Prof. Israel Knohl

Higher Education

1983-1988 Ph.D. in Bible, Hebrew University in Dissertation: The Conception of God and Cult in the Priestly Torah and in the Holiness School. Supervisor: Prof. M. Greenberg 1980-1983 Doctoral studies in Talmud, Hebrew University in Jerusalem Supervisor: Prof. Y. Sussman 1976-1979 B.A. in Talmud, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (summa cum laude)

Post Doctorate

1988-1989 Post-doctoral studies at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, under the supervision of Prof. M. Walzer and in the Religion department of Princeton University under the supervision of Prof. J. Gajer.

Awards and Fellowships

2004-2006 Research Grant from AimesBiodex Foundation 2002 Research Grant from the Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania 2001-2002 Research Grant from the Wolfson Foundation 1999 The Kay Prize for Excellent Dissertation 1995-1996 Research Grant from the Rothschild Foundation 1995 Harry Star Fellowship, Harvard University

1992-1994 Research Grant from the Israel Science Foundation 1993 E. S. Rosenthal Prize for Talmudic Research 1993 Z. Shkopf Prize for Biblical Research 1991-1993 Y. Alon Prize 1989-1990 Research Grant from the Warburg Prize 1988-1989 Research Grant from The Rothschild Foundation 1988-1989 Research Grant from the Fulbright Foundation 1988-1989 Research Grant from the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 1984-1986 Research Grant from the Warburg Foundation 1979 J.N. Epstein Prize in Talmud

Career

2005-Present Professor of Bible Studies, Hebrew University 2003-2004 Senate Member, Hebrew University 2002 Member of the Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania. 2000-2001 Visiting Professor, University of Chicago. 1997-2000 Chair of the Bible Department, the Hebrew University 1996-1997 Member of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 1995-1996 Visiting Professor, at the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University.

Publications – refereed

Books: 1. Messiahs and Resurrection in the Gabriel Revelation (London and New York: Continuum, 2009). 2. Biblical Beliefs (Jerusalem: Magnes, 2007). [Hebrew] 3. The Divine Symphony (Philadelphia: JPS, 2003). 4. The Messiah before (Berkeley: The University of California Press, 2000); reprinted in 2002. 5. The Many Faces of Monotheistic Religion (Tel Aviv: The Broadcasted University, 1995). 6. The Sanctuary of Silence (Jerusalem: Magnes, 1992). [Hebrew]; English Translation published in Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1995; Reprinted in Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2007.

Chapters in Books: 1. "The Figure of Melchizedek in the Hebrew Bible, the and the New Testament," Text, Thought and Practice in Qumran and Early Christianity – Proceedings of the Ninth International Orion Symposium, R. A. Clements and D. R. Schwartz, eds. (Leiden: Brill, 2009), pp. 255-266. 2. "The Bible Reworked at Qumran: The 'Temple Scroll'and 4Q Reworked Pentateuch,” The Qumran Scrolls and their World, M. Kister, ed. (Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi, 2009), vol 1, pp. 143-156. [Hebrew] 3. "Cain: Son of God or Son of Satan," Jewish Biblical Interpretation in a Comparative Context, N. B. Dohrmann and D. Stern, eds. (Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008), pp. 37-50. 4. "Nimrod Son of Cush, King of Mesopotamia, and the Dates of P and J," Birkat Shalom, S. Paul Jubilee Volume, V. A. Hurowitz, ed. (Winona Lake,: Eisenbrauns, 2008), pp. 45-52. 5. "Cain – The Forefather of Humanity,” Sefer Moshe, The Moshe Weinfeld Jubilee Volume, C. Cohen et al, eds. (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2004), pp. 63-68. 6. "Sin, Pollution and Purity: Israel,” Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide, S. I. Johnston, ed. (Cambridge: Harvard University, 2004), pp. 502-504. 7. "Axial Transformations within Ancient Israelite Priesthood," Axial Civilizations and World History, J. P. Arnason, S.N. Eisenstadt and B. Wittrock, eds. (Leiden: Brill, 2004), pp. 199-222. 8. “Religion and Politics in Psalm 2,” Emanuel, Studies in Hebrew Bible, Septuagint and Dead See Scrolls in Honor of Emanuel Tov, S. M. Paul et al, eds.(Leiden:Brill, 2003), pp. 725-727. 9. "New Light on the Copper Scroll and 4QMMT,” Copper Scroll Studies: Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series 40 (Sheffield 2002), pp. 233-257. 10. "Two Aspects of the “Tent of Meeting,"' Tehillah le-Moshe, M. Cogan, B. Eichler and J. H. Tigay, eds. (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1997), pp. 73-79. 11. Israel Knohland S. Talmon, “A Calendrical Scroll from a Qumran Cave 4,” Text, Temples, and Traditions, M. V. Fox et al, eds. (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1996), pp. 65-71. 12. Israel Knohland S. Talmon, “A Calendrical Scroll from a Qumran Cave: Mismarot Ba, 4Q431,” Pomegranates and Golden Bells, D. Wright, D. N. Freedman and A. Hurvitz, eds. (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1995), pp. 267- 301. 13. "From Fear to Love," Job in the Bible, Thought and Art, L. Mazor, ed. (Jerusalem: Magnes, 1995, pp. 89-103. [Hebrew] 14. "Human Freedom in the Bible," Human Dignity and Freedom in the Jewish Heritage: Proceedings of the President’s Study Group on the Bible and Sources of Judaism (Jerusalem, 1995), pp. 60-70. [Hebrew] 15. Israel Knohl and S. Naeh, “Studies in the Priestly Torah: Lev. 7:19-21,” The Bible in the Light of its Interpreters, S. Japhet, ed. (Jerusalem: Magnes, 1994), pp. 601-612.

