Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism
Jewish Publication Society, Fall 2018
The Making of Jewish Universalism: From Exile to Alexandria
Rowman and Littlefield, 2017
Online
“Rebecca in Early Jewish and Rabbinic Literature.” November 15th, 2017.
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“A Love Letter to the Woman of Valor.” November 9th, 2017. The Lehrhaus.
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Review of “Chana: A Life in Prayer,’ by Rabbi Yehiel E. Poupko. JUF News. September 6, 2017.
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“The Christian Monks Who Saved Jewish History.” The Lehrhaus. May 11, 2017.
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“The Decalogue in Rabbinic Literature.” Modern Torah Leadership. February 16, 2017.
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“Heteronomy and Hierarchy: Are Partnership Minyanim Orthodox? A CTML Symposium.”
“Wrestling With God: Leonard Cohen’s You Want it Darker.” The Lehrhaus. November 13, 2016.
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“The Origins of Jewish Universalism: What it is, and Why it Matters.” The Lehrhaus. October 6, 2016.
“The Tale of Susanna: A Story About Daniel.” The Torah.Com. September 1, 2016.
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“Queen Berenice: A Woman of Contrasts.”
“Intimacy on the Sabbath: Was it Always a Mitzvah?”
“The Haggadah: A New Telling of the Exodus Story.”
“Uncovering the Truth About Chanukah.”
“The Making of Adam: Understanding the Midrash in Light of Plato and the Pseudepigrapha.”
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“Abraham as the Great (Un)Circumciser: A Surprising Midrashic Portrait of Abraham.”
“Sefer Tuviah–The Book of Tobit.”
“The Portrayal of Abraham in the Testament of Abraham.”
“Why Jews Fast.” Co-authored with Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber.
“Jewish Attitudes Towards the Land of Israel During the Time of the Second Temple.”
Academic Publications
Forthcoming:
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2019- Editor, Proceedings of the 2018 Hayim Perelmuter Conference in Jewish Christian Dialogue, co-edited with John R. Barker, Judaism in Context Series, Gorgias Press
2018- Review of Stephen Greenblatt, The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve, Christian Century
2018- Review of Irving Green, The Jews of Chicago, Chicago Jewish Historical Society Quarterly Journal,
2018- “Bel and the Dragon: Introduction and Commentary,” in The Jewish Annotated Apocrypha, eds. Lawrence Wills and Jonathan Klawans
2018- Zechariah, Wisdom Commentary Series; co-authored with Leslie Hoppe, ed. Barbara Reid
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Published
2017- “A Family’s Witness of Faith (2 Maccabees 7),” The Bible Today
2017- Review of Michael Segal, Dreams, Riddles, and Visions: Textual, Contextual, and Intertextual Approaches to the Book of Daniel, AJS Review
2017- Review of Richard Kalmin, Migrating Tales: The Talmud’s Narratives and Their Historical Contexts, Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 12.1
2016- “The Apocalyptic Visions of Abraham and Paul in Early Judaism and Christianity,” The Bible Today, 54.4 (2016) 261–266.
2016- “Geography-Based Giving in the Jewish Tradition,” in Poverty and Wealth in the Sacred Texts of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, eds. Nathan R. Kollar and Muhammad Shafiq. New York: Palgrave
2016- “The Book of Jonah,” entry in Encyclopedia of Biblical Reception (EBR)
2016- “Echoes of Universalist Testament Literature in Christian and Rabbinic Texts,” Harvard Theological Review
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2015- “Interpretations of Abraham’s Circumcision in Early Christianity,” in From Enoch to Montreal and Back: New Vistas on Early Judaism and Christianity. Papers from the Fifth Enoch Graduate Seminar, Montreal, 20–24 May 2014, eds. Lorenzo DiTommaso and Gerbern S. Oegema. London: T&T Clark
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2015- “Let All Life Be in Common: Jewish Universalism from the Hebrew Bible Through the Second Temple Period,” Doctoral Dissertation
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2014- “The Book of Haggai,” entry in Encyclopedia of Biblical Reception (EBR)
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2011- “Greek Influence on the Composition of 2 Maccabees,” Journal for the Study of Judaism, 42.3 (2011) 293–310
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2006- “Doors, Windows, and Boundaries in the Elijah-Elisha Stories,” Harvard University Masters Thesis