American rabbi and scholar
Dan Mark Cohn-Sherbok is a
rabbi of
Reform Judaism and a Jewish theologian. He is Professor Emeritus of
Judaism at the
University of Wales .
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Biography
Born 1945
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[3] in
Denver ,
Colorado , he graduated from
East High School (Denver) and was a student at
Williams College ,
Massachusetts ,
spending a junior year abroad in Athens, Greece.
He was ordained a Reform rabbi at the
Hebrew Union College at
Cincinnati . He was a Chaplain of the Colorado House of Representative, and Honorary Colonel Aide-de-Camp of New Mexico.
He has served as a rabbi in the United States, England, Australia and South Africa.
He was a student at
Wolfson College, Cambridge , and rowed in the Wolfson College boat. He received a doctorate in philosophy from the
University of Cambridge in
England .
Later, he received an honorary doctorate in divinity from the
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion ,
New York City . He taught theology at the
University of Kent and served as director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society, and was Professor of Judaism at the
University of Wales . He has served as visiting professor at
University of Essex ,
Middlesex University ,
St. Andrews University ,
Durham University ,
University of Vilnius, Lithuania ,
Charles University, Prague ,
York St John University ,
Trinity University College ,
St Mary's University, Twickenham ,
St Andrews Biblical Theological College, Moscow and Honorary Professor at
Aberystwyth University .
He has been a visiting fellow at
Wolfson College, Cambridge , and
Harris Manchester College, Oxford , a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Corresponding Fellow of the
Academy of Jewish Philosophy , a visiting research fellow of
Heythrop College, University of London , a Life Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge, an Honorary Senior Member of Darwin College, University of Kent, an Associate Member of the SCR
Christ Church, Oxford , a Member of the SCR
Harris Manchester College, Oxford , and a Member of the London Society for the Study of Religion and the
Arts and Humanities Peer Review College . He has also served as a visiting scholar of
Mansfield College, Oxford , the
Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies and
Sarum College .
He was a finalist of the Times Preacher of the Year, and winner of the Royal Academy Friends design competition.
He is married to
Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok .
Works
Cohn-Sherbok is the author and editor of over 100 books which have been translated into Russian, Greek, Bulgarian, Hebrew, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, Japanese, Romanian, Turkish, Persian and German. He has also illustrated 25 books with cartoons and has contributed cartoons to books and magazines. His books include:
Cohn-Sherbok, Dan (1984). The Jews of Canterbury 1760-1931 . Seattle, WA ?: Yorick Books.
ISBN
978-0-947-71001-9 .
———;
Irwin, Michael , eds. (1987). Exploring Reality . London:
Allen & Unwin .
ISBN
978-0-041-00050-4 .
——— (1987). On Earth as It Is in Heaven: Jews, Christians and Liberation Theology . Maryknoll, NY:
Orbis Books .
ISBN
978-0-883-44410-8 .
——— (1989). The Jewish Heritage . Oxford:
Blackwell .
ISBN
978-0-631-15414-3 .
——— (1989).
Holocaust Theology: A Reader . London: Lamp Press.
ISBN
978-0-551-01829-7 .
——— (1989). Jewish Petitionary Prayer: A Theological Exploration . Toronto Studies in Theology.
Lewiston, New York ;
Lampeter , Wales:
Edwin Mellen Press .
ISBN
978-0-889-46781-1 .
——— (1989). God and the Holocaust . Herefordshire:
Gracewing Publishers .
ISBN
978-0-852-44341-5 .
———, ed. (1990). The Canterbury Papers: Essays on Religion and Society . London:
Bellew Publishing .
ISBN
978-0-947-79244-2 .
———, ed. (1990). The Salman Rushdie Controversy in Inter-religious Perspective .
Lewiston, New York ;
Lampeter , Wales:
Edwin Mellen Press .
ISBN
978-0-889-46719-4 .
——— (1990). Rabbinic Perspectives on the New Testament .
Lewiston, New York ;
Lampeter , Wales:
Edwin Mellen Press .
ISBN
978-0-889-46689-0 .
———, ed. (1991). Islam in a World of Diverse Faiths . Library of Philosophy and Religion. Macmillan Academic and Professional Ltd.
