Marc Brettler

Adjunct Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Departments/Programs

Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Degrees

Brandeis University, Ph.D.
Brandeis University, M.A.
Brandeis University, B.A.

Expertise

The Bible and its interpretation.

The Dead Sea Scrolls.

The Bible in American Culture.

The Bible in Jewish-Christian Relations

Profile

Marc Brettler is a scholar of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament with a strong interest in the meaning of the Bible in its original context as well as how the Bible has been interpreted in Jewish and general tradition through contemporary times. Webpage

Courses Taught

NEJS	121b	Biblical Poetry: Love and Death
NEJS	231a	Graduate Proseminar in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Awards and Honors

Elected to American Academy for Jewish Research (2013)

Lady DAvis Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (2012)

My People's Prayerbook, to which i contributed in all 10 volumes, received a National Jewish Book Award (2008)

Best Book 2006 Book Awards, Judaism, for How to Read the Bible (2006)

National Jewish Book Award in Scholarship Category for the Jewish Study Bible (2004)

Keter Torah Award, Bureau of Jewish Education, for "pioneering role in creating and shaping the Me'ah Program for adult Jewish learning (1999)

Michael L. Walzer Award for Excellence in Teaching (1991 - 1992)

National Endowment for Humanities Summer Stipend (1991)

American Philosophical Society travel grant (1990 - 1991)

Bernstein Faculty Fellowship (1990 - 1991)

B'nai Zion Hebrew Award (1978)

Raucher Award for Hebrew (1977)

Scholarship

Brettler, Marc. ""Adele Berlin: An Appreciation"." Adele Berlin Fss.. Ed. Hayyim Lapin and MAxine Grossman, eds.., 2011 (forthcoming)

Brettler, Marc. "“A Biblical Perspective”." Prayers of Awe: Who by Fire, Who by Water :Kol Nidrei. vol. 2 Ed. L. Hoffman. woodstock: jewish lights, 2011 (forthcoming)

Brettler, Marc. "(Divine) Silence is Golden: A New Reading of the Prologue of Job." Interested Readers: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honor of David J. A. Clines., 2014. 19-26.

Brettler, Marc. "A Woman’s Voice in the Psalter: A New Understanding of Psalm 113." Built by Wisdom, Established by Understanding: Essays on Biblical and Near Eastern Literature in Honor of Adele Berlin., 2014. 155-170.

Brettler, Marc. "Adele Berlin: An Appreciation." Built by Wisdom, Established by Understanding: Essays on Biblical and Near Eastern Literature in Honor of Adele Berlin., 2014. 1-6.

Brettler, Marc. "Biblical Views: Reaching Across the Great Divide." Biblical Archaeology Review Sept/Oct 2013: 26, 73.

Brettler, Marc. "Historical Texts in the Hebrew Bible?”." Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World., 2014. 213-233.

Brettler, Marc. "Jewish Theology of the Psalms." The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms. Ed. W Brown., 2014. 485-498.

Brettler, Marc. "Psalm 136 as an Interpretive Text." Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 2 (2013). (2014): 373-395.

Brettler, Marc. "Would Jeremiah have Recited Yizkor? Yizkor and the Bible." May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism., 2014. 71-76.

Brettler, Marc. "“On Becoming a Critical Torah Scholar” http://thetorah.com/a-critical-torah-scholar/ “Relating to God in Calamity: The Approaches in Lamentations” http://thetorah.com/relating-to-god-in-calamity/ “Is the Torah a Pentateuch or Hexateuch?” http://thetorah.." thetorah.com (2014)

Brettler, Marc (with A-J Levine). "Should Jews Read the New Testament?." Shma (2012).

Brettler, Marc (with Peter Enns and Daniel Harrington). The Bible and the Believer. NY: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Brettler, Marc. ""The Theology of Scripture in Moshe Greenberg's Writings"." Jewish Theologies of Scripture. Ed. Benjamin Sommer. NY: NYU Press, 2012. 247-266..

Brettler, Marc. "Introduction to the Torah." Three Testaments: Torah, Gospel, Quran. Ed. Brian Arthur Brown. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2012. 55-65.

Brettler, Marc. "Sin, Sanction and Confession in the the Bible." We Have Sinned. Ed. Lawrence Hoffman. Woodstock: Jewish LIghts, 2012. 3-12.

Brettler, Marc. "“An Outsider’s Look at Mishkan T’filah: Partaking and Informing,”." Rev. of Mishkan T'filah, by Peter Knobel. CCAR Journal vol. 58/3 (Summer 2011) 2012: 3-15..

Brettler, Marc. "“Psalms and Jewish Biblical Theology,”." Jewish Biblical Theology: Perspectives and Case Studies. Ed. I. Kalimi. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2012. 187-197.

Brettler, Marc. How to Read the Bible (Hebrew edition). Tel-Aviv: Yediot-Acharonot, 2012.

Brettler, Marc (assoc. editor). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Books of the Bible. NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 2011.

Brettler, Marc (co-editor). The Jewish Annotated New Testament. NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 2011.

Brettler, Marc. ""A Biblical Perspecive"." Prayers of Awe: Who by Fire, Who by Water (Kol Nidrei). Ed. L. Hoffman. Woodstock: Jewish LIghts, 2011. 83-87.

Brettler, Marc. ""Psalms" and three other entries." The Cambridge Dictionary of Judaism and Jewish Culture. 2011.

