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Joseph Angel

Joseph
L.
Angel

Professor of Bible and Jewish History

jangel@yu.edu
212-960-5400 x5005

Wilf campus - Furst Hall
Room#05

PhD, New York University, 2008
BA, University of Washington, 2001

Joseph L. Angel is Professor of Bible and Jewish History at ÿÈÕ´ó¹Ï, where he has taught courses related to ancient Judaism and biblical studies since 2008. His research focuses on Jewish literature and history in the Greco-Roman world, with a special interest in the religious milieu and themes of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He has held research fellowships at the University of Göttingen, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the University of Michigan. He is the author of a number of publications exploring topics related to ancient Judaism, including prayer, messianism, demonology and magic, the Second Temple of Jerusalem, and the Jewish context of nascent Christianity. His most recent book, The Songs of the Sage (4Q510-511) (Brill, 2022) provides a material reconstruction, critical edition, and commentary on two ancient Hebrew prayer manuscripts discovered at Qumran.

jangel@yu.edu
212-960-5400 x5005

Wilf campus - Furst Hall
Room#05

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Summer 2023

Classical Jewish History (JHI 1200)

 

Spring 2023

Book of Daniel (BIB 2800)

 

Spring 2022

Rabbinic Aramaic (TAS 6353)

 

Spring 2021

Second Temple Jewish Literature (JHI 5213)