Hindy Najman

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Hindy Najman is an American academic specialising in Jewish studies and the Hebrew Bible. From 2008 to 2012, she was Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto.[1] From 2012 to 2015, she was Professor of Religious Studies and Classics at Yale University.[2] Since July 2015, she has been Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford.[3]

Najman received a PhD from Harvard University in 1998.[4] She received a MA from Harvard as well (1997). Her BA is from Stern College, Yeshiva University where she majored in English Literature and minored in Music Theory and Jewish Studies (1990).[5]

Selected works[]

  • Najman, Hindy; Newman, Judith H., eds. (2008). The idea of biblical interpretation: essays in honor of James L. Kugel. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 978-1589833876.
  • Brooke, George J.; Najman, Hindy; Stuckenbruck, Loren T., eds. (2008). The significance of Sinai: traditions about Sinai and divine revelation in Judaism and Christianity. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-9004170186.
  • Najman, Hindy (2009). Seconding Sinai: the development of Mosaic discourse in Second Temple Judaism. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 978-1589834248.
  • Metso, Sarianna; Najman, Hindy; Schuller, Eileen, eds. (2010). The Dead Sea scrolls: transmission of traditions and production of texts. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-9004185845.
  • Najman, Hindy (2010). Past renewals: interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-9004180468.
  • Martínez, Florentino García; Najman, Hindy; Tigchelaar, Eibert, eds. (2013). Between philology and theology: contributions to the study of ancient Jewish interpretation. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-9004243934.
  • Najman, Hindy (2014). Losing the Temple and recovering the future: an analysis of 4 Ezra. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107006188.

References[]

  1. ^ "CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). Yale University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Hindy Najman". Religious Studies. Yale University. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Notices". Oxford University Gazette (5083). 22 January 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Faculty profile". Drisha Institute. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. ^ "CV" (PDF). University of Toronto. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
Academic offices
Preceded by Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture,
University of Oxford
2015 to present 		Incumbent
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