$Eliezer Segal\'s Curriculum Vitae$

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name:	Eliezer Segal
Born:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Sept. 28 1950
Marital Status:	Married, Agnes Romer Segal
3 children	- Yannai, 1978 , Hananel, 1981 , and Akiva, 1985

EDUCATION:

1967-72	B.A. programme at McGill University, Montreal, Major in Jewish Studies and Philosophy. Degree awarded 1972.
1970-71	One Year Study Programme, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1972-76	M.A. programme in Talmud Department, Hebrew University. Thesis: Case-Citation in the Babylonian Talmud, directed by the late Prof. E. S. Rosenthal. Degree awarded June 1976.
1976-82	Doctoral studies in Talmud Department, Hebrew University. Thesis: Textual Traditions of TB Megillah, directed by Prof. E. S. Rosenthal. Degree awarded June 1982.
1977-78	Guest of the Oxford Centre for Post Graduate Hebrew Studies, Oxford U.K.
1980-81	Junior fellow of Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:

1971	Scholarship from Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University.
1974	Scholarships from the Canadian Foundation for Jewish Culture; Hebrew University Faculty of Humanities.
1975	Scholarship from Canadian Foundation for Jewish Culture.
1976	Nisslewitz Prize, Faculty of Humanities, Hebrew University.
1977	Scholarship from Hebrew University Faculty of Humanities; "Sha'al (University Service Abroad) Award, Institute of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University.
1978	Fellow of Canada Council for Humanities and Social Sciences.
1979	Fellow of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
1980	Scholarship, Institute of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University.
1981	Lady Davis Fellow; grant from Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture.
1983	A. Urbach Memorial Prize, Hebrew University.
1985	E. S. Rosenthal Memorial Award, Talmud Department, Hebrew University.
1985-88	Finkelstein Scholarships, Lieberman Institute for Talmudic Research, Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
1990	University of Calgary Visiting Scholars Grant (Albert Baumgarten).
1990-1	University of Calgary Short-term Project Research Grant--The Babylonian Midrash on Esther: A Critical Commentary.
1991-2	Fellow of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities.
1993	University of Calgary University Research Grants Committee, Visiting Scholar Award (Avraham David).
1997-8	American Academy of Religion / Lilly Foundation Teaching Workshop-- Grant to participate in a series of four workshops on the academic teaching of Religious Studies.
1999-2000	Lady Davis Fellowship Trust Visiting Professor Grant for research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2003	Honorary Membership, Sikh Business and Professional Club, Calgary.
2004	Included in Canadian Who's Who (University of Toronto Press, p. 1170).
	Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences: Aid to Scholarly Publication grant, for book From Sermon to Commentary: Expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia (Wilfrid Laurier University Press).
2006	Awarded the Nachman Sokol-Chaim Yoel and Mollie Halberstadt Award for Scholarship: Biblical / Rabbinic, the Helen and Stan Vine Annual Canadian Jewish Book Awards; for: From Sermon to Commentary: Expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia..

TEACHING AND RESEARCH POSITIONS:

1973-74	T. A., Department of Hebrew Language, Hebrew University (Aramaic).
1975-76	Instructor of Talmud Summer Courses, Hebrew University.
1976-77	Instructor of Talmud preparatory courses, Hebrew University;
	Research Assistant, Project for Publication of Amoraic Texts, Institute of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University;
	Lecturer in Talmud, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Jerusalem Campus.
1978-79	Instructor in Mishnah, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Jerusalem Campus.
1979-84	Instructor in Palestinian Talmud and Mishnah, Jewish Theological Seminary, Jerusalem.
1981-84	Instructor in Talmud preparatory courses, Hebrew University.
1981-82	Instructor in Talmud and Rabbinics, Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba;
	Curriculum consultant, Everyman's University, Israel (Course: From Jerusalem to Yavneh, English version).
1983-83	Instructor in Talmud and Aggadah, Bar-llan University, Ramat-Gan Israel.
1983-85	Project for Computer-Aided Critical Editions of Tractates of the Mishnah (Editor: Tractate Megillah), Israel Academy of Sciences;
	Research Fellow, Saul Lieberman Talmudic Research Institute, Jewish Theological Seminary of America (critical commentary on TB Megillah, ch. 1).
1984-85	Instructor in Rabbinics, David Yellin Teachers Seminary, Jerusalem;
	Researcher, Mosseri Genizah Manuscript Catalogue, Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem;
	Talmud instructor, Centre for Conservative Judaism, Jerusalem (adult education).
1985-86	Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, University of California, Berkeley;
	Teacher, Midrashah East-Bay Community Jewish High School).
1986-	Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Calgary.
1987-88	Taught courses for: University of Calgary Continuing Education Programme, "Jewish Religious Observance"; Calgary Jewish Centre, "Adventures in Talmudic Thinking"; House of Jacob Congregation, Calgary, "Machon" High School Programme. "Survey of Jewish History", "Midrash".
1989-	Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Calgary.
1992-3	Participant, Study Group on Jewish History During the Eras of the Mishnah and Talmud, Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Sept. 1992-May 1993.
1996	Researcher, The Society for the Interpretation of the Talmud (Jerusalem) (project for the publication of critical commentaries on chapters from the Talmud).
1997-	Participant, Philology Research Group, University of Calgary.
1997	"A Page of Talmud" World Wide Web site incorporated into 'Introduction to Talmud' on-line credit course offered by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York.
1998-	Full Professor of Religious Studies, University of Calgary.
1998	Participant, Summer Institute on "The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice" sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, University of Victoria, Conrad Grebel College (University of Waterloo), Chaplaincy (Corrections Service Canada), and International Centre for Criminal Law Reform (University of British Columbia).
2000	Orion Visiting Scholar, Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
	Taught course "Aggadah in the Land of Israel and Babylonia," Department of Talmud, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Winter 2000 term).

PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

Case Citation in the Babylonian Talmud: The Evidence of Tractate Neziqin, Atlanta: Brown Judaic Studies, 1990 (329 pages).
The Babylonian Esther Midrash: A Critical Commentary Volume One: To the End of Esther Chapter 1, Atlanta: Brown Judaic Studies, 1994 (330 pages).
The Babylonian Esther Midrash: A Critical Commentary Volume Two: To the Beginning of Esther Chapter 5, Atlanta: Brown Judaic Studies, 1994 (360 pages).
The Babylonian Esther Midrash: A Critical Commentary Volume Three: Esther Chapter 5 to End, Atlanta: Brown Judaic Studies, 1994 (308 pages).
Why Didn't I Learn This in Hebrew School, Northvale NJ: Jason Aronson, 1999 (367 pages).
Holidays, History and Halakhah, Northvale NJ: Jason Aronson, 2001 (251 pages).
Ask Now of the Days That Are Past, Calgary: University of Calgary Press 2005 (311 pages).
From Sermon to Commentary: Expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia, Studies in Christianity and Judaism, ed. Stephen G. Wilson. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005 (170 pages).
In Those Days, at This Time: Holiness and History in the Jewish Calendar, University of Calgary Press, 2007 (324 pages).
A Meeting-Place for the Wise: More Excursions into the Jewish Past and Present. Calgary: Alberta Judaic Library, 2008 (216 pages).
Sanctified Seasons. Calgary: Alberta Judaic Library, 2008 (203 pages).
Introducing Judaism, Oxford: Routledge, 2008.
Judaism--the eBook, Journal of Buddhist Ethics Online Books, 2008.
Reading Jewish Religious Texts, Oxford: Routledge, 2011, 240 pages [in press].
For Signs and for Seasons. Calgary: Alberta Judaic Library, 2011 (167 pages).
On the Trails of Tradition: Explorations of Jewish Life and Learning. Calgary: Alberta Judaic Library, 2011 (208 pages).
Co-editor,
Catalogue of the Jack Mosseri Collection, Jerusalem: the Jewish National and University Library, 1990 (16, 407, xxix pages)
Index editor, J.N. Epstein,
Studies in Talmudic Literature and Semitic Languages II, Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, the Hebrew University, 1988.

