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Assistant Professor

• Affiliation(s)

  • Judaic Studies
  • U of M Law School

• Fields of Study

  • Jewish history (particularly late antique)
  • Palestinian and Babylonian rabbinic culture
  • Religion and mysticism
  • Law in the ancient world
  • Vision and visuality

• About

  Selected Publications:

  “Embracing Icons: The Face of Jacob on the Throne of God,” Images, Volume 1, Number 1, 2007 , pp. 36-54(19), 

  “Eyeing Idols: Rabbinic Viewing Practices in Antiquity,” Jewish Quarterly Review (accepted).

• Education

  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 2007