Wolfson Professor Jewish Thought
University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa, Israel

Part I: Curriculum Vitae

Yeshivat Merkaz Harav, Jerusalem, 1962-63
Washington University, St. Louis, BA (1966), MA (1969), PhD (1973)
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1964-65, 1969-70
New York University, New York, 1966-67

University of Virginia, Acting Assistant Professor, 1972-73
College of William and Mary, Lecturer, 1973-75
University of Virginia, Assistant Professor, 1975-80
University of Haifa, Visiting Senior Lecturer, 1978-79
University of Haifa, Senior Lecturer, 1980--(tenure, 1983)
University of Haifa, Associate Professor, 1987
University of Haifa, Wolfson Chair of Jewish Thought, 1990
Northwestern University, Visiting Professor, Spring, 1992
Foundation for Jewish Studies (Wash. DC), Scholar in Residence, Fall, 1992
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Visiting Professor, Winter, 1992-93
University of Haifa, Professor, 1995

Steering Committee for Overseas Students Program (Chair), 1983-85
Assistant University Disciplinarian, 1983-7
Coordinating Committee on Students from Ethiopia, 1985-6
Chair, Department of Maritime Civilizations, 1988-91
Graduate School Governing Council, 1989-91
University Senate, 1989-92, 1994-
University Senate, Standing Executive Committee, 1989-92, 1994-
Faculty Union Governing Board, 1989-91
Committee on Faculty Remuneration (Chair), 1989-91
School of Social Work, Permanent Governing Council, 1989-92
University Board of Governors, 1990-91
University Library Committee (Chair), 1993-6
Head of Talmud Preparatory Program (Mechinah), 1993-94
Dean of Students, 1994-97
Dormitory Committee (chair), 1994-97
Scholarships Committee (chair), 1994-97
Tuition Exceptions Committee (chair), 1994-96
Committee on Physical Education, 1994-97
Committee on Campus Physical Development, 1995-98
University Board of Governors, 1995-98
Board of Directors, Haifa University Press, 1995-

University Ethics Committee, 1997-1999

Editor, University of Haifa Press, English Division, 1999-

BA, Magna Cum Laude, Washington University, 1966
Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1966-1967
NDEA Title IV Fellow, 1968-71
Wilson Foundation Teaching Internship, 1971-72 (declined)
Kaniel Award for Judaic Scholarship, Haifa Municipality, 1993

Grants: Memorial Foundation (1969), Hebrew University (1969), University of
Virginia (1976, 77, 79), Ministry of Immigrant Absorption (1981), American
Academy for Jewish Research (1985), Memorial Foundation (1987-88), American
Academy for Jewish Research (1990), Littauer Foundation (1990), Memorial
Foundation (1990-91).

Part II: Publications

4. Maimonides on the Decline of the Generations and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority. Albany: SUNY Press, 1996.
5. Must a Jew Believe Anything? London: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 1999.

6. Isaac Abravanel, Rosh Amanah (Principles of Faith). Hebrew text edited, with introduction and notes, and companion texts from Duran, Crescas and Bibago. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 1993.
7. Gersonides, Commentary on Song of Songs. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 2000.

8. Principles of Faith by Isaac Abravanel (translation, introduction, notes). London: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 1981.
9. Commentary on Song of Songs by Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides). New Haven: Yale University Press (Yale Judaica Series), 1998.

10. Contemporary Jewish Ethics. New York: Sanhedrin Press, 1978 (second printing, 1985).
11. The Pursuit of the Ideal: Jewish Writings of Steven Schwarzschild. Albany: SUNY Press, 1990.
12. Human Freedom and Moral Responsibility: General and Jewish Perspectives (College Park: University of Maryland Press, 1997) (Associate Editor; with Charles Manekin).

