Greenstein Ed, Dept. of Bible

Short Curriculum Vitae (highlights):

Professor of Bible, since 1996.
1976-1996, taught Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York.
Ph.D., 1977, Ancient Semitic Languages and Cultures, Columbia University.
Coeditor, Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society (since 1974).

Major publications (books and major articles):

1. "How Does Parallelism Mean?", in: A Sense of Text, Jewish Quarterly Review Supplement (1983), pp. 41-70.
2. "Deconstruction and Biblical Narrative", Prooftexts 9(1989), pp. 43-71.
3. "Kirta" [critical transcription and verse translation with introduction and bibliography], in: Ugaritic Narrative Poetry, ed. S. B. Parker (Scholars Press, 1997), pp. 9-48.
4.Reader Responsibility: The Making of Meaning in Biblical Narrative (Sheffield Academic Press, in press).
5. Essays on Biblical Method and Translation (Scholars Press, 1989).
6. The Hebrew Bible in Literary Criticism (Frederick Ungar, 1986; co-compiled).
7. "The Phonology of Akkadian Syllable Structure," Afroasiatic Linguistics 9 (1984), pp. 1-71.

Teaches in the following subject areas:

Biblical literature, contemporary literary approaches to Bible, ancient Near Eastern literature and the Bible

Teaches the following courses in the current academic year:

Mesopotamian Literature, Creation in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, Deconstruction and the Bible, The Book of Exodus, Feminist Criticism of the Bible

Areas of current research interest:

Ancient Canaanite Narrative, The Book of Job, Canaanite wisdom literature, The Book of Lamentations

Hobbies:

Music--most types, including 20th century American: concert, jazz, folk, and classical rock.
Reading--especially detective fiction.

Additional points of contact (office/home telephone,fax,etc.):

Home telephone: (02)6240955

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