Ehud Luz Higher Education Career

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1 Ehud Luz Higher Education 1976 Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University "Religion and Nationalism in Early Zionist Movement," Advisers: Ben Halpern, Alexander Altmann, Fred Somers M.A. in Jewish History and General Philosophy, Hebrew University 1962 B.A. in Jewish History and General Philosophy, Hebrew University Career 2003 Full Professor, Haifa University 1998 Associate Processor, Haifa University and Oranim College Senior Lecturer, Haifa University and Oranim College (tenure since 1986) Lecturer, Department of Jewish Thought, Haifa University and Oranim College Senior Lecturer, Department of Religion, Concordia University (Montreal) Instructor, Department of Jewish Philosophy, Hebrew College (Boston) Instructor, Department of Jewish History, Haifa University (Haifa) Instructor, Department of Jewish History, Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan) Visiting Positions Visiting Professor, Judaic Studies, Boston University Visiting Professor, Judaic Studies, Yale University Visiting Professor at the Center for Jewish Studies, Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA) Visiting Professor at the Center for Jewish Studies, University of Washington (Seattle) Visiting Scholar at the Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA.)

2 Awards and Fellowships 2004 National Jewish Book Award (in the Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice category) The National Academy for Sciences in Israel Grant for Research in Modern Jewish Hermeneutics 1999 Yitzhak Sadeh Award for the book Wrestling at Jabbok River: Power, Morality and Jewish Identity 1986 Shazar Award of The Israeli Historical Society for the book Parallels Meet 1985 Ruppin Award for the book Parallels Meet Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture List of Publications Refereed Books 1.a. Wrestling at Jabbok River: Power, Morality, Jewish Identity (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1998). (Received the Yitzhak Sadeh Award) [Hebrew] 1.b. English translation published as Wrestling with an Angel: Power, Morality, Jewish Identity, Michael Swirsky, trans. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003). 2.a. Parallels Meet (Tel Aviv: Am Oved, [Hebrew] 2.b. English translation published as Parallels Meet, Lenn Schrem, trans. (Tel Aviv: The Jewish Publication Society, 1988). Edited Books 1. Jerusalem and Athens: A Selection of Leo Strauss's Writings (Jerusalem: Mossad Bialik, 2001). [Hebrew] 2. Pacifism in the Light of the Torah: A Selection of Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Tamare's Writings (Jerusalem: Dinur Center of the Hebrew University, 1992). [Hebrew] Book Reviews 1. Review of Alan L. Mittleman, The Politics of the Torah: The Jewish Tradition and the Founding of Agudat Israel, in Journal of Religion 78 (1998), pp Articles

3 1. "How to Read the Bible according to Leo Strauss?" Modern Judaism 25 (2005), pp "Leo Strauss as Interpreter of the Bible," Bikoret u-farshanut 37 (2003), pp [Hebrew] 3. "'Jewish Ethics' as an Argument in the Public Debate over the Israeli Reaction to the Palestinian Terror," Israel Studies 7 (2002), pp "On the Possible Contribution of the Straussian Philosophy to the Political Discourse in Israel," Da at (2002), pp [Hebrew] 5. "Between Truth and Fidelity: Leo Strauss on the Dilemma of the Non-Orthodox Modern Jew," Iyyun 50 (2001), pp [Hebrew] 6. "Reading in Two Poems from 'Ha-tur ha-shevii' of Nathan Alterman," Dapim Le- Mehkar Ba-Sifrut 12 ( ), pp [Hebrew] 7. "The Religious Element in David Shimony's 'Matzeiva,'" Alei Siakh 41 (1999), pp [Hebrew] 8. "Buber's Hermeneutics," Modern Judaism 15 (1995), pp "Faith as a Wager: On One Theological Aspect in the Poetry of Uri Tzvi Greenberg," Bikoret U-Farshanut 29 (1993), pp [Hebrew] 10. "Utopia and Return: On the Structure of Utopian Thinking and its Relation to the Jewish-Christian Tradition," Journal of Religion 73 (1993), pp "Ben Halpern: The Scholar and his Work," Madaei Ha-Yehadut 31 (1991), pp [Hebrew] 12. "Leo Strauss's Judaism," Da at 27 (1991), pp [Hebrew] 13. "The Moral Price of Sovereignty," Modern Judaism 6 (1987), pp "Halakha and Aggada in the Writings of Rabbi A. I. Kook," A.J.S. 11 (1986), pp "Max Wiener as a Historian of the Age of Emancipation," Hebrew Union College Annual 56 (1985), pp " The Second Naivete': Judaism and Humanism in the Thought of Akiva Ernst Simon," Mehkarei Yerushalaim be-makhshevet Israel 2 (1983), pp "Zionism and Messianism in the Thought of Franz Rozenzweig," Mehkarei Yerushalaim be-makhshevet Israel 2 (1983), pp [Hebrew] 18.a. "Judaism, Nationalism and Humanism in the Work of Yekhezkel Kaufman," Mehkarei Yerushalaim be-makhshevet Israel 1 (1982), pp [Hebrew] 18.b. "Jewish Nationalism in the Thought of Yehezkel Kaufmann," Binah, Studies in Jewish Thought, Joseph Dan, ed. (New York: Prager, 1989), vol. 2, pp "The Dialectical Method in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph D. Soloveitchik," Da at 9 (1982), pp