1. "Louis Jacobs' Doctrine of Revelation," Tradition 14 (1974): 143-147.
2. "Gersonides, Providence, and the Rabbinic Tradition," Journal of the American Academy of Religion 43 (1974): 673-685.
3. "Rabbi Isaac Bar Sheshet's Responsum Concerning the Study of Jewish Philosophy," Tradition 15 (1975): 110-118.
4. "Democracy and Civil Disobedience," Journal of Politics 37 (1975): 899-911 (this article appeared with a response by Sidney Hook: "In Defense of Terminological Sobriety--A Reply to Professor Kellner").
5. "Gersonides and His Cultured Despisers: Arama and Abravanel," Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 6 (1976): 269-296.
6. "Maimonides and Gersonides on Mosaic Prophecy," Speculum 42 (1977): 62-79.
7. "Rabbi Isaac Abravanel on the Principles of Judaism," Journal of the American Academy of Religion 45 (1977): 1183-1200.
8. "Rabbi Levi Ben Gerson: A Bibliographical Essay," Studies in Bibliography and Booklore 12 (1979): 13-23.
9. "Maimonides, Crescas, and Abravanel on Exodus 20:2--A Medieval Jewish Exegetical Debate," Jewish Quarterly Review 69 (1979): 129-157.
10. "Gersonides on Miracles, the Messiah and Resurrection," Da'at 4 (1980): 5-34.
11. "Rabbi Isaac Abravanel on Maimonides' Principles of Faith," Tradition 18 (1980): 343-356.
12. "Gersonides on the Problem of Volitional Creation," Hebrew Union College Annual 51 (1980): 111-128.
13. "Jewish Philosophy in the 1980's--Preliminary Comments," Studies in Jewish Philosophy 1 (1980): 10-15.
14. "Maimonides' 'Thirteen Principles' and the Structure of the Guide of the Perplexed," Journal of the History of Philosophy 20 (1982): 76-84.
15. "Rabbi Shimon ben Zemah Duran on the Principles of Judaism," Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research 48 (1981): 231-265.
16. "Jewish Dogmatics After the Spanish Expulsion: Rabbis Isaac Abravanel and Joseph Yabes on Belief in Creation as an Article of Faith," Jewish Quarterly Review 72 (1982): 178-187.
17. "Dogma in Medieval Jewish Thought: A Bibliographical Survey," Studies in Bibliography and Booklore 15 (1984): 5-21.
18. "What is Heresy?" Studies in Jewish Philosophy 3 (1983): 55-70.
18a. "Inadvertent Heresy in Medieval Jewish Thought: Maimonides and Abravanel vs. Duran and Crescas?" Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Thought 3 (1984): 393-403 (Hebrew).
18b. "What is Heresy?" reprinted in N. Samuelson (ed.), Studies in Jewish Philosophy: Collected Essays of the Academy for Jewish Philosophy, 1980-85 (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987): 191-214.
19. "Bibago on Dogma," Da'at 15 (1985): 89- 101 (Hebrew).
20. "Messianic Postures in Israel Today," Modern Judaism 6 (1986): 197-209.
20a. Reprint in: Marc Saperstein (ed.), Essential Papers on Messianic Movements in Jewish History (New York: New York University Press, 1992): 504- 19.
21. "The Conception of the Torah as a Deductive Science in Medieval Jewish Thought," Revue des Etudes Juives 146 (1987): 265-79.
21a. Revised version of preceding article in M. Gruber (ed.), Solomon Goldman Lectures 6 (1993): 139-49.
22. "Heresy and the Nature of Faith in Medieval Jewish Philosophy," Jewish Quarterly Review 76 (1987): 299-318.
23. "Reflections on the Impossibility of Jewish Ethics," Moshe Schwarcz Memorial Volume (Bar Ilan Annual, 22-23) (1987): 45-52.
24. "A Suggestion Concerning Maimonides' Thirteen Principles and the Status of Gentiles in the Messianic Era," Tura: Oranim Studies in Jewish Thought: Simon Greenberg Jubilee Volume, (Tel Aviv: Ha-Kibbutz Ha-Meuhad, 1988): 249-260 (Hebrew).
25. "Introduction to the Commentary on Song of Songs Composed by the Sage R. Levi ben Gers-Annotated Translation," J. Neusner (ed.), From Ancient to Modern Judaism: Essays in Honor of Marvin Fox Vol. 2 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, .1989): 187-205.
26. "Gersonides' Introduction to his Commentary on Song of Songs -- Critical Edition of the Hebrew Text with Source Notes," Da'at 23 (1989): 15-32 (Hebrew).
27. "The Place of Ethics in Medieval Jewish Philosophy -- The Case of Rav Sa'adia Gaon," Solomon Goldman Essays in Judaica 5 (1990): 56-70.
