Dr. Cana Werman. C.V. and List of Publications

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1 May 2008 Dr. Cana Werman C.V. and List of Publications Born: , Israel Army service: Address and Tel. at home: 1 Nachalat Zadok, Jerusalem, cana_werman@hotmail.com; cana@bgumail.bgu.ac.il Education [B.A.] 1984 (Jewish Thought, Psychology, Hebrew University) Cum Laude [M.A.] 1987 (Jewish Thought, Hebrew University) Summa Cum Laude, Thesis: Two Ways: The Jewish Chapters in the Didache and The Epistle of Barnabas (supervisor: Prof. D. Flusser). [Ph.D.] 1996 (Jewish Thought, Hebrew University) Thesis: The Attitude towards Gentiles in the Book of Jubilees and Qumran literature Compared with Early Tannaic Halakhah and Contemporary Pseudepigrapha (supervisor: Prof. S. Safrai). Employment History: Starr Fellow Center for Jewish Studies Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

2 Guest Senior Lecturer Dept. of Bible and Near Eastern Studies Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva Researcher Yad Ben Zvi, Jerusalem Visiting Lecturer Dept. of History of the Jewish People The Hebrew University, Jerusalem Visiting Lecturer Dept. of the Hebrew Language Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva Visiting Fellow Dept. of Religion Studies Princeton University, Princeton NJ Visiting Lecturer Dept. of History and Jewish Thought Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva.

3 Honorary Starr Fellow, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Educational Activities Courses Taught: 1] Introduction to the New Testament and Early Christianity [B.A.] 2] Mikra in the Dead Sea Scrolls [M.A.] 3] Early Apocalyptic Literature [M.A.] 4] Early Apocalyptic Literature and Messianic Movements in the Second Temple Period [B.A.] 5] The Book of Jubilees [M.A.] 6] Mikra in Early Christianity [B.A.] 7] Introduction to Apocrypha and Pseudopigrapha [B.A.] 8] Jewish Sources of Early Christianity [B.A.] 9] Ideology and Literature in the Hassmonean Period [B.A.] 10] Introduction to Jewish Thought [M.A.] 11] Good and Evil in Second Temple Literature [M.A.] 12] Introduction to Rabbinic Thought [B.A.] 13] Introduction to Rabbinic Literature [B.A.] 14] Introduction to Rabbinic Literature [M.A.] 15] Exegesis and Interpretation in Qumran and Rabbinic Literature [M.A.] 16] Women in Second Temple and Rabbinic Literature [M.A.] 17] Stories of the Patriarchs in Second Temple Literature [B.A.] 18] The Dead Sea Scrolls [B.A.] 19] Ge ez [B.A.]

4 Awards and Scholarships: [1999] The Dinnur Center Scholarship [ ] Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Scholarship [ ] Honorary Starr Fellow, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University [ ] Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Scholarship [ ] Institute of Jewish Studies Scholarship Scientific Publications: Authored books כ' ורמן 2003: הספרות האפוקליפטית בימי הבית השני C. Werman 2003: The Apocalyptic Literature of the Second Temple Period, The Broadcasting University; Tel-Aviv: Ministry of Defense. כ' ורמן 2006: (עורכת), לארי הורטאדו, כיצד הפך ישוע לאל? C. Werman 2006: (ed.) L. W. Hurtado, How on Earth did Jesus become a God? (Beer-Sheva: Ben-Gurion University Press) Chapters in collective volumes (refereed articles n. 6, 10-13): 1] C. Werman 1999: Qumran and the Book of Noah, in: E. G. Chazon and M. E. Stone (eds.) Pseudepigraphic Perspectives: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Leiden: Brill) ] C. Werman 2000: The Sons of Zadok and the Sons of Aaron, in: L. H. Schiffman and E. Tov and J. C. VanderKam (eds.) The Dead Sea Scrolls: 50 years after their Discoveries (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society and the Israel Museum) ] C. Werman 2000: CD XI:17: Apart from your Sabbaths, in: E. G. Chazon et al. (eds.) The Damascus Document (Leiden: Brill)

