Jacob Neusner
Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism
and
Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504
Telephone: 845 758 7389
Mail: 39 Kalina Drive, Rhinebeck, New York 12572
Telephone: 845 876 7320. Fax: 845 876 7320
E-Mail: JNeusner@Frontiernet.net
Personal Facts
Born July 28, 1932, in Hartford, Connecticut
Married March 15, 1964, to Suzanne Richter
Children April 30.1965, Samuel Aaron
February 9, 1967, Eli Ephraim
December 18, 1969, Noam Mordecai Menahem
February 10, 1973, Margalit Leah Berakhah
Education
1947-1950: William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, Connecticut.
1950-1953: Harvard College (Class of 1954).
1953-1954: Lincoln College, Oxford University.
1954-1957, 1958-1960: Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
1957-1958: Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1958-1960: Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. Joint Program in Religion.
Earned Degrees
1953: Harvard College: A. B., Magna Cum Laude, History.
1960: Jewish Theological Seminary: Master of Hebrew Letters.
1960: Columbia University: Ph.D., Religion.
Honorary Degrees, Medals, Prizes and Other Awards
1951 Harvard College, Detur Book Award
1952 Harvard College, Phi Beta Kappa [elected in the senior sixteen, November, 1952]
1960 Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The Abraham Berliner Prize in Jewish History Awarded to A Life of Yohanan ben Zakkai.
1969 Brown University. A.M. Ad Eundem
1974 Columbia University. University Medal for Excellence
1974 The Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago, IL. The Rabbi Solomon Goldman Creativity Award
1977 University of Tübingen. Medal in celebration of the 500th anniversary of the University of Tübingen. In connection with three lectures in honor of that occasion.
1978 University of Chicago. Doctor of Humane Letters (L. H. D.)
1979 University of Cologne. Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa (Ph.D., h.c.)
1981 Von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn. Von Humboldt Prize.
1983 Ohio State University. Distinguished Humanitarian Award, Melton Center for Jewish Studies
1988 University of Bologna. Dottore ad Honorem in Scienze Politiche (indirizzo storico-politico). Conferred in the celebration of the 900th anniversary of the University.
1988 Bible Review. Fellner Prize for the best article published in 1987.
1989 University of Rochester. Doctor of Humane Letters (L. H. D.).
1990 Collège de France. Medal of Collège de France. On the occasion of a lecture at Collège de France.
1990 Regione di Campania, Italy. Medal of la Regione di Campania. On the occasion of a lecture at the University of Naples.
1992 Xavier University, Cincinnati. The Ecumenical Medal.
1993 Tulane University, New Orleans. Doctor of Humane Letters (L. H. D.)
1993 St. Louis University. St. Louis, Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)
1993 Archdiocese of Milano, Italy: Commemorative Medal of the Cardinal of Milano. On the occasion of lectures at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milano, in connection with the Seventh International Meeting for Peace organized by Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni.
1994 University of South Florida. The Medal of the Honors Program.
1994 National Endowment for the Arts. Ambassador for the Arts (designated by the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts)
1996 University of South Florida. Bachelor of Science Honoris Causa (B.S., h.c.) of the Honors Program
1996 Åbo Akademi University, Åbo/Turku, Finland. The Queen Christina of Sweden Medal.
1997 Dowling College, Oakdale, NY. Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)
Professional Positions
1960-1961: Columbia University. Instructor in Religion
1961-1962: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Assistant Professor of Hebrew.
1962-1964: Brandeis University. Lown Institute Research Associate.
1964-1968: Dartmouth College. 1964-1966: Assistant Professor of Religion. 1966-1968: Associate Professor of Religion.
1968-1990: Brown University. 1968-1975: Professor of Religious Studies. 1975-1982: University Professor, Professor of Religious Studies, and Ungerleider Distinguished Scholar of Judaic Studies. 1982-1990: University Professor and Ungerleider Distinguished Scholar of Judaic Studies.
1989- : Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ). Member. (In residence: 1989-1990). School of Historical Studies.
1990-2000 University of South Florida. Distinguished Research Professor of Religious Studies.