4 20. "Spiritualism and Religious Anarchism in the Teaching of Shmuel Alexandrov," Da at 7 (1981), pp [Hebrew] Book Chapters 1. "Between Reflection and Research in the Writings of Eliezer Schweid," Eliezer Schweid Festschrift, Avi Ravitzky, ed. (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, forthcoming). 2. "On the Attitude of Religious Zionism to the Use of Force," War and Peace in Jewish Thought, Avri Bar Levav, ed. (Haifa: Haifa University, forthcoming). 3. "On the Idea of Forgiveness in Hermann Cohen's Philosophy," A Collection of Essays in Memory of Meir Ayali (forthcoming). 4. "Two Concepts of Sanctity in Berdichevsky's Early Writings," Iyunim Bitkumat Israel (forthcoming). [Hebrew] 5. "Bialik's Attitude to the Secularization of the Jewish Culture," Studies in Jewish Education, Jonathan Cohen, ed. (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2006), vol. 11, pp "The Failure of the Bridge: On the Way of Religious Zionism," A Hundred Years of Religious Zionism, Avi Sagi, ed. (Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 2003), pp "History, De-Mythologization and Zionism in David Hartman's Theology," Renewing Jewish Commitment: The Work and Thought of David Hartman, Avi Sagi, and Zvi Zohar, eds. (Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuhad, 2001), [Hebrew] 8. "Through the Jewish Historical Prism: Overcoming the Tradition of Insecurity," Security Concerns: Insights from the Israeli Experience, Daniel Bar-Tal, Dan Jacobson, and Aharon Kleiman, eds. (Stanford: Jai Press, 1998), pp "Historical-Collective Memory in Martin Buber's Writings," Myth in Judaism Eshel Beer Sheva, Havivah Pedayah, ed. (Beer Sheva: Ben-Gurion University, 1996), vol 4, pp [Hebrew] 10. "Rabbi Nachman Krochmal and the Problem of Historization of Judaism," Minha Le- Sara: Studies in Kabbala and Jewish Philosophy offered to Sara Heller-Wilensky, Moshe Idel, Devorah Dimant, and Shalom Rosenberg, eds. (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1994), pp [Hebrew] 11. "The Limits of Toleration: The Problem of Cooperation Between the 'Observant' and the 'Non-Observant' during 'Hibbat Zion' ( )", Zionism and Religion, Shmuel Almog, Yehuda Reinhartz, and Anita Shapira, eds. (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1994), pp [Hebrew] 12. "Dialogue out of Faith in Samuel Hugo Bergman's Thought," Tura Studies in Jewish Thought, Meir Ayali, ed. (Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuhad, 1989), vol I, pp [Hebrew]

5 13. "Spiritual and Anti-Spiritual Trends in Early Zionism," History of Jewish Spirituality: A Collection of Essays, Arthur Green, ed. (New York: Crossroad Press, 1987), vol. II, pp "Repentance," Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought, Arthur A. Cohen, and Paul Mendes-Flohr, eds. (New York: Charles Scribner and Sons, 1987), pp "Spiritual Leadership in Kibbutz Community," The Jewish Spiritual Leadership in Our Time (Ramat Gan: The Institute for Contemporary Jewish Thought, Bar-Ilan University, 1982), pp [Hebrew] 16. "Zion and Judenstaat," Essays in Modern Jewish History: A Tribute to Ben Halpern (New Jersey: Associated University Press, 1982), pp Encyclopedia Entries 1. The Encyclopedia for Modern Jewish Culture, Yirmiyahu Yovel, and Menachem Brinker, eds. (forthcoming). Leo Strauss Religious Zionism Other Publications Edited Books 1. Leo Strauss, Natural Right and History, David Zinger, trans. (Jerusalem: Shalem Press, 2005). [Hebrew] Articles 1. "Jewish-Zionist Alternative: On Prof. Ephraim E. Urbach's Teaching," Davar, Aug. 30, [Hebrew] 2. "Utopia and Return," Alpayim 3 (1990), pp [Hebrew] 3. "Individual and Collective Repentance: On Some Dilemmas of Religious Zionism," Molad 25 (1982), pp [Hebrew] 4. "Time in the Book of Kohelet," Alei-Siakh (1982), pp [Hebrew] 5. "Exile and Vocation in the Writings of Rabbi A. S. Tamares," Kivunim 8 (1980), pp [Hebrew] 6. "Faith and Morality in the Writings of A. S. Tamares," Petakhim (March 1980), pp [Hebrew] 7. "War, Violence and Pacifism in the Writings of Rabbi A. S. Tamares," Kivunim 9 (1980). pp [Hebrew]

6 8. "On the Revival-Myth of the Maccabees," Ha-Umma 56 (1978), pp [Hebrew] 9. "The Uganda Controversy," Kivunim 1 (1978), pp [Hebrew] Book Chapters 1. "Secular Alternative: On Teaching Jewish Studies in the Secular Schools," Tura: A Collection of Articles in Jewish Studies, Meir Ayali, ed. (Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1994), vol 3, pp [Hebrew] Other Relevant Activities Editorial Positions Issue Editor, Iyyun A Journal of Philosophy 50 (Oct. 2001).