27a. Reprint: Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 9 (1990): 32-47.
28. "Jewish Ethics," Peter Singer (ed.) A Companion to Ethics (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991): 82-91,
29. "Reading Rambam: Approaches to the Interpretation of Maimonides," Jewish History 5 (1991): 73-93.
30. "Maimonides' Conception of the Ultimate Meaning of Life," Journal of Ultimate Reality and Meaning 14 (1991): 175-84.
31. "On the Status of the Astronomy and Physics in Maimonides' Mishneh Torah: A Chapter in the History of Science," British Journal for the History of Science 24 (1991): 453-63.
32. "Gersonides' Commentary on Song of Songs: Why He Wrote it and to Whom it was Addressed," G. Dahan (ed.), Gersonide en son Temps (Paris: Louvain; Peeters, 1991): 81-107.
33. "The Virtue of Faith," L. E. Goodman (ed.), Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought (Albany: SUNY Press, 1992): 195-205.
34. "Bibliographia Gersonideana," in G. Freudenthal (ed.), Studies on Gersonides -- A Fourteenth Century Philosopher Scientist (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1992): 367-414.
35. "Revelation and Messianism: A Maimonidean Study," Dan Cohn-Sherbok (ed.), Torah and Revelation (New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992): 117-33.
36. "Chosenness, Not Chauvinism: Maimonides on the Chosen People," Daniel H. Frank (ed.), A People Apart: Chosenness and Ritual in Jewish Philosophical Thought (Albany: SUNY Press, 1993): 51-76, 85-89.
37. "Maimonides on the Science of the Mishneh Torah -- Provisional or Permanent?" AJS Review 18 (1993): 169-94.
38. "Steven Schwarzschild," in Steven T. Katz (ed.), Interpreters of Judaism in the Late Twentieth Century (Washington, D.C.: Bnai Brith, 1993): 281-300.
39. "Maimonides and Gersonides on Astronomy and Metaphysics," S. Kottek and F. Rosner (eds.), Moses Maimonides: Physician, Scientist and Philosopher (Northvale: Jason Aronson, 1993): 91-96 and 249-51.
40. "Maimonides and Samuel ibn Tibbon on Jeremiah 9:22-23 and Human Perfection," in M. Beer (ed.) Studies in Halakha and Jewish Thought Presented to Rabbi Prof. Emanuel Rackman (Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 1994): 49-57.
41. "Isaac Abravanel on Dogma and Faith," Da'at 32-33 (1994): x1vii-lix.
42. "Politics and Perfection: Gersonides vs. Maimonides," Jewish Political Studies Review 6 (1994): 49-82.
43. "Gersonides on the Song of Songs and the Nature of Science," Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 4 (1994): 1-21.
44. "Metinut (Moderation)," in A. Kasher (ed.), Middot vi-Regashot (Ramat Gan: Hoshen la-Mishpat, 1994): 187-91 (in Hebrew).
45. "The Structure of Jewish Ethics," in E. Dorff and L. Newman (eds.), Contemporary Jewish Ethics and Morality (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995): 12-24 (reprint of Introduction to my anthology, Contemporary Jewish Ethics).
46. "Gersonides on the Role of the Active Intellect in Human Cognition," Hebrew Union College Annual 65 (1994): 233-59.
47. "Gersonides on Imitatio Dei and the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge," Jewish Quarterly Review 85 (1995): 275-96.
48. "On Universalism and Particularism in Judaism," Da'at 36 (1996): v-xv.
49. "Communication or Lack Thereof Among 13th- 14th Century Provencal Jewish Philosophers: Moses ibn Tibbon and Gersonides on Song of Songs," S. Menache (ed.), Communication in the Jewish Diaspora (Leiden: Brill, 1996): 227-55.
50."Well, Can There Be Jewish Ethics or Not?" Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 5 (1996): 237-41.
51. "Maimonides' Allegiances to Torah and Science," Torah U Madda Journal 7 (1997): 88-104.
52. "Maimonides on the Decline of the Generations," Y. Elman and J. Gurock (eds.), Hazon Nahum: Studies Presented to Dr Norman Lamm (New York: Yeshiva University Press, 1977): 163-85.
53. "Philosophical Misogyny in Medieval Jewish Thought: Gersonides vs. Maimonides," in A. Ravitzky (ed.), Y. Sermonetta Memorial Volume (Jerusalem: Magnes, 1998): 113-28 (Hebrew).

