THE DINUR CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN JEWISH HISTORY
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Greenberg, Moshe 1928-2010

Personal:
Born 1928, Philadelphia; Ph.D. 1954, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Visiting Prof. (HU) 1968; Prof. 1970; Recipient, Israel Prize in Bible, 1994; Rothberg Prize in Jewish Education, 1996; Doctor (Hon.) of Humane Letters, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1996; Emeritus 1996.

Research Interests:
The history and art of Bible interpretation. The religion and law of ancient Israel. Educational values in the Bible.

Research Projects:
A commentary to the Book of Ezekiel: Part Three (Chapters 38-48). Contracted with Random House-Doubleday, Inc., NY.
Mikra Le-Yisrael: a new critical Hebrew Bible commentary (co-editor with Prof. S. Ahituv of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev). Funding: Am Oved Publishers, Tel Aviv; Perry Foundation for Biblical Research, Hebrew University.

Abstracts of Current Research:

A commentary to the Book of Ezekiel: Part Three (Chapters 38-48):

This project is a continuation of the commentary to Ezekiel (Part One was published in the Anchor Bible Series [Doubleday] in 1983; Part Two is in press). The commentary utilizes pre-modern as well as modern exegesis, and employs a holistic approach, as opposed to the disintegrating analysis favored by most recent scholarship.

Mikra Le-Yisrael - A new critical Hebrew Bible commentary: (with Prof. S. Ahituv, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev):

A new critical Hebrew commentary to the Bible is being prepared (General editors: M. Greenberg and S. Ahituv). Newly published volumes include the books of Joel (by M. Cogan), Amos (S. Paul, 1994), and Joshua (S. Ahituv, 1995).

Key words: Bible, Ezekiel - commentary, Bible commentary

Recent Publications:

Greenberg, M. Biblical attitudes toward power: Ideal and reality in Law and Prophets. In: Religion and Law, eds. E.B. Firmage et al., Winona Lake, IN, Eisenbrauns, 1990, pp.101-112, 120-125.
Greenberg, M. Three conceptions of the Torah in Hebrew Scriptures. In: Die Hebrische Bibel und ihre zweifache Nachgeschichte, eds. E. Blum et al., Neukirchen, Neukirchener Verlag, 1990, pp.365-378.
Greenberg, M. (1991) The worth of life in the Bible. In: Life: Essence and Value, ed. L. Mazor, Jerusalem, Magnes Press, pp.109-141 (Hebrew).
Greenberg, M. (1992) Job - Fact or fiction: An issue in medieval Jewish exegesis. In: Sha`arei Talmon: Studies in the Bible,
Qumran, and the Ancient Near East Presented to Shemaryahu Talmon, eds. M. Fishbane and E. Tov, with the assistance of W.W. Fields, Winona Lake, IN, Eisenbrauns, pp.3*-11* (Hebrew).
Greenberg, M. (1993) Notes on the influence of tradition on Ezekiel. Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, 22: 29-37.
Greenberg, M. (1993) Is there a parallel in the Mari Tablets to the Biblical herem Eretz Israel, 24: 49-53 (Hebrew).
Greenberg, M. and Greenfield, J.C. (1993) From the workshop of the new JPS Ketuvim translators. In: Minhah le-Nahum: Biblical and Other Studies Presented to N.M. Sarna, eds. M. Brettler and M. Fishbane, Sheffield, JSOT Press, pp.147-163.
Greenberg, M. (1994) Hittite royal prayers and biblical petitionary Psalms. In: Neue Wege der Psalmenforschung, eds. K. Seybold and E. Zenger, Freiburg, Herder, pp.15-27.
Greenberg, M. (1995) The etymology of niddah (menstrual) impurity. In: Solving Riddles and Untying Knots: Biblical, Epigraphic and Semitic Studies in Honor of Jonas C. Greenfield, eds. Z. Zevit, S. Gitin and M. Sokoloff, Winona Lake, Eisenbrauns, pp.69-77.
Greenberg, M. (1996) Noisy and yearning: The semantics of Shaqaq and its congeners. In: Texts, Temples, and Traditions: A Tribute to Menahem Haran, eds. M.V. Fox et al., Winona Lake, Eisenbrauns, pp.339-344.
Greenberg, M. (1996) A problematic heritage: The attitude towards the Gentile in the Jewish tradition - An Israel perspective. Conservative Judaism, 48: 23-35.