Elly Moseson
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Columbia University
Elly Moseson holds a B.A. in English Literature from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Boston University. He has held research and teaching positions at the University of Hamburg, Tel Aviv University, Columbia University, Queens College, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. His research interests include early modern Jewish movements and literatures, the cultural and political functions of texts, and the intersection of literature, psychoanalysis and religion. He is currently working on a monograph on the role of literature in the formation of the Hasidic movement and a series of studies on dreams and magic in Jewish culture.