Chapters of Books:

Unit 8: The Oral Law...The Mishnah, in: I. Gottlieb [et al],
Jerusalem to Jabneh, Tel Aviv: Everyman's University, 1981.
Articles in: J.D. Douglas, ed.,
Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Second Edition (Grand Rapids,1990):
1. "B'nai Brith" (p. 113),
2. "Falashas" (321-2),
3. "Ginsberg, H.L." (356),
4. "Glueck, N." (358),
5. "Goldin, J." (362),
6. "Gordis, R." (363),
7. "Hebrew University of Jerusalem" (383),
8. "Heschel, A. J." (389-90),
9. "Jewish Congress, American" (461-2),
10. "Jewish Congress, World" (462),
11. "Talmud" (807-8),
12. "Torah" (829-30),
"Judaism," in: H. Coward, ed.,
Life After Death in the World Religions (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1997), pp. 11-30. German translation: Das Leben nach dem Tod in den Weltreligionen Freiburg: Herder, 1998 (pp. 21-41).
"Judaism," in: H. Coward, ed.,
Experiencing Scripture in World Religions, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2000, 15-33.
"Jewish Perspectives on Restorative Justice" in: M. Hadley, ed.,
The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice. Albany: SUNY Press, 2001, 181-98.
"Apéndice Documental: C. Poesias Encomiásticas Proemiales a Abraham Gómez Silveira En Sus Sermones (1677)," in
El Barroco Sefardí Abraham Gómez Silveira: Arévalo, Prov. De Avila, Castilla 1656 -- Amsterdam 1741: Estudio Preliminar, Obras Líricas, Vejámenes En Prosa Y Verso Y Documentación Personal, edited by Kenneth Brown and Harm Den Boer, 256-60. Kassel: Edition Reichenberger, 2000.
"Disarming Phineas: Rabbinic Confrontations with Biblical Militancy," in: D. Hawkin, ed.,
The Twenty-first Century Confronts Its Gods: Studies in the Interaction between Religion and Society, SUNY Press, 141-56.
"Anthological Dimensions of the Babylonian Talmud," in: D. Stern, ed.,
The Anthology in Jewish Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 81-107 [reprinted from:
Prooftexts 17 (1997)].
Articles in:
Encyclopaedia Judaica. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik, Eds. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 22 vols.:
1. "Berakhot" (3:399-400).
2. "Bikkurim" (3:697)
3. "Demai" (5:547-548).
4. "Hallah" (8:278).
5. "Kilayim" (12:154).
6. "Ma'aser Sheni" (13:314).
"Digital Discipleship: Using the Internet for the Teaching of Jewish Thought," in: H. Kreisel, ed.,
Study and Knowledge in Jewish Thought, The Goldstein-Goren Library of Jewish Thought (Beersheba: Ben-Gurion University Press, 2006), 359-373.
"The Concept of Diaspora in Talmudic Thought," in: A. M. Ehrlich, ed.,
Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2008), 1:4-8.
"Aristeas or Aggadah: Talmudic Legend and the Greek Bible in Palestinian Judaism," in: W. O. McCready and A. Reinhartz, eds.,
Common Judaism: Explorations in Second-Temple Judaism (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008), 159-172, 286-292.
"From Glutton to Gangster," in: Aubrey Glazer, Justin Lewis, Tzemah Yoreh, eds.,
Vixens Disturbing Vineyards: The Embarrassment and Embracement of Scriptures--A Festschrift Honoring Harry Fox Le'Veit Yoreh (Brighton MA, Academic Studies Press, 2009), 241-259.
"The Parnass, the Gabbai and the Ritual Committee," in: Sandra Morton Weizman and Agnes Romer Segal, eds.,
The House that Jacob Built: Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, Alberta Centennial Commemorative Book (Calgary, 2009), 60-61.
"Judaism: Contemporary Expressions" in: Michael D. Palmer and Stanley M. Burgess, eds.
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), 190-203 [in press].
"Esther (Book and Person): Judaism: Rabbinic Judaism"

et al.

Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception

Articles in Scholarly Journals:

English:

"The Terminology of Case-Citation in the Babylonian Talmud,"
Journal for the Study of Judaism, 9 (1979), pp. 205-211.
"Variant Traditions of Cases in the Babylonian Talmud,"
Jewish Quarterly Review (N.S.), 70 (1979), pp.1-27.
"The Use of the Formula ki ha d^e in the Citation of Cases in the Babylonian Talmud,"
Hebrew Union College Annual, 50 (1979), pp. 199-218 [Reprinted in: J. Neusner and W. S.. Green, eds., The Origins of Judaism: Religion, History and Literature in Late Antiquity, Vol. 10 (The Talmuds), New York 1991.
""'The Same from Beginning to End...' -- on the Development of a Midrashic Homily,"
Journal of Jewish Studies, 32 (1981), pp. 158-165.
"Law as Allegory? An Unnoticed Literary Device in Talmudic Narratives",
Prooftexts 8 (1988) (pp. 245-256).
"Human Anger and Divine Intervention in Esther,"
Prooftexts, 9, 247-56 (1989).
"Midrash and Literature: Some Medieval Views,"
Prooftexts 11 (1991), pp. 57-65.
"Justice, Mercy and a Bird's Nest,"
Journal of Jewish Studies, Fall 1991, 176-95.
"Sarah and Iscah: Method and Message in a Midrashic Tradition,"
Jewish Quarterly Review 82:3-4 (1991), 417-30.
"The Exegetical Craft of the Zohar: Towards an Appreciation,"
The AJS Review 17:1 (1991), pp. 31-49.
"Interpreting Midrash 3: Midrash and the Tannaitic Aggada" [Review article],
Prooftexts 12:2 (1992), 188-92.
"Anthological Dimensions of the Babylonian Talmud,"
Prooftexts 17 (1997) [special issue on The Anthological Imagination in Jewish Literature], pp. 33-61 (invited article).
"Associative' Organization in the Talmud: Some Reconsiderations,"
Papers of the Chair in Quebec and Canadian Jewish Studies, Montreal [1999].
"'The Few Contained the Many': Rabbinic Perspectives on the Miraculous and the Impossible,"
Journal of Jewish Studies 54 (2003) , pp. 273-882.
"Rabbi Eleazar's Perutah,"
Journal of Religion 85:1 (2005), pp. 25-42.

Hebrew

"Kenisah/Kenesah -- Morphological-Semantic Distinction in a Mishnaic Hebrew Verbal Noun,"
Leshonenu, 43 (1979), pp. 157-160.
"The Goat of the Slaughterhouse...' -- on the Evolution of a Variant Reading in the Babylonian Talmud,"
Tarbiz, 49 (1980), pp. 43-51.
"Marginal Glosses in the Bodlean Copy of TB Megillah Pesaro Edition,"
Alei Sefer, 9 (1981), pp. 130-139.
"The Textual Tradition of the Columbia University Manuscript of TB Megillah,"
Tarbiz, 53 (1984), pp. 31-59.
"The Petihta in Babylonia,"
Tarbiz, 53 (1985), pp. 19-46.

