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Updated: December 2007
Personal
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Office: 972-9-7781408
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E-mail: [email protected] |
Date and Place of Birth: 2.7.1967 Ramat-Gan, Israel
Status: Married + 5
Military Service: 1986-1987 as teacher in Kiryat Shmona, and as NCO
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Education
| 2002 |
Ph.D., Jewish Philosophy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Dissertation: Ahabah ba-Ta’anugim: A 14th-Century Encyclopedia of Science and Judaism
Supervisor: Prof. W. Z. Harvey
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| 1996 |
M.A., Jewish Philosophy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Thesis: Demons and Evil in Hasdai Crescas’ Thought
Supervisor: Prof. W. Z. Harvey
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| 1992 |
Teaching Certificate, Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 1991 |
B.A., History and Jewish Philosophy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
Professional Experience
| 2007-present |
Tel-Aviv University, Lecturer, Course: “The Guide of the Perplexed” |
| 2006-present |
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Lecturer, Course: "The Guide of the Perplexed" |
| 2005-present |
Lander College, Jerusalem, Lecturer, Course: "Jewish Philosophy of the Middle Ages"; "Joy and Happiness in Jewish Philosophy of the Middle Ages" |
| 2000-present |
The Open University of Israel, Course coordinator: "Ashkenazi Hasidism in the History of Jewish Thought" |
| 1998-present |
The Open University of Israel, Course coordinator: "Law and Philosophy: Perspectives on Maimonides Teaching"; "Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages from Sa’adiah Ga’on to Maimonides |
| 1988-present |
Bravender’s College of Judaism, Jerusalem, Lecturer, Courses: "The Guide of the Perplexed"; "Nefesh Ha-Hayyim of R. Hayyim Volozhin"; Jewish Thought |
| 2001-2003 |
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Lecturer, Course: "The Guide of the Perplexed" |
| 1998-2001 |
Branch of The Alcala University of Madrid, Tel-Aviv, Lecturer, Course: "Jewish Philosophy in Medieval Spain" |
| 1997-1998 |
Matans’ College of Judaism, Jerusalem, Lecturer, Courses: "The Kabbalistic Ground in Modern Thought" and "An Introduction to Jewish Philosophy" |
| 1994-1997 |
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Assistant, Course: "The Guide of the Perplexed" |
Academic Awards and Grants
- The Dean’s Award, 1990
- The Dean’s Award, 1991
- Institute of Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University,
Scholarship for the years 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
- The Open University Research scholarship for 2001
- Research grant, The Open University, 2004 ($2,300)
- The Open University Research scholarship for 2006
- Research grant, The Open University, 2006 ($10,500)
- Research grant, The Open University, 2007 ($8,000)
- Grant Research, Memorial Foundation for Jewish studies, 2008 (4,000$)
Publications
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"Jacob’s Dream and the Self-Image of Maimonides" (Hebrew) Acadamot, 6 January 1999, pp. 47-58 |
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"’Ahavah ba-Ta'anugim’: A Fourteenth-Century Encyclopedia of Science and Theology", in The Medieval Hebrew Encyclopedias of Science and Philosophy, Proceedings of the Bar-Ilan University Conference, Dordrecht, 2000, pp.429-440 |
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"The Structure and Content of R. Hayyim Volozin’s Nefesh- Ha-Hayyim" (Hebrew), in The Vilna Gaon and his Disciples, Ramat-Gan, 2003, pp.185-196 |
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"The Created Glory and the Created Light in Maimonides’ Thought" (Hebrew), Da'at, 55 (2004) pp. 41-58 |
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"A 13th Century Commentary on the Thirteen Pricebles of Maimonides" (Hebrew) Kobetz Al Yad (Minora Manuscripta Hebraica), Vol. XIX (XXIX), Jerusalem, 2006, pp. 161-196. |
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"Some Comments on the Devine Attributes and Maimonides Regard towards Matter" (Hebrew), Be-Darkei Shalom: Shalom Rosenberg Jubilee Volume, On the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday , Jerusalem, 2007, pp.265- 272. |
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"Katz, Joseph Ben Elijah," Encyclopedia Judaica, second edition, second edition, 2007 . |
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"Moses Ben Judah, Noga," Encyclopedia Judaica, second edition , second edition, 2007. |
