Allen Howard Podet 20 Aug 2012 VITA Dr. Allen Howard Podet, Professor Philosophy and Religious Studies Department State University College at Buffalo 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, New York 14222-1059 SPECIALIZATIONS: 1) World Religions; 2) Jewish Philosophy (including contemporary movements); 3) Islam. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: B.A. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1956. Undergraduate fields: Psychology, Philosophy, English B.H.L. (Honors), Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1958. Non degree: The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1960 to 1961. Graduate Study, Hebrew Language and Literature. M.A.H.L. (Honors), Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, ohio, 1962. Research areas: Rabbinics, Codes. Thesis: "Elements in the Development of the Concept of False Witness from the Code of Hammurabi through the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds." Principal work with Professors Alexander Guttmann, Jakob Josef Petuchowski, and Ellis Rivkin. D.H.L. Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1964. Doctoral research areas: History, Rabbinics. Dissertation: "Morenu Harabh: Elements in the Development of Ordination in the Codes." Principal work with Professors Alexander Guttmann and Ellis Rivkin. Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1979. Doctoral research areas: Modern Jewish History, Zionism. Dissertation: ”The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry.” Principal work with Professors Jere Bacharach and Giovanni Costigan. D.D. Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, 1988. Honoris causa. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Lecturer, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literature, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1970-1973. Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department, State University College at Buffalo, 1973-present. PRINCIPAL COURSES TAUGHT: World Religions, Mysticism, Jewish History and Philosophy, Islam. Current research area: The Jews of Renaissance Venice, The Pius Wars [Pius XII]. PUBLICATIONS: (Excerpts) Books: Success and Failure of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 1945-1946: Last Chance in Palestine. Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987. A Translation of the Magen Wa-Hereb of Leon Modena: Christianity through the Eyes of a Rabbi. Critical text; monograph on the Life and Times of Leon Modena, Chief Rabbi of Renaissance Venice; and analysis and discussion of the text. Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2001. Structural Analysis: The Historiographic Method of Ellis Rivkin. Edited by Allen Podet and with an Introduction by David Ellenson. Potsdam, Germany: The Abraham Geiger College Press, 2002. Articles: "Hitpathutah shel temunat 'eliyahu besifrut midreshe tehillim." Proceedings and Papers of the Second World Congress for Jewish Folklore Research. Haifa, Yeda Am (March, 1961). "Ein historischer Zugang zu einem Philosophen: Moses Maimonides in seiner Zeit." Emuna, Vol. 4, No. 77 (Winter, 1977). "The Unwilling Midwife: Ernest Bevin and the Birth of Israel" (The Eighth Annual Van Der Zyl Lecture, London). European Judaism, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Winter, 1977). "Anti-Zionism in a Key United States Diplomat: Loy Henderson at the End of World War II. "American Jewish Archives, Vol. 30, No. 2 (November, 1978). "Husni al-Barazi on Arab Nationalism in Palestine." Zionism and Arabism in Palestine and Israel, pp. 171-182. Edited by Elie Kedourie and Sylvia G. Haim. London, Frank Cass, 1982. "Four Problems in Near East Analyses: Afterthoughts on the Heradstveit Symposium." Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Fall, 1982). "La Croix''s Paradox: An Analysis." International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 18, No. 69-72 (1985). "American Holocaust Textbooks: Essay Review." European Judaism, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Winter 1986). "Zionism." Article in The Harry S. Truman Encyclopedia. Published: August, 1989. "Honesty and Reality." An invited response to the Manna "Collective Theological Essay." Manna Theology Supplement p. 4. Manna, Vol. 1, No. 31 (Spring, 1991). ”The Gulf War: Religious and Cultural Considerations.” Address before the Arizona Honors Academy. Published as Chapter 10 (pp. 210-232) in: Carol Rae Hanson, ed., The New World Order: Rethinking America’s Global Role. Flagstaff: Arizona Honors Academy Press, 1992. “Patterns of Classical Islam and Some American ‘Black Muslims’.” Religious Education, Vol. 89, No. 3 (Summer, 1994). ”Introduction to American Islam for Social Service Workers“ and “Resources on Islam for American Social Service Workers.” Buffalo: Center for Development of Human Services, 1997. “ Rabbis from the Margins. “ A solicited evaluation of the Leo Baeck College. Manna, 55:1 (Spring, 1997). Reviews: "Four Hasidic Masters and their Struggle Against Melancholy" by Elie Wiesel. European Judaism, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Autumn, 