1992- Clare Hall, Cambridge University. Life Member. (In residence: 1992)
1994- Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. 1994-1999: Professor of Religion. From 2000 -2006: Research Professor of Religion and Theology. Senior Fellow, Institute of Advanced Theology. 2006- Distinguished Service Professor of the History and Theology of Judaism
Visiting Professorships
1976: Iliff School of Theology (Denver, CO). Visiting Professor (summer).
1977: Jewish Theological Seminary of America (New York City). Visiting Professor (summer).
1978-1979: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis-St. Paul). Hill Visiting Professor (Semester I).
1990-1991 University of Frankfurt. Martin Buber Professor of Judaic Studies. Summer term. Also: Von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn. Von Humboldt Prize Fellow.
1992: Clare Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. Visiting Fellow. Summer term. 1992- : Life Member.
1993: Institutum Judaicum Åboense, Åbo Akademi, and Stiftelsens för Åbo Akademi Forskningsinstitut, Åbo [Turku], Finland. Visiting Research Professor. Summer term.
1994: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Canterbury Visiting Fellow. Summer Term.
1995: University of Göttingen, Germany: Von Humboldt Research Professor. Summer term.
1996: Uppsala University, Sweden. Visiting Professor of Theology. Minicourse, spring semester, 1996.
2006-2007: University of Bologna. Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study.
Scholarships, Fellowships, Awards, and Research Grants
1950-1953: Harvard College Scholarships
1953-1954: Henry Fellow, Oxford University
1954-1957: Jewish Theological Seminary of America Fellowships
1957-1958: Fulbright Scholar, Hebrew University
1958-1960: Fellow of Special Program in Talmud, Jewish Theological Seminary
1959-1960: University Scholar, Columbia University
1957-1960: Kent Fellow, National Council for Religion in Higher Education
1962: National Defense Foreign Language Fellowship in Persian, Harvard Summer School
1962-1964: Lown Fellow, Brandeis University
1965, 1967: Research Grants, American Philosophical Society
1966-1967: Research Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies
1970-1971: Research Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies
1970: Extraordinary research leave, Brown University
1968, 1969, 1970, 1972: Summer Research Stipends, Brown University
1973-1974: Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
1974: Extraordinary research leave, Brown University
1979-1980: Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
1980: Extraordinary research leave, Brown University
1985: National Endowment for the Humanities [Education Program]. Summer Institute for College Teachers
1986-1990: Reduced teaching assignment to facilitate research, Brown University
1988: National Endowment for the Humanities. Summer Research Seminar for College Teachers [Fellowships Program].
1989-1990: National Endowment for the Humanities. Senior Research Fellowship.
1989-1990: Extraordinary research leave, Brown University.
1989-1990: Residence, Institute for Advanced Study.
1990-2000: Annual Research Grants, University of South Florida.
1991: Von Humboldt Research Fellow and Buber Professorship, University of Frankfurt.
1993: Research Professorship, The Research Institute of the Åbo Academy Foundation.
1994: Canterbury Visiting Fellowship, University of Canterbury.
1994- Annual Research Grants, Bard College.
1995: Von Humboldt Research Fellow and Professorship, University of Göttingen.
1998: Professorial Excellence Program Award, University of South Florida
2006-2007: Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Bologna
2006-2007; National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Program Grant for a study conference on religious resources of toleration. Part of a project with comparable conferences at American University of Cairo and University of Bologna.
Offices, Editorships, Projects Organized and Other Public Service
(Selected list)
1961-1990: American Association of University Professors. Member, 1981-1987: Committee on College and University Teaching, Research and Publication (Committee C) (two terms).
1967- American Academy of Religion. 1967-1968: Vice President and Program Chairman. 1968-1969: President. 1969-1974: Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Member, Editorial Board. 1979-1984: Chairman, Section on the History of Judaism. 1985-1988: History of Religion Book Prize Committee. 1985-1995: Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Member, Editorial board.
1968-1980: Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society
1968-1973 Association for Jewish Studies. Member, Founding committee, and Board of Directors.
1968-1969 Council on the Study of Religion. Member, Founding Committee. Delegate: American Academy of Religion.
1969- Max Richter Foundation. Founder and president.
1972-1987 American Academy for Jewish Research. 1972: Elected Fellow. 1976-1981: Member, Executive Committee.
l973-1989 Trinity University Monograph Series in Religion. Board of Editors.