Brettler, Marc. ""Women and Psalms"." Biblical Archaeology Review 36/3. (May June 2010), (2011): 28, 78..

Brettler, Marc. "“A Woman’s Voice in the Psalter: A New Understanding Of Psalm 113,”." Rev. of Adele BErlin Fss., by Hayyim Lapin and Maxine Grossman. 2011

Brettler, Marc, ed. The New Oxford Annotated Bible: Fully Revised Fourth Edition. 4 ed. NY: Oxford, 2010.

Brettler, Marc. "A Biblical Perspective." Prayers of Awe. Ed. L. Hoffman. Woodstock: Jewish Lights, 2010. 83-87.

Brettler, Marc. "Biblical History." (2010): <Oxford Bibliographies Online>.

Brettler, Marc. "Perplexing Passions." Jerusalem Report July 20, 2009: 47.

Brettler, Marc. "Review of." Rev. of Writing the History of Israel, by Diane Banks,. Review of Biblical Literature

Brettler, Marc. "“The Hebrew Bible and the Early History of Israel,” 6-33.." The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion and Culture,. Ed. udith R. Baskin and Kenneth Seeskin. Cambridge: CAmbridge Univ Press, 2010. 6-33.

Brettler, Marc. New Oxford Annotated Bible. fourth ed. NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 2010.

Brettler, Marc. "A Jewish Perspective on Psalm 111." Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Psalms. Ed. Y. Zakovitch and M. Grohmann., 2009

Brettler, Marc. "The Riddle of Psalm Ps 111." Scriptural Exegesis: The Shapes of Culture and the Religious Imagination: Essays in Honour of Michael Fishbane. Ed. Deborah A. Green, Laura S. Lieber. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2009

Brettler, Marc. ""Kinghsip" and other articles." New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible. 2008.

Brettler, Marc. "Feminist and Anti-Feminist Visions of the Bible." Seinan Theological Review 65. (2008): 143-165.

Brettler, Marc. "How Should Jews Interpret the Bible." Seinan Theological Review 65. (2008): 123-141.

Brettler, Marc. "Revelation at Sinai: Biblical Perspectives." The Significance of Sinai: Traditions About Sinai and Divine Revelation in Judaism and Christianity. Ed. George J. Brooke et al.. Brill, 2008

Brettler, Marc. ""Amos, Man and Book"." Israel's Prophets and Israel's Past: Essays on the Relationship of Prophetic Texts and Israelite History in Honor of John H. Hayes. Ed. Brad E. Kelle and Megan Bishop. ny: t & t clark, 2007

Brettler, Marc. "A Biblical Commentary on the Haggadah,." My People's Passover Haggadah. Ed. Lawrence Hoffman. Woodstock: Jewish Lights, 2007

Brettler, Marc. "Biblical Authority: A Jewish Pluralistic View." Engaging Biblical Authority: Perspectives on the Bible as. Ed. William P Brown. Loiusville: Westminster John Knox, 2007. 1-9, 141-143.

Brettler, Marc. "Our Biblical Heritage." My People's Prayer Book Vol 10. Ed. Larence Hoffman. Woodstock: Jewish LIghts, 2007

Brettler, Marc. "¿Method in the Application of Source Material to Historical Writing (With Particular Reference to the Ninth Century BCE),¿." Understanding the History of Ancient Israel. Ed. HGM Williamson. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2007. 303-336.

Brettler, Marc. How to Read the Jewish Bible. NY: Oxford Univ Press, 2007.

Brettler, Marc. "Unresolved and Unresolvable: Problems in Interpreting the Song." Scrolls of Love: Ruth and the Song of Songs. Ed. Hawkins, Peter. NY: Fordham Univ Press, 2006. 185-198.

Brettler,Marc. "The State of Biblical Studies". JBL on-line forum, 2006.

Brettler,Marc. "Our Biblical Heritage." in My People's Prayer Book. vol. 8 Jewish Lights, 2005

Brettler,Marc. "Reviews." Rev. of Books. Jewish Quarterly Review 01 JAN 2005

Brettler,Marc. "Our Biblical Heritage " in My People's Prayer Book. Jewish Ligts, 2005.

Brettler,Marc. How to Read the Bible. Jewish Publication Society, 2005.

Brettler,Marc. Three book reviews in Jewish Quarterly Review. jqr, 2005.

Brettler,Marc. "The State of Biblical Studies." JBL on-line forum (2004).

Brettler,Marc, Adele Berlin. The Jewish Study Bible. Oxford Unviersity Press, 2003.

Brettler,Marc. Biblical Hebrew for Students of Modern Hebrew. 2002.

Brettler,Marc. The Book of Judges. 2002.

Brettler,Marc, co-ed. Michael Cogan Carol Newsom and Pheme Perki. The New Oxford Annotated Bible. Oxford University Press, 2001.

Brettler,Marc. Reading Through the Lens of Gender. Indiana University Press, 2000.

Brettler,Marc. The Creation of History in Ancient Israel. Routledge Press, 1995.

Brettler,Marc, co-ed. Michael Fishbane. Minhah le-Nahum: Biblical and Other Studies Presented to Nahum M. Sarna in honor of his 70th birthday. Sheffield Academic Press, 1993.

Brettler,Marc. God Is King: Understanding an Israelite Metaphor. Sheffield Academic Press, 1990.