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American scholar (born 1943)
Michael A. Fishbane (born 1943) is an American scholar of
Judaism and
rabbinic literature . Formerly at
Brandeis University , he is currently Professor Emeritus of
Jewish Studies at the Divinity School,
University of Chicago .
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Fishbane (Ph.D.,
Brandeis University ) is well known as a
Hebrew Bible scholar, especially for his work Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel and his work on the
JPS Tanakh . He has also written on the subjects of
Midrash ,
mysticism ,
myth and
Jewish theology . In 2015, Fishbane published a multileveled comprehensive commentary presenting the full range of Jewish interpretations on the Song of Songs (Jewish Publication Society).
He has received the Lifetime Achievement in Textual Studies award from the
National Foundation For Jewish Culture .
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Bibliography
Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel, (Oxford Clarendon Press, 1985.)
Garments of Torah: Essays in Biblical Hermeneutics, (Indiana University Press, 1989.)
The Kiss of God: Spiritual and Mystical Death in Judaism, (University of Washington Press, 1994.)
The Exegetical Imagination: On Jewish Thought and Theology, (Harvard University Press, 1998.)
Biblical Text and Texture: A Literary Reading of Selected Texts, (Oneworld Publications, 1998.)
The JPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot, (Jewish Publication Society, 2002.)
Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking, (Oxford University Press, 2003.)
Sacred Attunement: A Jewish Theology, (University of Chicago Press, 2007.)
The JPS Bible Commentary: Song of Songs, (Jewish Publication Society, 2015)
Fragile Finitude: A Jewish Hermeneutical Theology, (University of Chicago Press, 2021)
Awards
1986:
National Jewish Book Award Scholarship for Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel
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1994: National Jewish Book Award in the Jewish Thought category for The Kiss of God: Spiritual and Mystical Death in Judaism
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References
Sources
International National Academics Other