1972-1982: Organizer and Chairman, The Max Richter Foundation Conferences on the History of Judaism. Brown University. Ten annual conferences.
1973-1991 Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity. Monograph series, E. J. Brill. Founder and Editor.
1975-1991 Studies in Judaism in Modern Times. Monograph series, E. J. Brill. Founder and Editor.
1974-1992 Encyclopaedia Britannica Yearbook. Annual article: Judaism in the year just passed. [From 1993: Noam M. M. Neusner.]
1975-1989 Library of Judaic Learning. Textbook series, Ktav Publishing House. Founder and Editor.
1976-1990 Brown Judaic Studies. Monograph series. Founder and Editor-in-chief.
1978-1984 National Endowment for the Humanities. Member: National Council on the Humanities. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter. 1978-1980: Committee on Planning and Special Programs. 1980-1984: Committee on Research Projects. Various other committees (Budget, Jefferson Lectures).
1980-1988 Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Scholarly monograph series, University of Chicago Press. Founder and Editor.
1980- 1992 The Second Century. Member, editorial board.
1980-1981 European Association for Jewish Studies. Organizer, founding meetings: Oxford, May,1981, July 1982.
1983-1990 The Reconstructionist. Contributing Editor.
1983-1989 National Jewish Post and Opinion. Weekly column.
1984-1991 Classics of Judaic Learning. Scholarly reprint series, University Press of America. Founder and Editor-in-chief.
1984-1990 Translation and Reprint Series, Scholars Press. Member, Advisory Board.
1984-1990 National Endowment for the Arts. Member: National Council on the Arts. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan. Committee service: 1986: Long range Enhancement Committee. Advancement III Committee. 1987, 1988: National Arts Medal Committee. 1987, 1988: NCA/NASAA/NALAA Joint Policy Committee (state and local arts agencies).
1985-1992 Religious Studies and Theology/ Member, Editorial Board.
1985-1990 Brown Studies on Jews and their Societies. Scholars Press. Founder and Editor.
1986-1990 Studies in Judaism. University Press of America. Founder and Editor.
1986-1988 Hebrew Studies. Editorial board
1987-1990 Oral Traditions. Editorial board
1987- 1990 New Perspectives on Ancient Judaism. Series (University Press of America)
1988-1995 Harper's Dictionary of Religion. Editor (for Judaism)
1988-1990 Brown Studies in Religion, Scholars Press. Founder and senior editor
1989- Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
1989-1999: Approaches to Ancient Judaism. Founder and chair, Editorial Board
1989-1994: People and Religions (Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni, Rome). Advisory Board for International Meetings for Peace.
1990- Religion and Public Life [formerly: This World ]. Editorial Board.
1990- The Rockford Institute. The Main Street Committee
1990-1999 South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Founder and Editor-in-chief.
1990-1995: Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period. In two volumes, 1 m. words. Organizer and Editor-in-chief.
1990-1994: Jewish Spectator. Contributing Editor.
1991-1999: South Florida-Rochester-St. Louis Studies on Religion and the Social Order. Founder and Senior Editor
1991-1996: The Religion Factor: An Introduction to How Religion Matters. Louisville, 1996: Westminster/John Knox. [Edited with William Scott Green.] Organizer and Editor.
1991- Advisory Council, Salvatori Center for Academic Leadership, The Heritage Foundation. 1992, 1993-1998: Member of the Salvatori Prizes Selection Committee.
1992-2001: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Judaistik Volumes One through Five. (E. J. Brill). Organizer and Editor.
1993- Humanitas. A Publication of the National Humanities Institute. Member, Editorial Board. Member, Academic Board, National Humanities Institute.
1993-1999: Founder and senior editor: International Studies in Formative Christianity and Judaism. Scholars Press
1993-1994: Conference Organizer and Chairman: Religion and the Social Order: What Kind of Lessons Does History Teach? University of South Florida.
1994-1999: USF Academic Commentary Series. Founder and Editor-in-chief.
1994-1999: Organizer and Editor-in-Chief: The Encyclopaedia of Judaism. Three volumes, 1,200,000 words. Published in 1999 by E. J. Brill.
1995-1996: Conference Organizer and Chairman: Religion and the Political Order The Ideal Politics of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. University of South Florida.
1995-2000: Organizer and Editor: The Pilgrim Library of World Religions. Five volumes.
