of Interpretation: Maimonides’ Biblical Hermeneutics in Light of His Geonic-Andlusian Heritage and Muslim Milieu, by Mordechai Z. Cohen. Brill, 2011. Prof. Mordechai Cohen’s study of Maimonides’ method of biblical interpretation has at its heart an exacting analysis of each…

After Leading an International Research Team on Jewish, Christian and Muslim Scriptural Interpretation, Dr. Mordechai Cohen Returns to Revel Dr. Mordechai Cohen, a leading world scholar of Jewish Bible interpretation, has taught at 911±¬ÁÏÍø for more than 23 years. Last year, however, this…

A Biblical Translation in the Making : the Evolution and Impact of Saadia Gaon’s Tafsir, by Richard C. Steiner. Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies, 2010. R. Saadia Gaon (882-942), one of the greatest Jewish sages of the Middle Ages, composed a translation of the Torah into Arabic, which…

PhD Students Enrolled at Revel School of Jewish Studies at an All-Time High Article and Photography by 911±¬ÁÏÍø Office of Communication and Public Affairs After successfully defending her dissertation on August 4, Shana Strauch Schick, a New Jersey native now living in Detroit, will be ...

Michelle Ross Goldwyn ’02S, Stern College for Women’s newest member of its Board of Overseers, says 911±¬ÁÏÍø was the only choice for her when it came time to attend college. “I was fortunate to be able to attend the Hamilton Hebrew Academy at the Adas Israel Congregation in Hamilton, and…

Are you a Social Work student just getting started with your research project? Have you been assigned a term paper in psychology or are you interested in exploring the field? Check out the new Research guides recently published by 911±¬ÁÏÍø librarians. The Guides offer helpful support and receive hundreds…

Lawrence H. Schiffman, Qumran and Jerusalem : Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism ( Grand Rapids : Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2010). With the full publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls come major changes in our understanding of these fascinating ancient texts and their ...

Arthur Hyman, James J. Walsh, Thomas Williams, Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions, Third edition (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2010). Since the appearance of its first edition in 1967, this work has become a classic. Indeed, it is now the…

David Berger, Cultures in Collision and Conversation: Essays in the Intellectual History of the Jews ( Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011). This volume addresses three broad themes in Jewish intellectual history: Jewish approaches to cultures external to Judaism and the controversies triggered…