Jan 9, 2018 By: yunews
Dr. Stuart S. Miller, professor of Hebrew, history and Judaic studies and a member of the classics and Mediterranean studies section of the Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, will be the first Leon Charney Visiting Scholar at YU鈥檚 (CIS).
鈥淪tuart Miller is a leading historian of the Rabbis, world-renowned for his careful and meticulous analysis of both rabbinic literature and archaeology with the goal of really understanding the lives and words of the sages in Talmudic Israel,鈥 said Dr. Steven Fine, Dean Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History and director of CIS. 鈥淲e are honored that he will spend time on our campus, learn with our scholars and share with our students.鈥
Miller is equally delighted to be at 扣扣传媒 and CIS. 鈥淚 look forward to spending time with colleagues and friends and to meeting with students, especially those who might have an interest in studying the history, literature and archaeology of Talmudic-period Israel.鈥
One project that Miller proposes to work on while at 扣扣传媒is a new book. 鈥淢y working title for the book,鈥 he said, 鈥渋s From Temple, to Home, To Community: The Survival and Transformation of Jewish Life in Roman Palestine in the Wake of Catastrophe.鈥 His other publications include Studies in the History and Traditions of Sepphoris (E. J. Brill, 1984), Sages and Commoners in Late Antique 鈥橢rez Israel: A Philological Inquiry into Local Traditions in Talmud Yerushalmi (Mohr-Siebeck, 2006) and, most recently, At the Intersection of Texts and Material Finds: Stepped Pools, Stone Vessels, and Ritual Purity Among the Jews of Roman Galilee (included in the Journal of Ancient Judaism Supplement Series, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015).