1996 Conference co-organizer and co-chairman: The Judaeo-Christian Dialogue in the Twenty-First Century. Bard College
1996-2000: Organizer and Editor, The Companion to Judaism. And A Blackwell Reader in Judaism. Blackwells.
1996- National Humanities Institute. Board of Directors
1996-2002: Chairman of the Editorial Board: The Synoptic Gospels in their Judaic Contexts: Commentary from Rabbinic Literature and the Scrolls of Qumran, E. J. Brill
1997 Conference co-organizer and co-chairman: The Synoptic Gospels in Rabbinic Contexts. Bard College
1997-1999: Editor for Judaism, The Merriam-Webster Encyclopaedia of Religions [Encyclopaedia Britannica]
1998-2000: Founder, chairman of the Editorial Council, The Annual of Rabbinic Judaism, Ancient, Medieval, and Modern (Brill). Volumes I-III. Replaced by Review of Rabbinic Judaism, below.
1998-1999: Conference organizer and chairman: Religious Belief and Economic Behavior. University of South Florida
1997-2001: Organizer and Editor, Comparing Religious Traditions. Three volumes. Wadsworth Publishing Co.
1999 Conference co-organizer and co-chairman: Religious Belief and Economic Behavior. Bard College.
1999 Board of Advisors, The Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society
1999-2005: Founder and Editor, The Brill Reference Library of Judaism. From 2006: Member of the Editorial Council.
1999-2002: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Academic Studies in the History of Judaism. Global Publications (Binghamton University).
1999-2002: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Academic Studies in Religion and the Social Order. Global Publications (Binghamton University
1999-2002: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, International Studies in Formative Christianity and Judaism. Global Publications (Binghamton University).
1999-2002: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Classics of Judaism. Reprint Series. Global Publications (Binghamton University).
1999- Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Studies in Judaism. Rowman & Littlefield/University Press of America.
2000-2003: Organizer and Editor: The Midrash: An Encyclopaedia of Bible-Interpretation in Formative Judaism. Leiden, 2003: E. J. Brill. In two volumes.
2000-2004: Organizer and Editor-in-Chief: The Encyclopaedia of Judaism. Supplements One, Two, Three.. Leiden, 2002, 2003, 2004, respectively: E. J. Brill.
2001-2005: Organizer and chairman of the Editorial Council, Review of Rabbinic Judaism, Ancient, Medieval, and Modern. Three-times a year journal. Leiden, E. J. Brill. Succeeds, from Volume IV forward, the Annual of Rabbinic Judaism. From Volume VIII forward: one volume annually. From 2006: Member of the Editorial Council.
2001-2007: Organizer and Editor in Chief. Editor: Encyclopaedia of Religious and Philosophical Writings in Late Antiquity. Leiden, 2007: E. J. Brill.
2001- International Advisory Board, the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, School of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University/Templeton Foundation
2002-2004: Organizer and chairman, Seminar on Altruism in the Religions of the World, Bard College. Held: November, 2004.
2003- General Editor, Ancient Mediterranean and Medieval Texts and Contexts. Monograph series, Leiden, E. J. Brill.
2003-2007: Organizer and chairman, International Conferences on the Religious Resources of Toleration and Tolerance, held in 2007-2008 at American University of Cairo, University of Bologna, and Bard College. Held: January 2007 at Bologna, April 2007 at Bard College.
2004- Editor in Chief, UPA Studies on Religion and the Social Order.
2007=2008 Organizer and chairman, conference on The Golden Rule in world religions, Bard College. Held: April 2008.
Lectures
(Named lectures, plenary and principal conference addresses,
and international presentations only)
1967 Conference Address, Princeton University
1968 Morron Lecture, Hamilton College
1969 B. G. Rudolph Lecture in Judaic Studies, Syracuse University
1971 Lown Lecture, Brandeis University
1971 Lecture tour: Uppsala University, Lund University, Sweden; University of Copenhagen; Institute for Judaic Studies and Institute for Iranian Studies, Free University, Berlin; University of Cologne; University of Vienna; University of Oxford.
