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In Knowledge of God and the Development of Early Kabbalah, Jonathan Dauber offers a fresh consideration of the emergence and early development of Kabbalah against the backdrop of a reevaluation of the relationship between early Kabbalistic and philosophic discourse. He argues that the first ...

Revel held its fourth annual Year-End Student-Faculty Reception this past May 23 rd, providing an opportunity for current and new students to meet with their classmates and professors. It was also a chance to celebrate the vibrancy of Revel and our school’s events over this past year: the annual ...

Center for Israel Studies Collaborates on Groundbreaking Byzantium and Islam Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum At the start of the seventh century, the eastern Mediterranean—from Syria through Egypt and across North Africa—was central to the spiritual and political heart of the Byzantine Empire…

Four-part Revel PhD lecture series hosted at the Jewish Center A series of four lectures by Revel PhD students was hosted by the Jewish Center in Manhattan on consecutive Mondays from April 23 to May 14 this year. The series, entitled “A Taste of Academic Jewish Studies from Tomorrow’s Jewish ...

From Rashi’s Shir ha-Shirim to Jewish-Christian Tensions to the Contemporary Academy: Revel Yom Iyun Addresses the Value and Relevance of Academic Jewish Studies Over 100 people congregated at The Jewish Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Sunday morning, March 18 for a unique Yom Iyun…

Exploring the Milieu of Great Minds: Associate Dean Cohen as Scholar-in-Residence at Jewish Center in Manhattan As the first in a three-part celebration of Revel’s 75 th anniversary intended to bring the school’s work to the attention of the broader Jewish community, Mordechai Cohen, Professor of…

Article by Perel Skier; photos by V. Jane Windsor On March 5, Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School hosted a special reception to mark the publication of a scholarly volume of collected essays honoring Dean David Berger, Ruth & I. Lewis Gordon Professor of Jewish History. Before a…

Lawrence Schiffman Offers Behind-the-Scenes Look at Ancient Scrolls Article by Yeshiva University Office of Communications and Public Affairs Visitors to Discovery Times Square in New York City are transported back in time with the museum’s latest exhibit, ”The Dead Sea Scrolls: Life And Faith In…

At a special luncheon on Tuesday, December 13, Revel students and faculty met with Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies in the Department of Religion at Emory University. Her most recent book, The Eichmann Trial, was published by Schocken Press in March…

On Monday, December 5, 2011 over a reception in Belfer Hall’s Sky Café, the Yeshiva University community celebrated the publication of A Common Cultural Heritage: Studies on Mesopotamia and the Biblical World in Honor of Barry L. Eichler (Bethesda, Md.: CDL Press), edited by Grant Frame, Erle ...