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Evyatar Marienberg, Ph.D Curriculum Vitae Evyatar Marienberg, Ph.D. Associate Professor E.J. and Sara Evans Fellow of Jewish History and Culture The Department of Religious Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Hall #112, CB #3225, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3225 USA Email: [email protected] Phone: +1-919-593-9951 Web: http://evyatarm.web.unc.edu Main fields of interest - Rabbinics - Contemporary Catholicism - Social History of Jews and Christians in Medieval Europe Academic education 1999-2002 Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris. Doctorat en Histoire et civilisation (=Ph.D in History). Dissertation (in French): Studies on Menstruation in Medieval and Early-Modern Judaism and Christianity (Supervisors: Alain Boureau, Gilbert Dahan) 1997-1998 Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes en Sorbonne (EPHE, 5e), Paris. D.E.A. en Sciences religieuses (=M.A. in Religious Studies) 1994-1998 Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP). [Licence de Théologie / Baccalauréat Canonique] (=S.T.B.) Other studies 2003-2015 German Courses in Berlin, Chapel Hill, and Graz 1999-2000 New York University, Skirball Department of Judaic Studies 1999-2000 Yeshiva University, Bernard Revel Graduate School, New York 1994-1995 Alliance Française de Paris (Intensive French Courses) 1990-1993 Yeshivat Ha-Kibbutz ha-Dati, Ein-Tzurim Academic experience and affiliations 2009-present Associate Professor (2009-2014: Assistant Professor), The Department of Religious Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Additional affiliations at UNC: The Department of Romance Studies, The Department of Women’s Studies, The Program in Jewish Studies, The Program in Sexuality Studies 2009-2019 The E.J. and Sara Evans Fellow/Scholar of Jewish History and Culture, The Department of Religious Studies, UNC Winter 2014 Fellow, Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Michigan Spring 2008 Starr Fellow, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University 2007-2009 Assistant Professor, The Department of Talmud and Rabbinics, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York 2006-2007 Carey Fellow, Erasmus Institute, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 2005-2006 Lecturer, Emek Izreel College, Afula (Israel) 2003-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow & Lecturer, The Programs of Religious and Interdisciplinary Studies, Tel Aviv University 2001-2002 Assistant Professor (Special Category), The Department of Jewish Studies, McGill University, Montreal Publications and presentations I. Doctoral dissertation - Niddah : Etudes sur la Baraita de Niddah et sur la conceptualisation de la menstruation dans le monde juif et son écho dans le monde chrétien de l’époque médiévale à nos jours, (Studies on the Baraita de Niddah and on the conceptualization of menstruation in the Jewish world and its echo in the Christian world from the medieval period to our time), under the direction of Alain Boureau, EHESS, 592 pages, Paris 2002. Committee: Jean-Claude Schmitt (EHESS, President), Moshe Bar Asher (Hebrew University), Alain Boureau (EHESS), Elisheva Carlebach (CUNY/Queens College), Gilbert Dahan (EPHE), Joseph Shatzmiller (Duke University) II. Books - For Married Men Only: The History of Traditional Jewish Sexual Guidance (working title, in progress) - Broken Faith and Sacred Love: Sting and Religion (working title, manuscript under consideration) - Catholicism Today: An Introduction to the Contemporary Catholic Church, Routledge, New York 2014 (258 page, ISBN 9780415719438, http://www.catholicism-today.info) Known reviews: Arthur Remillard, Choice Reviews Online 62:7 (March 2015) Benedikt Paul Göcke, Reading Religion (October 2017) Angela McCarthy, Pastoral Liturgy 47:2 (2017) - La Baraita de-Niddah : Un texte juif pseudo-talmudique sur les lois religieuses relatives à la menstruation (The Baraita de-Niddah: a Pseudo-Talmudic Jewish Text about the Religious Laws Concerning Menstruation), La Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Sciences religieuses, Vol. 157, Brepols, Turnhout 2012 (228 pages, ISBN 9782503545370) Known reviews: Ron Naiwled, The Talmud Blog (February 19, 2013) Günter Stemberger, Journal for the Study of Judaism 45 (2014) - Catholicism Now: An Introduction to the Contemporary Catholic Church (Hebrew), Carmel Publishing House, Jerusalem 2010 (287 pages, ISBN 9789655400144, http://cathonow.blogspot.com) Known reviews: David Neuhaus sj, www.catholic.co.il (April 20, 2010) Vered Lee, Haaretz (May 5, 2010, +Interview) Franz Le Guen, France Catholique (May 7, 2010, +Interview) Yitzhak Laor, Haaretz (May 14, 2010) Nicolas Baguelin, catholiquehebraique [blog] (September 23, 2010) Dror Eydar, Israel Hayom (December 24, 2010) Sergio I. Minerbi, Katharsis 15 (2011) Gal Oren, Iton 77 (Vol. 360, March-April 2012) 