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Bible Department
The Faculty of Humanities
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus
Jerusalem, 9190501

Department Head: Dr. Naphtali Meshel
Email: nmeshel@huji.ac.il
Rabin Building, Room 1106
Office Hours: By Appointment

Consultant to Undergraduate Students: Prof. Stefan Schorch
Email: Stefan.Schorch@mail.huji.ac.il
Rabin Building, Room 1111
Office Hours: By Appointment

Consultant to Graduate Students: Dr. Ronnie Goldstein
Email: rongol@mail.huji.ac.il
Rabin Building, Room 1105
Office Hours: By Appointment

Departmental Secretary: Ms. Maya Ben-Simchon
Email: mayabe@savion.huji.ac.il
Telephone: +972-2-5883605
Room 45402
Office hours: Sun 10:30-14:30, Mon 12:00-14:30, Tue+Wed 10:00-14:00

People

Dr. Naphtali S. Meshel

Naphtali S. Meshel
Dr.
Naphtali
S.
Meshel
Department Chair
Senior Lecturer, Department of Bible and the Department of Comparative Religion

Naphtali Meshel joined the Department of Bible and the Department of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2016. His research focuses on the Hebrew Bible in its ancient Near Eastern contexts, and on its early interpreters. Within the broader study of religion, he has a particular interest in Sanskrit literature. His first book, “The Grammar of Sacrifice”, examines the ancient intuition that sacrificial rituals, like languages, are governed by “grammars.” His research interests include ancient models for the “science of ritual”; systems of pollution and purification; and mechanisms of double entendre in Wisdom Literature. He previously taught at the Moscow State University for the Humanities and at Princeton University.