5 4] C. Werman 2000: The Concept of Holiness and the Requirements of Purity in Second Temple and Tannaic Literature, in: M. J. H. M. Poorthuis and J. Schwartz (eds.) Purity and Holiness: The Heritage of Leviticus (Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series 2; Leiden: Brill) ] כ' ורמן 2001: "תעודה לבירור טיבו של המונח" C. Werman 2001: Teudah on the Meaning of the Term, in: B. Nitzan and G. Brin (eds.) Fifty Years of Dead Sea Scrolls Research (Jerusalem: Yad ben Zvi) ] C. Werman 2004: The Book of Hagu, in: J. J. Collins et al. (eds.) Sapiential Perspective: Wisdom Literature in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Leiden: Brill) ] C. Werman 2004: God s House: Temple and Universe, in: R. Deines (ed.) Philo und das Neue Testament (WUNT 172; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck) ] כ' ורמן וא' שמש, " ההלכה במגילות מדבר יהודה" C. Werman and A. Shemesh, The Halakha in the Dead Sea Scrolls, in: M. Kister et al. (eds.) The Dead Sea Scrolls (Jerusalem: Yad ben Zvi) (accepted, due 2007). 9] כ' ורמן, "אחרית הימים בהגות עדת קומראן" C. Werman, Eschatology in the Dead Sea Scrolls, in: M. Kister et al. (eds.) The Dead Sea Scrolls (Jerusalem: Yad ben Zvi) (accepted, due 2007). 10] C. Werman 2006: Oral Torah vs. Written Torah(s): Comparing Claims to Authority, in: S. D. Fraade et al. (eds.) Rabbinic Perspective: Rabbinic Literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Leiden: Brill) ] C. Werman, Messiah in Heaven? in: D. Schwartz et al. (eds.) Qumran and Early Christianity (Leiden: Brill) (accepted, due 2007). 12] C. Werman 2007: "The Book of Jubilees in Hellenistic Context," in: Lynn LiDonnici et al. (eds.) The Heavenly Tablets: Jubilee Volume in Honor of Prof. B. Halpern-Amaru (Leiden: Brill 2007),

6 כ ' ורמן, "מצוות בני נח ומצוות התלויות בארץ " [13 C. Werman, "The Noachide Commandments and The Commandments Relating to Living in Israel," in: A. Goshen-Gottstein (ed.) The land of Israel in Rabbinic Thought (accepted, due 2007). 14] C. Werman, "The Wood-Offering: The Convolution of a Halakah in Qumran and Rabbinic Law," in: E. Chazon et al (eds.) The Tenth Orion Conference (Leiden: Brill) (accepted, due 2007). כ ' ורמן, מועדי הביכורים במגילת המקדש [15 C. Werman, The First Fruit Festival according to the Temple Scroll, E. Qimron Festschrift (Beer-Sheva: BGU) (accepted, due 2008) Refereed articles כ ' ורמן 1994: דין כיסוי הדם ואכילתו בהלכה הכוהנית ובהלכת חכמים [1 C. Werman 1994: The Rules of Consuming and Covering the Blood in the Priestly Halakhah and the Halakhah of the Sages, Tarbiz 63:2, ] C. Werman 1995: The Rules of Consuming and Covering Blood in Priestly and Rabbinic Law, Revue de Qumran 16:64, כ ' ורמן 1995: "עיצוב סיפור המבול בספר היובלים " [3 C. Werman 1995: The Flood Story in the Book of Jubilees, Tarbiz 64:2, ] C. Werman 1997: Jubilees 30: Building a Paradigm for the Ban on Intermarriage, Harvard Theological Review 90:1, ] C. Werman 1997: Levi and Levites in the Second Temple Period, Dead Sea Discoveries 4:2, א ' שמש וכ' ורמן 1997: "הנסתרות וגילויים" [6 A. Shemesh and C. Werman 1997: Hidden Things and their Revelation, Tarbiz 66:4, ] A. Shemesh and C. Werman 1998: "Hidden Things and their Revelation," Revue de Qumran 18: 71,

7 כ ' ורמן 1999: "התורה והתעודה הכתובה על הלוחות " [8 C. Werman 1999: The Torah and Teudah on the Tablets, Tarbiz 68:4, ] C. Werman 2002: The Torah and Teudah on the Tablets, Dead Sea Discoveries 9:1, כ ' ורמן 2001: "ספר היובלים בהקשר הלניסטי " [10 C. Werman 2001: The Book of Jubilees in Hellenistic Context, Zion 66:3, ] A. Shemesh and C. Werman 2003: Halakha at Qumran: Genre and Authority, Dead Sea Discoveries 10:1, כ ' ורמן 2004: "קץ וקיצים בספרות הבית השני" [12 C. Werman 2004: The Eschaton in Second Temple Literature, Tarbiz 72, כ ' ורמן 2004: "ספר היובלים ועדת קומראן: לשאלת היחס בין השניים" [13 C. Werman 2004: The Book of Jubilees and the Qumran Community, Megilot 2, ] C. Werman 2006: "Epochs and End-time: The 490-Year Scheme in Second Temple Literature," Dead Sea Discoveries 13:2, כ ' ורמן 2006: "מועדי הכפרה במגילת המקדש" [15 C. Werman 2006: "The Atonement Festivals in the Temple Scroll", Megilot 4, כ ' ורמן, "התיווך ומחירו: מקומם של הכוהנים בהלכה הכוהנית" [16 C. Werman 2007: The Price of Mediation: The Role of Priests according to Priestly Halakhah Megilot 5-6,

