EDUCATION
2009-2015
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D. in Second Temple Judaism and Rabbinic Literature
2004-2006
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Master of Arts summa cum laude; Concentration: Hebrew Bible
2000-2004
Stern College of Yeshiva University
New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude (May 2004)
Double Major: Biblical Studies and Music Theory
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Second Temple Judaism
History of Jewish interpretation of the Bible
Exegetical intersections between Early Christian and Rabbinic scriptural interpretation
The Hasmonean period and its literature
Themes of Jewish identity and gender in
Second Temple and Early Rabbinic Literature
Universalism in Ancient Judaism