Articles: 1. "Sacred Architecture: The Numerical Dimensions of Biblical Poems,” VT 62 (2012), pp. 189-97. 2. "Psalm 68: Structure, Composition and Geography," Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 12 (2012). 3. "Coupling of Holiness Concepts and Broadening of Holiness Circles in the Editorial Layer of the Torah," Tarbiz 78 (4) (2009), 9 pp. [Hebrew] 4. "'By Three days Live': Messiahs, Resurrection and Ascent to Heaven in Hazon Gabriel," The Journal of Religion 88 (2008), pp. 147-158. 5. "Studies in the 'Gabriel Revelation,'" Tarbiz 76 (2007), pp. 303-328 6. "The Guilt Offering of the Holiness School," Vetus Testamentum 54 (2004), pp. 516-526. 7. "In the Face of Death,”Self, Soul and Body in Religious Experience, Numen, A. Baumgarten, ed. (Leiden:Brill, 1998), Sup. 78, pp. 87-95. 8. "On ‘The Son of God’ Armillus and Messiah Son of Joseph," Tarbiz 68 (1998), pp. 13-38. 9. "Between Voice and Silence: The Relationship between Prayer and Temple Cult,” Journal of Biblical Literature 115 (1996), pp. 17-30. 10. "Re-Considering the Dating and recipient of Miqsat Ma’ase ha-Tora,” Hebrew Studies 37 (1996), pp. 119-125. 11. "Biblical Attitudes to Gentiles Idolatry," Tarbiz 64 (1995), pp. 5-12. [Hebrew] 12. "Uncovering and Concealment of Torah," JQR Supplement (1994), pp. 99- 104. [Hebrew] 13. Israel Knohl and S. Naeh, “Milluim Ve-Kippurim,” Tarbiz 62 (1992), pp. 17- 44. [Hebrew] 14. "Post-Biblical Sectarianism and Priestly Schools of the Pentateuch: The Issue of Popular Participation in the Temple Cult on Festivals,” Tarbiz 60 (1991), 139-146. [Hebrew] 15. "The Priestly Torah Versus the Holiness School: Ideological Aspects," Proceedings of the Tenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem (1990), pp. 65-118. 16. "The Sin-Offering Law in the 'Holiness School,'” Tarbiz 59 (1990), pp. 1-10. [Hebrew] 17. "The Priestly Torah Versus the Holiness School: Sabbath and the Festivals," HUCA 58 (1987), pp. 65-118. 18. "A Parasha Concerned with Accepting the Kingdom of Heaven," Tarbiz 53 (1983), pp. 11-32. [Hebrew] 19. "The Acceptance of Sacrifices from Gentiles," Tarbiz 48 (1979), pp. 341-345. [Hebrew]

Other Activities:

2013-Present Member of the editorial committee of the Journal of the World Union of Jewish Studies. 2002-Present Member of the Editorial Board of the Jewish Studies Internet Journal. 2000 Organizing an International Conference on Messianism in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls. 1999-2000 Member of the Editorial Board of Yad Ben Zvi. 1999-2000 Organizing a Bible study group for biblical scholars and Knesset Members (together with former Chairman of the Kenesset, Mr. A. Burg).

Membership in Professional Associations

2004-Present Society of Biblical Literature 2005 European Association of Jewish Studies