Lerner Meiron, Department of Talmud

Short Curriculum Vitae (highlights):

Born: Brooklyn, N.Y 1934. In Israel: from 1956. BA: Yeshiva University 1955. MA: Hebrew University 1962. Ph.D: Hebrew University 1971.

Major publications (books and major articles):

An Early Ashkenazic Commentary to Midrash Leviticus Rabba, XII + 208 pp. Jerusalem 1995
Studies in a Geniza Booklist, Teuda, 1 (1980), 41 -55.
New Homilies for The Ninth of Ab, Belkin Memorial Volume, N.Y 1981, 84 - 107
Enquiries into The Meanings of Titles and Designations, Teuda, 4, (1986), 93 - 113
The Midrashic Compilations to the Decalogue, Mehqerei Talmud, 1 (1990), 217 - 236
New Light on the Spanish Recension of Deut. Rabba, Teuda, 11, (1996) 107 - 145

Teaches in the following subject areas:

Midrashic Literature, Talmud, Rabbinic Exempla, Rabbinic Philosophy

Teaches the following courses in the current academic year:

Introduction to Aggada and Midrash
The Midrashic Compilations to the Pentateuch

Areas of current research interest:

Introduction to the Aggadic Midrashim
Midrash Ruth Rabba
The Midrashic Compilations to the Decalogue
Midrash Ruah Ha’Qodesh
The Public Discourse during the Geonic Period
Geniza Studies

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

Dept.: 6409655
Office: 6408450
Home: 03-6180974
Fax (School of Jewish Studies): 6407031