1979). "Forms of Prayer: Daily, Sabbath and Occasional Prayers" edited by The Assembly of Rabbis of the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain. Review article: "Reform Prayers." Midstream, Vol. 27, No. 8 (October, 1981). "The Jews of Europe and the Inquisition of Venice, 1670" by Brian Pullan. Italian Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 107 (Winter, 1987). "Cross-Culture Theology: Western Reflections in Asia" by Daniel J. Adams. The Navy Chaplain, Vol. 2, No. 5 (Winter, 1988). "Zionism and Arab Nationalism: Origin and Evolution of the Conflict" by Michael J. Cohen. European Judaism, Vol. XX, No. XX (Winter, 1990). "The Autobiography of a Seventeenth Century Venetian Rabbi: Leon Modena''s Life of Judah" ed. and trans. by Mark R. Cohen. European Judaism, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Spring, 1990). Issue No. 44. "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: The Classical Texts and their Interpretation" 3 Vols., Vol. 1: "From Covenant to Community" by Francis E. Peters. The Navy Chaplain, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring/Summer, 1991). “Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the Twentieth Century“ by Samuel Heileman. European Judaism 29:2, Vol. 57 (Autumn, 1996), pp. 148-150. “All the Nations Under Heaven: an Ethnic and Racial History of New York” by Frederick M. Binder an David M. Reimers. Italian Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 163-164 (Winter-Spring, 2005). Papers read: "Midrashic and Biblical Literatures: Aspects of the Interface." Paper read before the Joint Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Chapters of the American Academy of Religion and the Society for Biblical Literature. Seattle, Washington. May, 1973. "Maimonides in seiner Zeit." Paper read before the International Conference of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, Bendorf, Germany. February, 1977. "The Unwilling Midwife: Ernest Bevin and the Birth of Israel." The Eighth Annual Van Der Zyl Lecture, London. Later published. 1977. "Die judeo-christliche Theologie als Vorurteilsquelle." Paper read before the International Conference of Jews, Christians and Muslims, Bendorf, Germany, February, 1979, and before a joint meeting of the Evangelische Akademie Nordelbien and the Katholische Akademie, Hamburg, Germany. March, 1979. "The One Way and the Many Ways: Risks and Limits of Pluralism." Address read at the International Conference of Christians and Jews Symposium, Concordia University, Montreal. August, 1988. In 1987, I was invited by the Royal Shakespeare Company to become Advisor to the Company for a new production of Merchant of Venice which they were then mounting. They wanted it set in Shakespeare’s time in Jewish Venice in the High Renaissance. I consulted with regard to Jewish life, thought, dress, and legal and religious positions, and I prepared at RSC’s request a paid article to appear in the program dealing with Jewish Venice and Jews in England at that time. The article appeared in Manna in September 1987. The new Bill Alexander production of Merchant, in whose program I am acknowledged, opened in Stratford- Upon-Avon and moved to London in March, 1988. "Islamic and Jewish Perspectives on Peace and War." Address and seminar conducted for and at the U.S. Naval War College. March, 1989. “Nostradamophiles and the Abuse of theBible.” Address, lecture, and discussion before the Biblical Archaeology Societyof Buffalo. January, 2006. “Renaissance Jewish Polemics and Apologetics.” Address and discussion before the organization of reform rabbis (NAORR) convention, Fort Myers, FL, 2011. CITATIONS: (My work is cited in significant literature in my field as follows.) Peter Grose, Israel in the Mind of America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Freiburger Rundbrief, Vol. 34 (1982), p. 105 (Editorial). Oliver H. Hauptmann and Mark J. Littlefield, Escorial Bible I.i.4, Vol. 2, Introduction.Madison: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies,1987. Freiburger Rundbrief, Vol. 37-38 (1985-1986), p. 105 (Editorial). Eli Rosen, "Apartheid be-Venezia" (Hebrew), in Bamah Journal, 1988. "Die jüdische Tradition im Wandel der Zeiten: Eine Betrachtung aus der Sicht des heutigen Reformjudentums," in Die Menorah journal (Aachen), Vol. 6, No. 3 (December, 1989). A three-column article by the editorial staff reviewing my lecture series in the Essen (Ruhr) and Aachen region. REVIEWS: My book, Success and Failure of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 1945 - 1948: Last Chance in Palestine, is also reviewed in: Middle East Journal, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Spring, 1988). The United States Naval War College Review, Vol. 41, No. 4, Sequence 324 (Autumn, 1988). Choice, Vol. xx, No. xx (Fall, 1989). Religious Education Journal, Vol. 84, No. 1 (Winter, 1989). American Jewish Archives, Vol. 41, No. 2 (Fall/Winter, 1989). HONORS, AWARDS: (Excerpts) 1959 The Kaufman Kohler Memorial Prize Award, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati. 1960