Yairah Amit
Yairah Amit | |
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| יַעֲרָה עָמִית | |
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| Born | 19 October 1941 Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation(s) | Biblical Scholar, Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Tel Aviv University |
Yairah Amit (born 19 October 1941 in Tel Aviv[1]) is an Israeli biblical scholar.[2][3] Amit studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before doing a PhD at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Meir Sternberg. She is currently Professor of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University.[4] In 2012 a Festschrift was published in her honor.[5] Words, Ideas, Worlds: Biblical Essays in Honour of Yairah Amit (ISBN 1-90753-450-4) included contributions from Athalya Brenner, Cheryl Exum, and Yael Feldman.[6][7]
Selected works
[edit]- The book of Judges : the art of editing, 1992
- Sefer Shofṭim : omanut ha-ʻarikhah, 1992
- Hidden polemics in biblical narrative, 1996
- History and ideology : an introduction to historiography in the Hebrew Bible, 1997
- Shofṭim : ʻim mavo u-ferush, 1999
- Reading biblical narratives : literary criticism and the Hebrew Bible, 2000
- Galui ṿe-nistar ba-Miḳra : pulmusim geluyim, ʻaḳifim uṿe-iḳar semuyim, 2003
- Essays on ancient Israel in its Near Eastern context : a tribute to Nadav Naʼaman, 2006
- In praise of editing in the Hebrew Bible : collected essays in retrospect, 2012
References
[edit]- ^ "Short Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ "מה הם לומדים שם בתנ"ך וכיצד ירד המקצוע מגדולתו". Haaretz הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "החלק והשלם בהוראת המקרא". mikranet.cet.ac.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "קתרסיס: מגזין כתבי עת לביקורת במדעי הרוח והחברה - הוספת בעלי מקצוע". www.katharsis.co.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ ""הוא שאול לה'/יאירה אמית". www.orianit.edu-negev.gov.il (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 10 January 2005. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "יאירה אמית". lib.cet.ac.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "שופטים - מאת יאירה אמית". archive.is (in Hebrew). 7 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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