8 Book reviews C. Werman 2001: R. A. Werline, Penitential Prayer in the Second Temple Judaism: The Development of a Religious Institution (Atlanta, Ga: Scholars Press 1998) Jewish Quarterly Review 92, Conferences: Invited plenary lectures at conferences: 1] Purity and Holiness in Second Temple Literature, Jewish and Christian Perspectives, Utrecht ] Calculation of Time and Periods in Qumran, Jewish and Christian Perspectives, Utrecht ] The Return and Other Periods of Evil, SBL, 2004 Presentation of papers at conferences 1] Levi and Levites in the Second Temple Period, SBL, ] Gentile Impurity in Priestly and Rabbinic Law, AJS, ] Nistarot and Niglot in Qumran literature, SBL, ] What is Written on the Heavenly Tablets? 12 th World Congress of Jewish Studies, ] The Book of Jubilees and the Damascus Document: Two Attitudes toward the Question of Authority, Meeting in Honor of the Memory of J. Licht, Tel- Aviv ] The Heavenly Tablets: The Term in the Book of Jubilees, SBL, ] The Book of Jubilees in Hellenistic Context, The international Conference for Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva ] The Messiah and His Mother, 13 th World Congress of Jewish Studies, ] Calculations of Epochs and End-Time, SBL, 2004

9 10] The Date(s) of the Wood Festival, 14 th World Congress of Jewish Studies, ] The Story of Exodus: Jubilees and Manetho, Haifa Conference for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2007 Seminar presentations at universities and institutions 1] The Attitude toward Blood in the Priestly Halakha, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University ] Two Attitudes toward the Question of Authority, Department of Jewish Thought, Ben Gurion University ] The Book of Jubilees in Hellenistic Context, Department of Classic, Princeton University ] The Development of Halakha, Orion Center, Hebrew University 2002 (joint with A. Shemesh). 5] Eschatological Hopes in Second Temple Judaism, Department for the Study of Religions, Princeton University ] Authority and Writing, Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University, ] The Quest for Authority and the Question of Writing, Department of Talmud, Bar-Ilan University ] The Priestly Halakha and Tannaic Literature: The Attitude toward Writing, Center for Jewish Studies, Freie University, Berlin ] Pseudo Moses and the Apocryphon of Jeremiah, Orion Center, Hebrew University ] Biblical Interpretation in Halakhic Scrolls from Qumran, Yale University ] The Messenger of God, the Messenger of his People: Understanding Priestly Halakha, Princeton University ] The Dispute between Priests and Pharisees, Hebrew University ] Features of Priestly Halakha, Harvard University 2007

10 Research Grants: [ ] Israel Science Foundation Grant (400,000 NIS) Present Activities: 1] The Development of Halakha in Light of the Qumran Scrolls (joint with A. Shemesh): Submitted 2] The Book of Jubilees: New Translation and Commentary: A book in process, to be published by Yad Ben Zvi. (both projects are supported by the ISF). 3] The Book of Jubilees: Historiography and Ideology: A book in process. Languages: Ancient: Greek, Latin, Ge'ez Modern: Hebrew, English, German, French Synopsis of research From my undergraduate years at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem I have been captivated by the study of the Judaism of the Hellenistic-Roman era, mainly by its variegated literature: the works written by Jewish groups during

