Faculty Guide

Title

Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Expertise

Talmud. Midrash. Liturgy. Ethics

Awards and Honors

Florscheim Fellowship, Hebrew University (2006)

Shoshana Shier Distinguished Visiting Professor Toronto University (2005)

Starr Fellowship, Harvard University (1998)

Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1983 - 1984)

Manheimer Term Assistant Professor of University Studies (1982 - 1983)

Lady Davis Fellow, Hebrew Univesrity (1981)

Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1981)

Sir Isaac Wolfson Professorship in Israel (1980)

National Foundation of Jewish Culture Fellowship (1973 - 1974)

Courses Taught

FYS	18a	Understanding Evil and Human Destiny
HUM	10a	The Western Canon
NEJS	5a	Foundational Course in Judaic Studies
NEJS	25a	Introduction to Talmud
NEJS	125a	Topics in Advanced Talmud
NEJS	125b	Midrashic Literature: Sifre Deuteronomy
NEJS	126a	Intermediate Talmud
NEJS	126b	Agadic Literature: The Ethics of the Fathers with Avot d'Rabbi Nathan
NEJS	127a	Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism
NEJS	127b	The Jewish Liturgy

Scholarship

The Moral Meaning of the Bible - The What, How, and Why of Biblical Ethics, Volume 3, Audio Coursebook. Kimelman, Reuven. 2013. (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven. The Mystical Meaning of "Lekhah Dodi" and "Kabbalat Shabbat" English Translation. The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2013. (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven. The Mystical Meaning of "Lekhah Dodi" and "Kabbalat Shabbat". new edition ed. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2013. (forthcoming)

The Hidden Poetry of the Jewish Prayerboook -- The What, How, and Why of Jewish Liturgy, Volmue 2, audio course book. Kimelman, Reuven. 2012. (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven R. "“Barukh She’amar and Yishtabaḥ: a Historical and Literary Analysis,”." Ed. Menachem Butler., 2012 (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven R. "“Confession and Its Discontents,”." The Yom Kippur Confessions, (Ashamnu and Al Chet), Prayers of Awe,. Ed. Lawrence Hoffman. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights, 2012 (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven R. "“Elie Wiesel and the Stories of the Rabbis,”." Elie Wiesel: Jewish, Literary, and Moral Perspectives. Ed. Steven T. Katz and Alan Rosen. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2012 (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven R. "“The Ethics of the Case of Amalek and the Seven Nations: A New Reading of the Biblical Data,”." Religion and Violence II. Ed. David Bernat., 2012 (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven. "Were Christians Cursed by Jews?." Rev. of Cursing the Christians, by Ruth Langer. Judaica online 2012 (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven. "Abraham Joshua Heschel: Contemplative and Activist." Rev. of Spiritual Radical: Abraham Joshua Heschel in America, 1940-1972,, by Edward Kaplan. Chrstian Century

Kimelman, Reuven. "Rabbis Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Abraham Joshua Heschel on Jewish Christian Relations" (Hebrew). Proc. of International Conference on the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem: 2008. (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven. Abraham Joshua Heschel: Theologian of Rabbinic Judaism. Proc. of Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly. Boston: Rabbinical Assembly, 2008. (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven. The Rhetoric of Jewish Prayer: A Historical and Literary Commentary on the Prayerbook. The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2008. (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven. What is the Difference between Judaism and Christianity in Saying God Loves You?. Proc. of Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly 2007. Rabbinical Assembly, 2008. (forthcoming)

Kimelman, Reuven. Who is the True Abraham: The Abraham of Sodom or the Abraham of the Akedah?. Proc. of Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly 2007. Boston: Rabbinical Assembly, 2008. (forthcoming)

Deborah Blank Reed,. "“U-n'taneh Tokef as a Midrashic Poem,”." The Experience of Jewish Liturgy: Studies Dedicated to Menachem Schmelzer. Leiden: Brill, 2011. pp. 115-146.

Kimelman, Reuven R. "Judaism, War, and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Preface." Interfaith Just Peacemaking: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on the New Paradigm of Peace and War. Ed. Susan Thistlethwaite. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. xiii-xiv, 181-194.

Kimelman, Reuven. "Is Kol Nidre Typical?." All These Vows (Kol Nidre) Prayers of Awe. Ed. Lawrence Hoffman. Woodstock: Jewish Lights, 2011. 168-173.

