Jonathan Lipnick
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Jonathan Lipnick Higher Education Currently Ph.D. student in Religion, Harvard University Dissertation: Alien to the Land: Origen’s Conceptualization of Biblical Space Advisor: Prof. Laura S. Nasrallah 2007 M.A. in Religion, Harvard University 2005 M.A. in Comparative Religion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Dissertation: Martyrdom, Polemic, and the Redaction of the Babylonian Talmud Advisor: Prof. Guy Stroumsa 2002 B.A. in Religious Studies, Indiana University Senior Thesis: Ernst Moritz Arndt and the Roots of German Nationalism Awards and Fellowships 2011 Graduate Society Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard University 2007, 2008 Bradley Bloom Graduate Fellowship, Harvard University 2002 The Dorot Foundation Fellowship in Israel 2002 Sandra Bornes Award, Department of Jewish Studies, Indiana University 2001 Chancellor’s Scholar, Indiana University 1998-2002 Dean’s Scholar (full tuition scholarship), Indiana University Career 2014-present Head of the Holy Land Studies Department, eTeacher Biblical Academy 2012-present Curriculum writer, eTeacher Biblical Greek course 2014 Lecturer, Rothberg International School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2012-2013 Spanish and Latin instructor, Tichon Ramah Yerushalayim 2009-2011 Researcher, Branco Weiss Institute, Jerusalem 2009 Instructor, Institute for Jewish Studies, Netiv conversion course 2008 Instructor, Hebrew College Boston, Me'ah adult learning program 2008-2009 Curriculum writer, JCRC of Boston, Bnai Telem program, 2007-2009 Teaching Fellow, Harvard Divinity School 2008 Teaching Fellow, Harvard Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations 2006-2009 Teaching Fellow, Harvard Department of Modern Hebrew Courses Taught (selected) The Holy Land Studies Department, eTeacher Biblical Academy 2014-present Exploring the Land of the Hebrew Bible 2014-present Exploring the Land of the Gospels Rothberg International School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem of Jerusalem 2014 Summer course on the history of Christianity for students from Mexico ‘Me'ah’ adult learning program, Hebrew College Boston 2008 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible Harvard Divinity School 2009 Introduction to the New Testament 2008 Classical Rabbinic Texts in Translation 2008 The Historical Jesus 2007 The Synoptic Gospels Department Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University 2008 From the Hebrew Bible to the Old Testament Department Modern Hebrew, Harvard University 2006-2009 Modern Hebrew Academic Conferences and Presentations 2013 “Guilt & Reconciliation in Second Temple and Early Christian Texts,” Swedish Theological Institute, Jerusalem 2012 “Luke 24:13: Will the Real Emmaus Please Stand Up?” Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem 2012 “The Historical Development of the Library of Caesarea,” Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem 2010 “Is Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ an Anti-Semitic Film?” Nofei Gilo, Jerusalem 2010 “The Historical Roots of the Greek Orthodox Church,” Kivunim, Jerusalem 2010 “A Citizen of the Heavenly Jerusalem: Origen’s Attitude to the Holy Land,” Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem – Institute for the Study of Land of Israel doctoral seminar [Hebrew] 2010 “Origen’s Concept of the Heavenly Jerusalem,” Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Jewish History M.A. seminar [Hebrew] 2010 “The Parting of the Ways: Jewish-Christianity in the Gospel of Matthew,” Yad Ben Zvi - Beit Ariela, Tel Aviv [Hebrew] 2006 “Martyrdom, Polemic, and the Redaction of the Talmud Bavli: The Case of R. Haninah b. Teradion,” Channels of Communication conference at Yale University 2006 “The Truth of the East: Josephus the Oriental Historiographer,” Harvard University Judaism in Late Antiquity Seminar Additional Education 2002-2003 Full-time student at The Conservative Yeshiva, Jerusalem 2001 Intensive German language program, Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg, Germany Languages Spoken: English, French, Hebrew (Modern), Spanish, German Read: Greek, Latin, Hebrew (Biblical), Syriac/Aramaic .