Josephus - Professor Ari Mermelstein 

 

Associate Professor of Bible and Second Temple Literature, Yeshiva University  

 

Chair of the Department of Bible, Hebrew, and Near Eastern Studies 

 

Assistant director, YU Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization and the Israeli Supreme Court Project, Cardozo Law School  

 

PhD in Ancient Jewish History, NYU Department of Hebrew & Judaic Studies  

Law Degree, J.D., NYU Law School 

 

Selected academic works: 

Power and Emotion in Ancient Judaism: Community and Identity in Formation, finalist for the 2021 National Jewish Book Award  

 

The Genesis of Beginnings: Creation, Covenant, and Conceptions of Historical Time in Second Temple Judaism