11 the Second Temple period in the land of Israel and in the Diaspora, tannaitic literature, and Jewish-Christian literature. In my M.A. and Ph.D. theses I investigated subtopics of this broad field of research, to which I continue to devote time and intensive study. My M.A. thesis dealt with an early Jewish essay preserved in two secondcentury Christian writings, the Didache and the Epistle of Barnabas. I started by translating the two witnesses chapters 1-6 of the Didache and chapters of the Epistle from the Greek and the Latin. I then analyzed the differences between these two witnesses and attempted to reconstruct an Urtext of this essay. The final section of my thesis interprets and evaluates the reconstructed text via comparison with parallels from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. The second-century-bce Book of Jubilees, a rewriting of Genesis and the beginning of Exodus, was the subject of my Ph.D. thesis. This work includes some of the earliest known biblical interpretation, which reflects its author's awareness of difficulties in the biblical text. However, in rewriting the Bible its author's main goal is to shape the biblical stories so that they reflect his separatist ideology, halakhic path, and theology. Furthermore, as an adherent of an apocalyptic worldview, Jubilees' author constructs his book in accord with known features of apocalyptic literature: pseudepigraphic attribution (the book was given to Moses on Mount Sinai), descriptions of heavenly powers who affect the earthly dominion, and expectation of the End of Days. Study of the book of Jubilees demands profound knowledge of a range of historical periods and literary genres. One prerequisite for comprehension of the early interpretation found in Jubilees is an understanding of the Bible and its sources. Awareness and knowledge of other early biblical interpretation are also necessary, as is conversance with the social-intellectual world of Second

12 Temple groups and sects: Hellenistic-Jewish writings; Wisdom literature; Hasmonean propaganda; apocalyptic literature and Qumranic sectarian writings. The interrelationship between society, politics, and philosophy reflected in Second Temple literary works requires a good grasp of the historical events and of the national, international, and political dissension and quarrels of the period. The halakhic dispute so central to the author's world makes expertise in the biblical laws and their development in Second Temple halakhic, as well as in tannaitic, literature a desideratum. I have been actively engaged in studying and acquiring knowledge in these fields from the first year of my doctoral studies. Moreover, although Jubilees was originally written in Hebrew, it was not preserved in its original language. Hebrew fragments of this work found at Qumran, many in number but minor in content, point to the type of Hebrew used. A coherent, full text was preserved only in Geez. The book was also partly preserved in Latin, as were brief paraphrases in Greek and Syriac. During the course of my studies, I acquired proficiency in these languages, employing this knowledge to translate some of the chapters of Jubilees in my doctoral thesis. My publications reflect the broad range of my interests: My first paper was in the field of halakha (part 2 [=refereed articles in my CV], no. 1). Additional papers dealt with halakhic matters (part 1 [=Chapters in symposium volumes in my CV], nos. 3, 4, 8, 10, 13, 14; part 2, nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15). The question of the relationship between halakha and literary genre is discussed in several of these papers (part 1, no. 10; part 2, nos. 3, 8, 9). In the near future I intend to publish a book (jointly with Professor Aharon Shemesh), which will survey the development of halakha in light of the Qumran Scrolls (to be entitled: Revealing the Hidden). The preparation of this book was supported by an ISF grant.

13 Other of my papers treat Second Temple Wisdom literature (part 1, nos. 6, 12; part 2, no. 10) and Hellenistic-Jewish literature (part 1, nos. 7, 12; part 2, nos. 10, 13). The Qumran Community's thought and writings are at the core of many papers (part 1, nos. 1-3, 5-11, 14; part 2, nos. 5-9, 14-15). Apocalyptic literature and messianic movements are an important part of my research (part 1, nos. 9, 11; part 2, nos. 3, 5, 14) and I published a book on this subject in the Broadcast University series. Early Christian writings are analyzed in a number of papers (part 1, nos. 4, 7, 11, 13). Another issue I have addressed is the question of the relationship between different Jewish writings from the land of Israel (part 1, no. 1; part 2, nos. 3, 5). In order to keep abreast of developments in my fields of interest I attend and deliver papers at international conferences both in Israel and abroad. In light of my long acquaintance with Jubilees, and because of my knowledge of the necessary languages, I was chosen to prepare a new Hebrew translation of the book with a full commentary, to be published by the Ben-Zvi Institute. For the past four years this project has received support from an ISF grant. My current academic position at BGU in the Deichmann Program for Jewish and Christian Literature of the Hellenistic-Roman Era is a direct outgrowth of my fields of research and expertise. Established and funded by Dr. Heinz Deichmann, a German philanthropist and a devout Christian, this program has its goal the enhancement of mutual understanding between Christians and Jews. In this program I teach both Jewish and Christian literature, and am currently editing a book of Hebrew translation of collected essays by Prof. Larry Hurtado, dealing with early Christianity.