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Yairah Amit

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Yairah Amit
יַעֲרָה עָמִית
Born (1941-10-19) 19 October 1941 (age 82)
Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
NationalityIsraeli
Occupation(s)Biblical Scholar, Professor
Academic background
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University
Academic work
InstitutionsTel Aviv University

Yairah Amit (born 19 October 1941 in Tel Aviv[1]) is an Israeli biblical scholar.[2][3] Amit studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before doing a PhD at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Meir Sternberg. She is currently Professor of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University.[4] In 2012 a Festschrift was published in her honor.[5] Words, Ideas, Worlds: Biblical Essays in Honour of Yairah Amit (ISBN 1-90753-450-4) included contributions from Athalya Brenner, Cheryl Exum, and Yael Feldman.[6][7]

Selected works

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  • The book of Judges : the art of editing, 1992
  • Sefer Shofṭim : omanut ha-ʻarikhah, 1992
  • Hidden polemics in biblical narrative, 1996
  • History and ideology : an introduction to historiography in the Hebrew Bible, 1997
  • Shofṭim : ʻim mavo u-ferush, 1999
  • Reading biblical narratives : literary criticism and the Hebrew Bible, 2000
  • Galui ṿe-nistar ba-Miḳra : pulmusim geluyim, ʻaḳifim uṿe-iḳar semuyim, 2003
  • Essays on ancient Israel in its Near Eastern context : a tribute to Nadav Naʼaman, 2006
  • In praise of editing in the Hebrew Bible : collected essays in retrospect, 2012

References

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  1. ^ "Short Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. ^ "מה הם לומדים שם בתנ"ך וכיצד ירד המקצוע מגדולתו". Haaretz הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. ^ "החלק והשלם בהוראת המקרא". mikranet.cet.ac.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. ^ "קתרסיס: מגזין כתבי עת לביקורת במדעי הרוח והחברה - הוספת בעלי מקצוע". www.katharsis.co.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. ^ ""הוא שאול לה'/יאירה אמית". www.orianit.edu-negev.gov.il (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 10 January 2005. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  6. ^ "יאירה אמית". lib.cet.ac.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ^ "שופטים - מאת יאירה אמית". archive.is (in Hebrew). 7 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2021.