Publications

ALL PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE AT THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS


A Biblical Translation in the Making
The Evolution and Impact of Saadia Gaon’s Tafsīr

By Richard C. Steiner

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Arguing the Modern Jewish Canon 
Essays on Literature and Culture in Honor of Ruth R. Wisse

Edited by Justin Daniel Cammy, Dara Horn, Alyssa Quint,
and Rachel Rubinstein

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Maimonides after 800 Years
Essays on Maimonides and his Influence

Edited by Jay M. Harris

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Prayers that Cite Scripture 
Biblical Quotation in Jewish Prayers from Antiquity through the Middle Ages

Edited by James L. Kugel

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Be’erot Yitzhak 
Studies in Memory of Isadore Twersky

Edited by Jay M. Harris

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On Long Winter Nights
Memoirs of a Jewish Family in a Galician Township, 1870-1900

Hinde Bergner 
Edited and translated by Justin Daniel Cammy

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The Pride of Jacob
Essays on Jacob Katz and His Work

Edited by Isadore Twersky
Edited by Jay M. Harris

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The Bible as it Was
Winner of the 2001 Grawemeyer Award in Religion

By James L. Kugel

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Traditions of the Bible
A Guide to the Bible As It Was at the Start of the Common Era

By James L. Kugel

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Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra
Studies in the Writings of a Twelfth-Century Jewish Polymath

Edited by Isadore Twersky
Edited by Jay M. Harris

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Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature
Volume III

Edited by Isadore Twersky
Edited by Jay M. Harris

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Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature
Volume II

Edited by Isadore Twersky 

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Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature
Volume I

Edited by Isadore Twersky 

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Upcoming Events

  • Adorno's Aesthetic Theory (Martin Jay) May 1, 2019 at 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Center For European Studies, 27 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA We are now approaching the 50th anniversary of Aesthetic Theory (first published posthumously in 1970), the final masterpiece of the philosopher and social theorist Theodor W. Adorno. This lecture contributes to the semester-long series of scholarly presentations that reflect on the legacy and actuality of this major work. Speaker: Martin Jay (The University of California at…
  • Saskia Coenen Snyder: Like Dewdrops in the Waving Grass: Diamonds, Jews, and Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Trade May 2, 2019 at 4:45 pm – 6:15 pm Harvard University, Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street, Hoffmann Room, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Saskia Coenen Snyder, Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History and the Associate Director of the Walker Institute of International and Area Studies at the University of South Carolina, ColumbiaAfter the discovery of diamond deposits in South-Africa in 1869, the extraction, trade, manufacturing, and consumption of diamonds intensified spectacularly. The combination of booming supplies, growing bourgeois…