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Department News

  • Shira Weiss Gives Lecture on Free Will and The Bible
    9/5/25
    Professor Shira Weiss, of Ben Gurion University presented a lecture titled: "Free Choice and the Bible: The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart in Philosophical Exegesis"
  • Professor Noam Pines' Book Launch - A Success!
    9/5/25
    Professor Noam Pines presented his new book "The Infrahuman: Animality in Modern Jewish Literatures"
  • Alexandra Zirkle Gives Lecture on "Song of Song's" and Modernity
    9/5/25
    On February 4th, Alexandra Zirkle of Boston University gave a lecture titled, "Re-imagining Sex: World-Building Exegesis and Heinrich Graetz's Song of Songs."
  • Fall 2018 Semester Wraps Up!
    9/5/25
    Here's a look into our Fall 2018 Semester!
  • Blind Date With a Jewish Book Incites a Second Date!
    9/5/25
    Presented by Professor Richard Cohen "Life & Fate" written by Vasily Grossman 

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