2 - Niddah. Lorsque les juifs conceptualisent la menstruation (Niddah: When Jews Conceptualise Menstruation), Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2003 (366 pages, ISBN 9782251442464) Known reviews: Jean-Jacques Wahl, L’Arche 555 (2004) Daniel Ben Simon, Haaretz (March 17, 2004 [Heb.] / April 2, 2004 [Eng.]) Svante Lundgren, Nordisk Judaistik 25:1 (2004) Eléments pour la civilisation européenne 112-119 (2004) Sylvie Anne Goldberg, Annales HSS 61:3 (2006) Etienne Lepicard, Korot 18 (2006) Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert, AJS Review 31:1 (2007) Sophie Nizard, Archives de sciences sociales des religions 140 (2007) Marie-Helene Congourdeau, The Medieval Review (July 2, 2008) Joëlle Allouche-Benayoun, Clio 28 (2008) III. Refereed articles - "O My God: Religion in Sting’s Early Lyrics", The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture (forthcoming, 2019) - "The 19th-Century Kitzur Shulhan Arukh: The Story of a Classic Manual of Jewish Law", Religion Compass 13.2 (2019), pp. 1-9 - "Bible, religion, and Catholicism in Sting's album and musical The Last Ship", Studies in Musical Theatre 12.3 (2018), pp. 319-335 - "Jews, Jesus, and Menstrual Blood", Transversal: Journal for Jewish Studies 14 (2016), pp. 1-10 - "Women’s ‘Synagogues’: Depictions of Jewish ritual baths in 18th-century Europe" (Hebrew), Mo’ed 22 (2016), pp. 100-113 - "Female Fertility in Talmudic Literature" (Hebrew), Hebrew Union College Annual 84-85 (2013-2014), pp. 47-94 - "Women, Men, and Cold Water: The Debate over the Heating of Jewish Ritual Baths from the Middle Ages to Our Own Time" (Hebrew), Jewish Studies: An Internet Journal 12 (2013), pp. 1-37 - "Traditional Jewish Sexual Practices and Their Possible Impact on Jewish Fertility and Demography", Harvard Theological Review 106:3 (2013), pp. 243-286 - "La Halakhah. Observée ou ignorée ? Unificatrice ou séparatrice ?" (The Halakhah : Observed, or Ignored? Unifying, or Separating?), Tsafon 65 (2013), pp. 63-71 - "Jews Have the Best Sex: The Hollywood Adventures of a Peculiar Medieval Jewish Text on Sexuality", Journal of Religion and Film 14:2 (2010) - "The Second Council of the Vatican: Current Debates" (Hebrew), Zmanim 101 (2008), pp. 28-41 - "« La synagogue des femmes » : Illustrations représentant des bains rituels au XVIIIe siècle" (The Synagogue of Women: Illustrations Representing Ritual Baths in the 18th Century), Tsafon 49 (2005), pp. 99-113 - "Lorsque la femme d’Eléazar de Worms croise un âne : La Baraïta de Niddah et son influence sur les coutumes des juives ashkénazes, de l’époque médiévale à nos jours" (When the Wife of Eleazar of Worms Meets a Donkey: The Baraita de-Niddah and Its Influence on the Customs of Ashkenazi Jewish Women, From Medieval Times to Our Own), Revue des Études Juives 164:1-2 (2005), pp. 235-247 3 - "Menstruation in Sacred Spaces: Medieval and Early-Modern Jewish Women in the Synagogue", Nordisk Judaistik 25:1 (2004), pp. 7-16 - "A Mystery on the Tombstones, or: Menstruation in Early-Modern Ashkenazi Culture", Women in Judaism 3:2 (2003), 17 pages - "Le bain des Melunaises : Les juifs médiévaux et l'eau froide des bains rituels" (The Bath of the Women of Melun: Medieval Jews and the Cold Water of Ritual Baths), Médiévales 43 (2002), pp. 91-101 - "David and Goliath" (Hebrew), Beit-Mikra 130 (1992), pp. 245-259 IV. Non-Refereed articles - "Educating American Modern Orthodox Children About Sex: Guides for Parents, Guides for Pupils" (under consideration for a volume of G’vanim: The Journal of the Academy for Jewish Religion) - "’It Is Certainly Forbidden to Force Her’: Marital Relations in the Nineteenth Century Kitzur Shulhan Arukh", in: Halakhic Manuals [Working Title], Edited by Simcha Fishbane and Ira Robinson (under review) - "‘Close Your Eyes and Think of These Four’: Correct Thoughts During Sex According to an Important 12th Century Provençal Jewish Author", The Medieval Magazine 121 (February 2019), pp. 70-79 - "Has Christianity Made the World a Better Place?", Reform Magazine, September 2018, p. 23 - "Religion in Sting’s album …Nothing Like the Sun (1987)’, Religion Around Sting, October 2017, http://links.religionaroundsting.com/nlts. - "Death, Resurrection, Sacraments, and Myths: Religion Around Sting", in: Cultural Icons and Cultural Leadership, Edited by Peter Iver Kaufman and Kristin M. S. Bezio, Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton 2017, pp. 167-185 - "Contemporary Modern Orthodox Guidance Books on Marital Sexuality", in: Mishpachah: The Jewish Family in Tradition and in Transition, Edited by Leonard J. Greenspoon, Purdue University Press, West Lafayette 2016, pp. 135-151 - "Contemporary Haredi Sexual Guidance", in: New Perspectives on Gender & Jewish Life, The Frankel Institute Annual 2014, Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2014, pp. 49-51 - "‘Canaanites’ in Medieval
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