Prof.
Maren
Niehoff
- Jewish Thought
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian
- Humanities Comparative Religion, History, Jewish Studies, Literature
- Fields: Comparative Religion, History, Jewish Studies, Literature
- Jewish Studies Sub-Fields: Early Judaism, Jewish History, Jewish Thought
- Literature Sub-Fields: Comparative Literature, Hebrew Literature
- Comparative Religion Sub-Fields: Christianity, Greco-Roman Religion
- History Sub-Fields: Ancient History, History of Religion
Research Interests
While I research various corpora of text – such as Hellenistic Judaism, New Testament and rabbinic literature – I always end up asking questions about cross-cultural encounters. I am especially intrigued by the phenomenon of creative adaptations of various traditions in changing historical contexts.
Selected Awards
Polonsky Prize for Creativity in the Humanities 2011
Polonsky Prize for Creativity in the Humanities 2019
Finalist Jordan Schnitzer Prize 2019
Leopold Lucas Prize 2022
ERC Advanced Grant 2024-9 ROMANA The Roman Turn among Jews, Greek
Pagans and Christians
Polonsky Prize for Creativity in the Humanities 2019
Finalist Jordan Schnitzer Prize 2019
Leopold Lucas Prize 2022
ERC Advanced Grant 2024-9 ROMANA The Roman Turn among Jews, Greek
Pagans and Christians