ISBN
978-0-333-69067-3 .
———, ed. (1991). A Traditional Quest: Essays in Honour of Louis Jacobs . Sheffield: JSOT Press.
ISBN
978-1-850-75279-0 .
———, ed. (1991). The Sayings of Moses . Gerald Duckworth & Co.
ISBN
978-0-715-62375-6 .
———, ed. (1991). Problems in Contemporary Jewish Theology .
Lewiston, New York ;
Lampeter , Wales:
Edwin Mellen Press .
ISBN
978-0-773-49645-3 .
——— (1991). Issues in Contemporary Judaism . Macmillan.
ISBN
978-1-349-21330-6 .
———, ed. (1991). Tradition and Unity: Sermons Published in Honour of Robert Runcie . Canterbury Papers.
Lewiston, New York ;
Lampeter , Wales:
Edwin Mellen Press .
ISBN
978-0-947-79261-9 .
———, ed. (1991). Using the Bible Today .
Lewiston, New York ;
Lampeter , Wales:
Edwin Mellen Press .
ISBN
978-0-947-79295-4 .
——— (1991). Dictionary of Judaism and Christianity . Philadelphia: Trinity Press.
ISBN
978-1-563-38030-3 .
OCLC
23972715 .
——— (1992). Exodus: An Agenda for Jewish-Christian Dialogue . London: Bellew Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-857-25033-6 .
———, ed. (1992).
World Religions and Human Liberation . Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.
ISBN
978-0-883-44795-6 .
———, ed. (1992). Many Mansions: Interfaith and Religious Intolerance . London: Bellew Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-857-25044-2 .
——— (1992). The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica . Oxford:
Blackwell .
ISBN
978-0-631-16615-3 .
——— (1992). The Crucified Jew: Twenty Centuries of Christian Anti-Semitism . London: Fount.
ISBN
978-0002159944 .
——— (1992). Israel: The History of an Idea . London: SPCK Publishing.
ISBN
978-0-281-04577-8 .
———, ed. (1992). Torah and Revelation . Studies in Jewish Theology.
Lewiston, New York ;
Lampeter , Wales:
Edwin Mellen Press .
ISBN
978-0-773-49165-6 .
——— (1993). The Jewish Faith . London: SPCK Publishing.
ISBN
978-0-281-04685-0 .
——— (1993). Not a Job for a Nice Jewish Boy . London: Bellew Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-857-25069-5 .
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Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia (1994). Jewish and Christian Mysticism: an Introduction . London: Continuum Co.
ISBN
978-0-826-40695-8 .
OCLC
889692769 .
——— (1994).
Judaism and Other Faiths . Palgrave Macmillan.
ISBN
978-0-333-57523-9 .
——— (1994).
The Future of Judaism . London: T & T Clark.
ISBN
978-0-567-29267-4 .
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Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia (1994).
Judaism: A Short History . Oxford: Oneworld Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-851-68206-5 .
——— (1994). Atlas of Jewish History . Routledge.
ISBN
978-0-415-08684-4 .
——— (1994).
World Religions and Human Liberation . Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.
ISBN
978-0-883-44796-3 .
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Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia (1994). The American Jew . Harper Collins ; STL.
ISBN
978-0-006-27687-6 .
———, ed. (1994). Glimpses of God . Duckworth.
ISBN
978-0-715-62608-5 .
Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia ; ——— (1995).
A Popular Dictionary of Judaism . Surrey: Curzon Press.
ISBN
0-7007-0357-8 .
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Lewis, Christopher (1995). Beyond Death: Theological and Philosophical Reflections on Life after Death . Palgrave Schol.
ISBN
978-0-333-63073-0 .
———, ed. (1997). Theodicy .
Lewiston, New York ;
Lampeter , Wales:
Edwin Mellen Press .
ISBN
978-0-773-48690-4 .
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Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia (1996). A Short Reader in Judaism . Richmond: Curzon Press.
ISBN
978-1-851-68278-2 .
——— (1996).
Modern Judaism: From Jewish Diversity to a New Philosophy of Judaism . St. Martin's Press.
ISBN
978-0-312-16188-0 .
