Bernard M. started following the work of 2 people.
Bernard M. started following the work of Jacob Lauinger, Johns Hopkins University, Near Eastern Studies.
Bernard M. started following the work of Peter Stadler, University of Vienna, Ur- und Frühgeschichte.
Bernard M. I will be giving a lecture at Or Emet: Minnesota Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, on April 27, 2012. The lecture is titled, "The Struggle for the Old Testament in Nazi Germany: The Story of Gerh... more
Faculty Member, Classical and Near Eastern Studies
University of Minnesota, Law
National Humanities Center, Henry Luce Senior Fellow in Religion
Professor, Berman Family Chair in Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible, Scholar of the College of Liberal Arts, 2010-2013
Liberal Arts
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I am interested in the literature and religion of ancient Israel. I focus on biblical law in its ancient Near Eastern context and on the way that biblical law was later reinterpreted in the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Second Temple literature. I have also explored the relation of the Bible to later western intellectual history. I just completed a book on the problem of divine justice in the Decalogue and on the importance of academic biblical studies for current work in the humanities on canon theory (Legal Revision and Religious Renewal in Ancient Israel). At the University of Minnesota, I have department affiliations with the Center for Jewish Studies and the Program in Religious Studies and am also an affiliated faculty member of the Law School. Recently, I was honored as a CLA Scholar of the College.
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