1972 Rosenstiel Lectures, Notre Dame University
1973 Haskell Lectures, Oberlin College
1974 Edgar Magnin Lecture, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles
1974 Edgar J. Goodspeed Lecture, Denison University
1974 Conference Lecture, University of Iowa
1975 Merrick Lectures, Ohio Wesleyan University
1975 Seventh Annual Religious Studies Lecture, University of Minnesota
1975 Minicourse. University of Utah.
1976 Bernstein Conference Lecture, University of Rochester
1976 Lecture tour: Keynote address, national congress, South African Jewish Board of Deputies, Johannesburg. Lectures Jewish communities of Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Durban, Johannesburg; Stellenbosch University, Witswatersrand University, University of Cape Town. Oxford University; Haifa University; Bar Ilan University
1977 Four lectures. Brigham Young University
1977 Inaugural Lecture, Cohen Chair of Judaic Studies, Emory University
1977 Two Plenary Lectures for the inauguration of Howard Swearer as President of Brown University. Dean of the College's colloquium. Graduate School colloquium.
1977 Conference address, University of Chicago Divinity School
1977 Invited Public Lecturer, American Academy for Jewish Research
1977 Lecture tour: Academic congress in honor of the 500th anniversary of Tübingen University. Lectures: University of Cologne; Free University of Berlin; Evangelische Hochschule, Berlin; King's College, London; Oxford University; University of Manchester.
1978 Convocation lecture, University of Chicago. In connection with receiving honorary L.H.D.
1978 Invited Plenary Lecture, Tenth Annual Meeting, Association for Jewish Studies
1978 Invited Plenary Lecture, American Academy for Jewish Research
1979 Samuel Friedland Lecture, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
1979 Invited Plenary Lecture, Society of Biblical Literature. Annual meeting
1979 Inaugural lecture, Department of Religious Studies, Arizona State University
1979 Opening ceremony, building dedication. School of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv University
1980 Phi Beta Kappa Address, 150th anniversary, Alpha of Rhode Island. Brown University
1980 Lecture tour: Tuebingen University; University of Strasbourg, University of Cologne, Dutch Society for Judaic Studies at Utrecht University; University of Groningen; Oxford University; London conference of Tel Aviv University; University College, London
1980 Spindel Memorial Lecture, Bowdoin College
1980 Principal Lecture, Midwest Scholars Dialogue, University of Dayton
1980 Charles Merrill Lecture, Florida State University
1981 Sacks Lecture, Oxford University. Lecture: University of Edinburgh. Seminar: Cambridge University
1981 Conference address, Bar Ilan University
1981 Keynote address, New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Annual meeting, Boston
1981 Catholic Academy of Bavaria (Munich). Conference address
1982 Wayne State University. Conference keynote address
1982 The Richard Lectures, University of Virginia
1983 Ohio State University. Distinguished Humanitarian Lecture.
1983 Lecture tour: University of Sydney; MacQuarrie University, Sydney; University of Melbourne; Canterbury University, Christchurch; Auckland University; New Zealand Baptist Theological College
1984 Associazione Italiana per lo studio del Giudaismo, annual meeting, San Miniato, Italy. Plenary address.
1984 Simon Rawidovitch Memorial Lecture, Brandeis University
1984 Third Annual Plenary Address: “How My Mind Has Changed.” Society of Biblical Literature, national meeting, Chicago
1984 Inaugural lecture, Smart Chair, Duke University
1984 The Gale Lecture, University of Texas
1985 Lecture tour: University of Iceland, University of Bergen, University of Trondheim, University of Oslo, University of Helsinki, Åbo Academy, Åbo/Turku.
1985 Conference addresses, International Association for the History of Religions, University of Sydney; University of Queensland, Brisbane.
1985 Scholars Press Lecturer, American Academy of Religion-Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting, Anaheim.