——— (1996). The Hebrew Bible . Cassell.
ISBN
978-0-304-33703-3 .
——— (1996). Biblical Hebrew for Beginners . London: SPCK Publishing.
ISBN
978-0-281-04818-2 .
——— (1996). Medieval Jewish Philosophy: An Introduction . Routledge.
ISBN
978-0-700-70453-8 .
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Leahy, Michael (1996). The Liberation Debate . Routledge.
ISBN
978-0-415-11693-0 .
———, ed. (1996). Divine Intervention and Miracles in Jewish Theology . Jewish Studies.
Lewiston, New York ;
Lampeter , Wales:
Edwin Mellen Press .
ISBN
978-0-773-49093-2 .
——— (1997). The Crucified Jew: Twenty Centuries of Christian Anti-Semitism (U.S. reissue ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
ISBN
978-0-802-84311-1 .
——— (1997). Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers . Routledge.
ISBN
978-0-415-12627-4 .
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Linzey, Andrew (1997). After Noah: Animals and the Liberation of Theology . Mowbray.
ISBN
978-0-264-67450-6 .
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Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia (1997).
A Short Introduction to Judaism . Oxford: Oneworld Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-851-68145-7 .
——— (1998).
A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism . Oxford: Oneworld Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-851-68176-1 .
———, ed. (1999). The Future of Jewish-Christian Dialogue . Toronto Studies in Theology.
Lewiston, New York ;
Lampeter , Wales:
Edwin Mellen Press .
ISBN
978-0-773-47923-4 .
———, ed. (1999). Jews, Christians and Religious Pluralism . Toronto Studies in Theology.
Lewiston, New York ;
Lampeter , Wales:
Edwin Mellen Press .
ISBN
978-0-773-47920-3 .
——— (1999). Judaism . Religions of the World. Prentice Hall.
ISBN
978-0-132-66271-0 .
———; Lamb, Christopher, eds. (1999). The Future of Religion: Postmodern Perspectives - Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart . Hendon, London: Middlesex University Press.
ISBN
978-1-898-25326-6 .
———, ed. (1999). Understanding the Holocaust: An Introduction . Issues in contemporary religion. Cassell.
ISBN
978-0-304-70442-2 .
——— (2000).
Messianic Judaism . London; New York: Continuum.
ISBN
978-0-826-45458-4 .
———, ed. (2001). Interfaith Theology: A Reader . Oxford: Oneworld Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-851-68276-8 .
———, ed. (2001). Voices of Messianic Judaism: Confronting Critical Issues Facing a Modern Movement . Clarksville, MD: Messianic Jewish Publishers.
ISBN
978-1-880-22693-3 .
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Court, John , eds. (2001). Religious Diversity in the Graeco-Roman World: A Survey of Recent Scholarship . Understanding the Bible and Its World. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press.
ISBN
978-1-841-27216-0 .
———; El-Alami, Dawoud (2001). The Palestine-Israeli Conflict: a Beginner's Guide . Oxford: Oneworld Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-851-68261-4 .
——— (2002).
Anti-Semitism . Sutton Publishing.
ISBN
978-0-750-92492-4 .
———, ed. (2002). Holocaust Theology: a Reader (Reissue ed.). New York: New York University Press.
ISBN
978-0-814-71620-5 .
——— (2003). Judaism: History, Belief and Practice . Routledge.
ISBN
978-0-415-23661-4 .
———; Cook, Harry;
Rowens, Marilyn , eds. (2003). A Life of Courage: Sherwin Wine and Humanistic Judaism . Milan Press.
ISBN
978-0-967-32596-5 .
——— (2003). What's a Nice Jewish Boy Doing in a Place Like This? . O Books.
ISBN
978-1-903-81618-9 .
——— (2004).
Vision of Judaism: Wrestling with God . Paragon House Publishers.
ISBN
978-1-557-78808-5 .
——— (2005). Dictionary of Jewish Biography . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
ISBN
978-0-195-22391-0 .
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Grey, Mary (2005). Pursuing the Dream: A Jewish-Christian Conversation .
Darton, Longman & Todd .
ISBN
978-0-232-52540-3 .
——— (2006).
The Paradox of Anti-Semitism . London: Continuum.