Avinoam Rosenak and Naftali Rothenberg. "Rabbis Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Abraham Joshua Heschel on Jewish-Christian Relations." Rabbi in the New World: The Influence of Rabbi J. B. Soloveitchik on Culture, Education and Jewish Thought. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2010. 446-467.

Kimelman, Reuven. ""The Poetics of Prayer: How Un'taneh Tokef Means What it Means"." Who By Fire and Who by Water (Un'taneh Tokef). Ed. Lawrence Hoffman. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2010

Steven Katz and Steven Bayme. "Mah Tovu as a Psychological Introduction to Prayer." Continuity and Change: A Festschrift in Honor of Irving (Yitz) Greenberg's 75th Birthday.. Lanham: University Press of America, 2010. 189-202.

Kimelman, Reuven R. ""Kedoshim (19:1-20:27) The Hardest Mitsvah?"." The Modern Men's Torah Commentary. Ed. Jeffrey Salkin. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2009. 176-181.

Kimelman, Reuven. "Abraham Joshua Heschel's Theology of Judaism and the Rewriting of Jewish Intellectual History." Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 17. (2009): 207-38.

Kimelman, Reuven. "Abraham Joshua Heschel's Thesis on the Unity of Jewish Theology." Tikkun November-December, 2009 (2009): 48-50, 74.

Kimelman, Reuven. "Tehillah Le-Dovid -- Mivneh U-Mashma‘ut." Megadim 49. (2009): 61-69.

Kimelman, Reuven. "The Theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel." First Things 198. December (2009): 35-39.

The Moral Meaning of the Bible - The What, How, and Why of Biblical Ethics, vol. 2 -- Audio Book. Kimelman, Reuven. Our Learning Company, 2007.

Kimelman, Reuven. "Heavenly Torah as Refracted through the Generations." Rev. of Heavenly Torah as Refracted through the Generations, by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies vol. 26 225-229.

Kimelman, Reuven. "The Sabbath." by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Shofar vol. 26 187-190.

Reuven Kimelman. "For the Sake of Heaven and Earth: The New Encounter between Judaism and Christianity." by Irving Greenberg. Modern Judaism vol. 27, 103-120..

Kimelman, Reuven, Rivkah Ulmer, ed. Polemics and Rabbinic Liturgy. Lanham: University Press of America, 2006.

Kimelman, Reuven, Steven Katz.. "Rabbinic Prayer in Late Antiquity,". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Kimelman, Reuven. ""What Do We Want Others to Teach About Jewish Prayer and Liturgy?"." What Do We Want the Other to Teach About us? Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Dialogues. vol. 1 Ed. David L. Coppola. Fairfield, CT:: Sacred Heart University Press, 2006. 259-269.

Kimelman,Reuven. "The Rabbinic Theology of The Physical: Blessings, Body and Soul, Resurrection, Convenant and Election." History of Judaism' The Late Roman-Rabbinic Period. vol. 4 Ed. Steven Katz and Reuven Kimelman. Cambridge University Press, 2006. 946-976.

The Hidden Poetry of the Jewish Prayerboook -- The What, How, and Why of Jewish Liturgy -- Audio Book. Kimelman, Reuven. Our Learning Company, 2005.

Kimelman,Reuven R. "Rabbis Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Abraham Joshua Heschel on Jewish-Christian Relations'. Modern Judaism 24, Internet The Edah Journal?i (Kislev 5765), 2005.

Kimelman,Reuven, Ruth Langer and Steven Fine, ed. "Blessing Formulae and Divine Sovereignty in Rabbinic Liturgy,'". Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2005.

Kimelman,Reuven R. "Judaism and Weapons of Mass Destruction." Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Religious and Secular Perspectives. Cambridge University Press, 2004. 363-384.

Kimelman,Reuven R. "Lekhah Dodi and Kabbalat Shabbat." My People's Prayer Book. vol. 3 Ed. L. Hoffman. Jewish Lights, 2004

S. Trigano, Reuven Kimelman, ed. "Les différents types de guerres dans la tradition juive, à la lumière du conflit actuel,". Pardes, 36 2004.

Kimelman,Reuven R. The Mystical Meaning of "Lekhah Dodi" and "Kabbalat Shabbat". Magnes, 2003.