54. "Israel-Diaspora Relations After the Assassination: Can We Remain One People?" in Linzer, Schnall and Chanes (eds.), A Portrait of the American Jewish Community (Westport CN: Prager, 1998): 165-76.

55. "Can Orthodoxy Share the Public Square?" Jewish Political Studies Review 11 (1999): 127-43.

56. "Could Maimonides Get Into Rambam's Heaven?" Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 8 (1999): 231-242.

57. "The Beautiful Captive and Maimonides' Attitude Towards Gentiles," in Stephen D. Benin (ed.), Jewish-Gentile Relations Through the Ages (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, forthcoming).
58. "Torah and Science in Modern Jewish Thought: Steven Schwarzschild vs. Yeshayahu Leibowitz," Gad Freudental (ed.), Charles Touati Festschrift (forthcoming).
59. "Some Stylistic Aspects of the Mishneh Torah," E. Fleisher, G. Blidstein, and B. Septimus (eds.) Y. Twersky Memorial Volume (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, forthcoming).
 

1. "The Lure of the Right: 'Neoconservatism' and Jewish Intellectuals," Social Change 6 (1976).
2. Six entries in Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1980.
3. "Conservative Judaism: Evolutionary or Revolutionary?" Reconstructionist, 1980.
3a. "Teologia Conservadora: Evolucion o Revolucion?" Majshavot/Pensemientos, 1982.
4. "Dogma in Judaism," Reconstructionist, 1983.
4a. "Dogma," Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought, edited by Arthur A. Cohen and Paul Mendes-Flohr, 1987.
4b. Hebrew translation of preceding item in Lexikon ha-Tarbut ha- Yehudit bi-Zemanenu, 1993.
5. "Scholarly Study of Medieval Jewish Philosophy: 1970-1983," Encyclopaedia Judaica Yearbook, 1983-1985.
6. "Jews and their Messiahs," London Jewish Quarterly 41 (Autumn, 1994).

1. G. Scholem, The Messianic Idea in Judaism for Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (1973).
2. J. Hardon, American Judaism for Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (1973).
3. Encyclopaedia Judaica for Association for Jewish Studies Bulletin (1973).
4. N. Samuelson, Gersonides on God's Knowledge for International Studies in Philosophy (1978).
5. D. Hartman, Joy and Responsibility for Forum (1981).
6. M. Saperstein, Decoding the Rabbis for Speculum (1982).
7. D. Bleich and F. Rosner (eds.), Jewish Bioethics for Association for Jewish Studies Bulletin (1982).
8. H. Goldberg, Israel Salanter: Text, Structure, Idea for Forum (1984).
9. S. D. Breslauer, A New Jewish Ethics for Journal of the American Academy of Religion (1985).
10. S. D. Breslauer, Modern Jewish Morality: A Bibliographical Survey for Journal of Religion (1987).
11. Steven Harvey, Falaquera's "Epistle of the Debate": An Introduction to Jewish Philosophy for Iyyun (1989).
12. C. Sirat, A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages for International Studies in Philosophy (1989).
13. Herbert A. Davidson, Proofs for Eternity, Creation, and the Existence of God in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy for International Studies in Philosophy (1990).
14. Oliver Leamon, Moses Maimonides for International Studies in Philosophy (1992).
15. Isaiah Leibowitz, Judaism, Human Values, and the Jewish State for New York Times Book Review (1992).
16.Arnaldo Momigliano, Studies in Ancient and Modern Judaism for History of European Ideas (1996).
17. Lenn Evan Goodman, God of Abraham for Textual Reasoning: Journal of the Postmodern Jewish Philosophy Network (http://forest.drew.edu/~pmjp).
18. Ehud Benor, Worship of the Heart: A Study in Maimonides' Philosophy of Religion for Association for Jewish Studies Review (1998).

19. Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Maimonides and St. Thomas Aquinas on the Limits of Reason for International Studies in Philosophy (1999).

Non-Academic Publications:

1. "Memoirs of Reb Yom Tov Lippman Heller," Strobe 5 (1971).
2. "Religious Zionism?" Elul 2 (1972).
3. "The Hebrew University in S," Canadian Zionist 41 (1972) (with Morton Weinfeld).
4. "The Demand to Disobey: A Jewish Political Ideology," Elul 3 (1973).
5. "Israel is too Important to Leave to the Israelis," Canadian Zionist 43 (1974).
6. "Should "G-d" Exist?" Sh'ma 4/66 (1974).
6a. Reprinted in C. T. Oppenheim. (ed.), Listening to American Jews (New York, 1986).
7. "Will You Come to Our Intermarriage?" Sh'ma 5/91 (1975).
8. "Should Government Legislate Halakhah? Sh'ma 5/98 (1975).
9."Why We Moved to Israel" Sh'ma 12/226 (1982).
10. "The Limits of Functional Reinterpretation: An Orthodox Response," Reconstructionist (1984).