Hindy Najman
Hindy Najman is an American academic specialising in Jewish studies and the Hebrew Bible. From 2008 to 2012, she was Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto.[1] From 2012 to 2015, she was Professor of Religious Studies and Classics at Yale University.[2] Since July 2015, she has been Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford.[3]
Selected works
- Najman, Hindy; Newman, Judith H., eds. (2008). The idea of biblical interpretation: essays in honor of James L. Kugel. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 1589833872.
- Brooke, George J.; Najman, Hindy; Stuckenbruck, Loren T., eds. (2008). The significance of Sinai: traditions about Sinai and divine revelation in Judaism and Christianity. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9004170189.
- Najman, Hindy (2009). Seconding Sinai: the development of Mosaic discourse in Second Temple Judaism. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 1589834240.
- Metso, Sarianna; Najman, Hindy; Schuller, Eileen, eds. (2010). The Dead Sea scrolls: transmission of traditions and production of texts. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9004185844.
- Najman, Hindy (2010). Past renewals: interpretative authority, renewed revelation, and the quest for perfection in Jewish antiquity. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 900418046X.
- Martínez, Florentino García; Najman, Hindy; Tigchelaar, Eibert, eds. (2013). Between philology and theology: contributions to the study of ancient Jewish interpretation. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 9004243933.
- Najman, Hindy (2014). Losing the Temple and recovering the future: an analysis of 4 Ezra. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 110700618X.
Hindy currently lives in Riverdale with her husband Paul Franks and her kids Ezra and Marianna.
References
- ^ "CURRICULUM VITAE" (pdf). Yale University. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Hindy Najman". Religious Studies. Yale University. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Notices". Oxford University Gazette (5083). 22 January 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.