1985 University of Toronto. Religion in the Modern World Series.
1985 Cambridge Forum. Lecture [broadcast, National Public Radio].
1986 Liss Lecture, University of Notre Dame
1986 The Inaugural Bokser Memorial Lecture, Queens College. Published address.
1986 Coser Lecture in Jewish Social Science, Hunter College. Published address.
1986 Bucknell University. Special Humanities Lecture
1986 Lecture tour: Irish Biblical Association; Trinity College, Dublin; The Queen's University, Belfast
1986 Colloquium Address, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1987 Keynote address, National Foundation for Jewish Culture conference: “Art, Civilization, and Group Identity,” Los Angeles
1987 Keynote address, Council of Jewish Federations Conference, “The Jewish Community and the Arts,” Washington D.C.
1987 Conference address, Brown University
1987 Tulane University. Published address.
1988 National Association of College and University Chaplains. National conference plenary address.
1988 The First Saul Reinfeld Lecture in Judaic Studies, Connecticut College. Published address.
1988 University of Bologna, Italy. Seminar in honor of the 900th anniversary of the University in connection with receiving honorary degree. Plenary address on the same occasion.
1988 National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies. Tenth Anniversary Conference, Washington, D.C. Address.
1988 Seminar lecture, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo, Brazil. (In Portuguese).
1988 University of Bologna, Italy. Paper for international conference on planning joint research in the study of religion.
1989 Lecture tour of Italian universities. Rome/Vatican: Pontifical Lateran University; Pontifical Anselm University; University of Bologna; Fondazione Collegio San Carlo, University of Modena; Turin Jewish Community; University of Florence.
1989 O. C. Tanner Lecture in the Humanities, Utah State University, Logan. Lecture: Brigham Young University.
1989 Panel address, Midwest Association of Graduate Schools
1989 Farrnbacher-Kahn Lecture, B'nai Israel, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1989 Commencement Address, University of Rochester
1989 National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Brasília. Also: São Paulo Commission on Jewish-Christian Relations. (in Portuguese)
1989 Conference address, Uomini e religioni conference, Warsaw, Poland, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the start of World War II
1989 President's Lecture Series, “Year of the Liberal Arts.” University of South Florida
1989 Conference address, Seton Hall University
1990 Address to the staff of the United States Information Agency. Critical issues series.
1990 Lecture, Collège de France, Paris. Lecture, University of Paris (Sorbonne) under the auspices of Société des études juives, Paris. Lecture, Consistoire Synagogue (in French).
1990 Beaven Lecture, University of Rochester
1990 Robbins Lecture, University of Redlands
1990 Principal addresses, Communità di S Egidio conferences in Rome, Bari, Naples, Genoa, Novara (in Italian)
1990 Address, Heritage Foundation, Washington D.C.
1990 Conference address, Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni conference on World Peace, University of Bari, Italy.
1990 Conference address: L’Université de Tours.
1990 Presidential Lecture, Hope College
1990 Lecture, University of Central Florida
1990 Director’s Lecture, Tampa Art Museum
1990 Lecture, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
1991 Lecture, Barry University, Miami Beach
1991 “Amateurs” Lecture, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg
1991 Provost’s Lecture Series, University of South Florida
1991 Seminar for Jewish inmates, Sumter Correctional Institution, Bushnell, FL.
1991 Keynote address, Heritage Foundation conference, Washington D.C.
1991 Aristides de Sousa Mendes Memorial Lecture, Millersville University. Keynote address: Tenth Annual Conference on the Holocaust.
1991 Five conference addresses, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Filologia, Madrid. (In Spanish)
1991 Ten public lectures, University of Frankfurt, Germany. (In German)
1991 Lecture, Kirchliche Hochschule Bethel, Bielefeld (In German)
1991 Lecture, Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Würzburg
1991 Lecture, Hochschule für jüdische Studien, Heidelberg
1991 Lecture, Institute for Judaic Studies, University of Vienna. (In German)
1991 Lecture, Martin Buber Institute for Judaic Studies, University of Cologne (In German)
1991 Lecture, Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Bonn
1991 Lecture, Institute for the Study of Christianity, University of Tübingen
1991 Lecture, Protestant Theological Faculty, University of Göttingen (In German)
1991 Lecture, Institute for Judaic Studies, Free University of Berlin
1991 Keynote address: First International Conference on the Sociology of Sacred Texts, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
1991 Lecture, New Testament Seminar, University of Durham
1991 Convocation Address, Elizabethtown College
1991 Address, Florida Society of Religion Editors
1991 Judaic Studies Series address, University of Florida
1991 Two conference addresses, Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni conference on World Peace, Malta.
1991 Lecture, Colgate University
1991 International Conference, Berlin, “Addressing the Cycle of Pain,” in commemoration of Kristalnacht. Two conference addresses.
