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Moshe
Idel

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ellie and Herbert D. Katz Distinguished Fellowship

Research Topic

Symbolism: From Pythagoreanism, to Christian Kabbalah, to Modern Scholarship

Bio

Moshe Idel is Max Cooper Professor of Jewish Thought Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute, and a member of the Israeli Academy for Sciences and Humanities. He is a world renowned scholar of Jewish mystical and philosophical traditions.

Fellowship

2013–2014
Constructing Borders and Crossing Boundaries: Social, Cultural, and Religious Change in Early Modern Jewish History

Investigating changes across the early modern Jewish world.

2001–2002
Biblical Exegesis in a Comparative Context: Jewish, Christian, Islamic

Examining the various modes of scriptural interpretation in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.

1999–2000
Hebraica Veritas? Christian Hebraists, Jews, and the Study of Judaism in Early Modern Europe

Devoting an entire year of study to the subject of Christian Hebraism, especially in early modern Europe.

Events

Born under Saturn: Astrology, Magic, and the Construction of Jewish and Christian Identities in Early Modern Europe
Tuesday, November 9, 1999
Born under Saturn: Astrology, Magic, and the Construction of Jewish and Christian Identities in Early Modern Europe
Featuring: Moshe Idel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Anthony Grafton, Princeton University
A Conversation with Moshe Idel about His New Book: Old Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism and Twentieth Century Thought
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
A Conversation with Moshe Idel about His New Book: Old Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism and Twentieth Century Thought
Featuring: Moshe Idel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Vivian Liska, University of Antwerp; David Myers, University of California, L.A.; Galili Shahar, University of Florida