ISBN
978-0826488961 .
——— (2006). Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism: An Introductory Anthology . Oxford: Oneworld Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-851-68454-0 .
——— (2006). The Politics of Apocalypse: The History and Influence of Christian Zionism . Oxford: Oneworld Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-851-68453-3 .
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Cohn-Sherbok, Lavinia (2007). What Do You Do When Your Parents Live Forever?: A Practical Guide to Caring for the Elderly . O Books.
ISBN
978-1-846-94028-6 .
——— (2009). Dictionary of Kabbalah and Kabbalists .
Impress Books .
ISBN
978-0-955-62397-4 .
——— (2010).
Judaism Today . Religion Today series. London; New York: Continuum.
ISBN
978-0-826-42231-6 .
——— (2011). Introduction to Zionism and Israel: From Ideology to History . London: Continuum.
ISBN
978-1-441-12757-0 .
——— (2012). The Palestinian State: A Jewish Justification . Impress Books.
ISBN
978-1-907-60529-1 .
———; El-Alami, Dawoud;
Chryssides, George (2013). Love, Sex and Marriage:Insights from Judaism, Christianity and Islam . London: SCM Press.
ISBN
978-0-334-04405-5 .
——— (2013). Eternal Angels . London: Duerr Publishing.
——— (2013). The Illustrated History of Judaism . London: Lorenz Books.
ISBN
978-0-754-82356-8 .
——— (2014). Williams College Alumni Cartoons . London: Duerr Publishing.
——— (2014). Animals are People Too . London: Duerr Publishing.
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Lewis, Christopher (2014). Sensible Religion . Routledge.
ISBN
978-1-409-46808-0 .
———; El-Alami, Dawoud;
Chryssides, George (2014). Why Can't They Get Along? . London: Lion Books.
ISBN
978-0-745-95605-3 .
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Grey, Mary (2014). Debating Palestine and Israel . Impress Books.
ISBN
978-1-907-60549-9 .
——— (2014). The Athenaeum Sketches . Impress Books.
ISBN
978-1-907-60548-2 .
——— (2015). History of the Jewish Faith . Southwater.
ISBN
978-1-780-19422-6 .
———; El-Alami, Dawoud;
Chryssides, George (2016). Terror and Religion: An Interfaith Dialogue . Impress Books.
ISBN
978-1-907-60596-3 .
——— (2016). The Perplexities of Being an Amateur Artist . London: Duerr Publishing.
——— (2016). Judaism Belief and Practice . Southwater.
ISBN
978-1-780-19509-4 .
——— (2018). A Dictionary of Jews and Jewish Life . Impress Books.
ISBN
978-1-911293-21-7 .
——— (2018). London Clubs . London: Duerr Publishing.
———; Hasan, Usama;
Chryssides, George (2019). People of the Book . JKP.
ISBN
978-1-907-60596-3 .
———; Cave, Peter; Chryssides (2019). Jews:Nearly everything you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask . Equinox.
ISBN
978-1-78179-777-8 .
———- (2019) Cohn-Sherbok, Lewis, Christopher, Interfaith Worship and Prayer , JKP. ISBN 978-1-78592-120-9.
———-(2020) Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, Cardozo Kindersley, Lida, The Alphabetician and the Rabbi , Cardozo Kindersley.
———-(2020) Cohn-Sherbok, Cave, Peter, Arguing About Judaism, Routledge . ISBN 978-0-367-33406-2
———- (2020) Cohn-Sherbok, Grant, Kevin, The Animal Orchestra , Words. ISBN 978-0-9529352-3-0.
———- (2021) Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, Jews and Jokes, Impress Books
———- (2022) Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, Antisemitism, The History Press
————(2023) Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, Chryssides, George (eds), The Covid Pandemic and the World's Religions, Bloomsbury
———— (2024) Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, Oxford and Cambridge Club Jigsaws, ISSUU
————-(2024) Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, The Athenaeum, ISSUU
————(2024) Cohn-Sherbok, Dan, Grant, Kevin, Bible Jigsaws, ISSUU
See also
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/dan-cohnsherbok-the-rabbi-who-sees-another-side-to-antisemitism-6106259.html
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