1991 King Lecture, Washburn University of Topeka
1991 Seminar; thirty-minute video for class room use, University of California at Santa Barbara
1992 Faculty seminar on methods in the study of religion, Washington University of St. Louis
1992 Ecumenical Chair Lecture, Xavier University
1992 Commencement Address, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg
1992 President’s Seminar, Centre for the Study of Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations. Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham (U. K.)
1992 Conference address, international symposium. Jahr mit der Bibel (German Bible Society) at Thomas-Morus Akademie, Cologne. In German.
1992 Conference addresses, Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni Conference on World Peace, Brussels
1993 Two public lectures, Institutum Judaicum Åboense. Åbo Akademi, Finland. One in English, one in Swedish.
1993 Eight seminars, Theological Faculty, Åbo Akademi. In celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of Åbo Akademi.
1993 Day-long seminar, Theological Faculty, Helsinki University and Åbo Akademi (held in Åbo). In celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of Åbo Akademi.
1993 Conference Lecture (Högtidstal), Scandinavian Congress for Jewish Studies, Lund. In Swedish.
1993 Lecture, Theological Faculty, University of Lund.
1993 Two public lectures, Jewish Community of Helsinki.
1993 Two public lectures, two seminars, Jewish Community of Stockholm. One in Swedish, the rest in English. Public lecture, Judaism Community, Uppsala. In Swedish.
1993 Seminar, Svenska Studieförbundet, Vasa, Finland.
1993 Chicago Theological Seminary. Forum as part of the celebration of the centenary of the 1893 World Parliament of Religions.
1993 University of South Carolina and PBS: Firing Line. Two hour debate on national TV.
1993 Two conference addresses, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuori, Milano, at the Seventh International Meeting for Peace organized by Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni.
1993 Bellarmine Lecture. Faculty Seminar. St. Louis University.
1993 Georgetown University. Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Colloquium: Judaism, Christianity, Islam.
1994 William L. Rossner Visiting Scholar Lecture in Theology, Rockhurst College.
1994 Western Civilization Lecture, University of Kansas
1994 Lecture, Uppsala University. Seminar on the Study of Judaism in the Theological Faculty. Also: Presentation in a Symposium on the same subject.
1994 Public Lecture Series as Canterbury Fellow, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. On the same occasion: four seminars.
1994 Public lecture, seminar, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
1994 Public lecture, seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
1994 Conference address at the Eighth International Meeting for Peace, at Assisi, Italy, organized by Communità di S Egidio & Uomini e religioni.
1994 Lecture, Illinois Association of Scholars (at University of Illinois-Chicago)
1995 Keynote address, Den judaistiska dagen, Åbo Akademi.
1995 Conference address, Calvin College
1995 Faculty colloquium, four seminars, a public lecture, Theology Faculty, University of Göttingen
1995 Lecture, Judaic Studies Institute, University of Cologne
1995 Lecture, Sint-Egidiusgemeenschap, Antwerpen
1995 Lecture, Theological Faculty, University of Utrecht
1995 Convocation Address, Dowling College
1995 Symposium address, “The Uses of Rabbinic Literature in New Testament Studies.” Society of Biblical Literature national meeting, Philadelphia
1996 Medieval Studies Committee Lecture Series, Inaugural lecture, Trinity University
1996 Three public lectures, Theological Faculty, Uppsala University
1996 Public Lectures, Finnish Society for the Study of Religion and Åbo Akademi, Åbo/Turku. Lecture, Helsinki Jewish Community
1996 Lecture, Brigham Young University
1996 Conference address, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
1996 Distinguished Visiting Lecture, Legal Studies Seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba. Scholar in Residence, Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, Winnipeg.
1996 Two conference lectures, Bard College
1996 Conference keynote address, Mediterraneum, University of Bologna. In Bertinoro, Italy. And University lecture, University of Bologna, on the Italian edition of Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah
1997 Conference keynote address, “The Religious Sources of Toleration,” Tel Aviv University. Lecture, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
1997 Conference lecture, Palm Beach Atlantic College
1997 Lecture, Theological and Philosophical Faculties, Charles University, Prague, the Jan Hus Theological Seminary, at the Jewish Museum of Prague
1997 Plenary Address, World Congress of Families, Prague