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"The Kabala and the Philosophy Maimonides in ’Ahavah ba-Ta'anugim’," (Hebrew), Proceedings of the Bar Ilan University Conference "Maimonides and Jewish Mysticism," 2004 (forthcoming) |
| 10 |
"Ahabah ba-Ta'anugim: A 14th Century Maimonidean Encyclopedia," Maimonides - the Man and his Image Conference, Etudes sur le Judaisme Medieval (forthcoming) |
| 11 |
"Medieval Jewish Philosophy," The Encyclopedia of Love in World Religion, Yudit Kornberg Greenberg (ed.), ABC CLIO, California, 2007, pp. 406-408 |
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"Philosophical Allegory of Song of Songs," The Encyclopedia of Love in World Religion, Yudit Kornberg Greenberg (ed.), ABC CLIO, California, 2007, pp. 463-464 |
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"Mordecai Comtino and the Jewish Philosophical Culture in Constantinople," Proceedings of the International Symposium First Historic-Cultural Hispano-Turco-Sephardic Encounter, University of Ankara (forthcoming). |
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"The Sinaitic Revelation in Maimonides Thought" (Hebrew), Iggud- Selected Articles in Jewish Studies, Vol.1 (forthcoming). |
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"Moses Prophecy and the Cherubim"(Hebrew), Moses- the Master of the Prophets: Proceedings of the Bar-Ilan University Conference, (forthcoming) |
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"Moses ben Yehuda and the Scholasticism after Thomas Aquinas" (Hebrew), The Golden Ages: Proceeding of the Bar-Ilan University and the Public University of Tudela Conference. (forthcoming) |
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"Another Commentary on the Thirteen Pricebles of Maimonides" (Hebrew), Da'at(forthcoming) |
Submitted
- "The First Matter as Potency in Jewish Philosophy" (Hebrew).
- "Political Principles in Ralbag's Thoght" (Hebrew)
- "Man's memory and God's memory in Jewish philosophy of the middle ages"
Conference Presentations
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"Moses ben Judah’s Ahavah ba-Ta'anugim: A Fourteenth-Century Encyclopedia of Science," Medieval Hebrew Encyclopedias of Science and Philosophy, 11-14 January 1998, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
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"The Structure and Content of R. Hayyim Volozin’s Nefesh- Ha-Hayyim," The Thought of the Vilna Gaon, 7 January 1998, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan.
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Participant at the ’’Culture, Science and Coexistence in Social and History Spain’ Colloquium, 14-15 February 2000, Haifa.
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"A Philosophic Notion of The ’Gilgul’ In Ahabah Ba-Tacanugim," The 13th International Congress For Jewish Studies, 11-15 August 2001, Jerusalem.
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Maimonides and the Kabala in "Ahabah ba-Tacanugim," Maimonides and Mysticism, 8-10 July, 2004, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan.
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"Ahabah ba-Tacanugim: A 14th Century Maimonidean Encyclopedia," Maimonides, the Man and his Image, 15-17 June, University College London.
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"Moses ben Judah’s Ahavah ba-Ta'anugim: A Fourteenth-Century Encyclopedia of Science," The fifth annual conference of the Israeli Scientific Foundation, 16-17 March 2005, Van-Leer Institution, Jerusalem.
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"Moses Prophecy and the Cherubim," Moses - The master of the Prophets, 7-9 March 2005, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat- Gan.
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"The Sinaitic Revelation in Maimonides’ Thought," The 14th International Congress For Jewish Studies, 31 July-4 August 2005, Jerusalem.
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"Mordecai Comtino and the Jewish Philosophical Culture in Constantinople," International Symposium First Historic-Cultural Hispano-Turco-Sephardic Encounter, 28-30 November 2005, University of Ankara, Faculty of Language, History & Geography.
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"Moses ben Yehuda and the Scholasticism after Thomas Aquinas, The Golden Ages of Spain, 4-6 September 2006, Bar-Ilan University and the Public University of Tudela, Tudela, Spain.
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Man's memory and God's memory in Jewish philosophy of the middle ages", The concept of memory in Judaism and Asians cultures, Haifa University, 6th of December 2007
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