Ehud Benor

Chair, Jewish Studies Program

Acting Chair (Fall 2003, Winter 2004)

Associate Professor of Religion

Education

• Ph.D. Harvard (Study of Religion), M.A. Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jewish Thought), B.A. Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Philosophy & Jewish philosophy and Kabbala).

Jewish Studies or Associated Courses Taught

• Profesor Benor (Religion Department) teaches courses on Judaism from the post-biblical period to the 20th century focusing on the history of thought in its philosophical and mystical dimensions, on the nature of ritual and its embodiment in religious law and society, and on the function of religious language in midrashic discourse.
• JWST 06/REL 6: Introduction to Judaism
• JWST 63/REL 23: Jewish Philosophers of Religion
• JWST62/REL 22: Jewish Mysticism
• JWST60/REL20: Judaism in Late Antiquity: The Rabbinic Revolution
• REL 30: Evil and Suffering: Reflections on the Holocaust

E-mail: Ehud.Benor@Dartmouth.EDU