Papers

"Variant readings of TB Megillah", E. S. Rosenthal Memorial Lecture, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Feb. 1985.
"The TB Megillah Esther Midrash and the Study of Babylonian Aggadah", Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, Mass., December 1987.
"Case Citation, Wishful Thinking and Some Misunderstood Talmudic Terms", Association for Jewish Studies Twentieth Annual Conference, Boston, Mass., December 18, 1988, (IIC)
"Derash in Spite of Peshat: Some Medieval Justifications for Creative Exegesis," Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, Mass., December 1989.
"Peace or Victory? -- The Meaning of Purim in the Bible and Talmud," Canadian Society for Biblical Studies Conference on "Reading the Bible," University of Calgary, January 19, 1990.
"Justice, Mercy and a Bird's Nest," Department of Religious Studies, University of Alberta, March 5, 1990.
"The Zohar as Exegesis," guest lecture, University of Alberta, March 5 1990.
"The Law of Retaliation," Annual Meeting of the Association for Research into Religious Studies and Theology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, May 2, 1991.
"Jewish Law from Jesus to the Mishnah," one-day seminar, Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, June 25 1991.
"From India to Ethiopia--From Hermeneutics to Homiletics" Lecture for the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, University of Calgary, Oct. 17 1991.
"Aims and Means in the Preparation of Critical Editions of Tractates from the Babylonian Talmud," Paper delivered at the Eleventh World Congress of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, June 1993 [Hebrew].
Respondent: Paul van Buren, "Torah, Israel, Jesus, Church--Today," Canadian Council of Christians and Jews (Alberta Region) Christian-Jewish Dialogue, Calgary, Nov. 21 1993.
"The Thirteenth of Adar: Gemara, Sevara and the Meaning of Purim," Guest Lecture at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, NY, Feb. 14, 1994.
Chairperson, "Trajectories of Biblical Tradition/Trajectoires Bibliques" session, Canadian Society for Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Calgary, June 7 1994.
"The Distinctiveness of Babylonian Aggadah: Reflections on the Esther-Midrash" Paper delivered at the Canadian Society for Biblical Studies Annual Meeting, Calgary, June 7 1994.
"Atonement and Ingathering: The Jewish Fall Festivals" Exhibition and Introductory Lecture, Dept. of Religious Studies "Festivals and Holy Days" series, Calgary, Oct. 11 1994.
"Electronic Resources for Learning and Future Curriculum Innovation"--Showcase and Demonstration for University of Calgary "Envisioning Transformation" Week: February 14 1996.
"'Associative' Organization in the Talmud: Some Reconsiderations" Invited paper delivered at the conference "A Heritage in Transition: Jewish Studies in Canada" sponsored by the Chair in Canadian Jewish Studies of Concordia University and the Centre for Jewish Studies at York University, Montreal, June 10 1996 [See above].
"Issues in Rabbinic Philology" Presentation for University of Calgary Philology Research Group, January 8 1998.
"Sacred Word and Sacred Text" Lecture for University of Victoria Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, February 21 1999.
"Variants, Traditions and the Meaning of Prophecy" Presentation for: "Theories of the Text" an interdisciplinary workshop and panel discussion, University of Calgary Philology Research Group, March 18 1999.
Faculty of Humanities Development Committee, presentation for Workshop on Web-based courses, April 19 1999.
"Towards a Definition of 'the Era of the Sages'" Presentation at the Second Annual Conference on Research in Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha of Jerusalem Center for Advanced Jewish Studies, Jerusalem Israel, December 5 1999.
"Seventy Faces to the LXX: The Rabbinic Tradition on the Greek Translation of the Pentateuch Revisited" Jonas Greenfield Scholars Seminar, Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, April 3 2000.
"'Little Contained Much': On the Sages' Attitude towards Philosophical Discourse." Paper presented at International Conference on Jewish Thought and Foreign Cultures: "Judaism and the World-- Interaction, Influence and Impact," Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel, May 30 2000.
"From Miedzyboz to Paris: Chabad and the Writing of Hassidic History." Lecture for the University of Calgary Jewish Studies Group, March 14 2001.
"Presenting and Teaching the Talmud on the Internet" presentation for: "Talmud Bavli--History of Transmission as History of Intertextuality," Workshop organized by the Kulturwissenschaftliche Forschungskolleg "Medien und kulturelle Kommunikation" of the University of Cologne, Germany, June 27-28 2001.

"The Temple as a Source of Unity and Conflict (So What Else is New?)," presentation for: "History, Issues, and Ideas--Lost Worlds: Jewish Life, Roman World," workshop organized by the University of Victoria Department of Greek and Roman Studies and Division of Continuing Studies, and the Victoria Jewish Community Centre; University of Victoria, Victoria BC, November 25, 2001.
"From there to here, from here to there / Seuss-ifying Hebrew prayer." Faculty Colloquium "Across Cultural Boundaries" Faculty of Humanities, University of Calgary, January 23, 2001.
"Alternative E-Publishing: Reality and Practice," presentation for workshop on "New Models in Academic Publishing: Dispelling the Myth" sponsored by University of Calgary Information Resources, November 12 2002.
Itta and Eliezer Zeisler Memorial Lectureship, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia, January 30 - February 1, 2003:

"That LXX Show: The Alleged Rejection of the Septuagint at Yavneh" (faculty seminar), January 30, 2003.
"Digital Pilgrimages: Jewish Identities on the Internet," January 31, 2003.
"Disarming Pinhas: The Rabbis Deal with a Biblical Extremist" (Public Lecture at the Vancouver Jewish Community Centre: "UBC at JCC series"), February 1 2003.

"A Penny in the Pushkah: The Ritualization of Ethics in Jewish Custom," paper for the University of Calgary Jewish Studies Group, January 27 2004.
"Digital Discipleship: Using the Internet for the Teaching of Jewish Thought" presentation for: International Conference on "Study and knowledge in Jewish Thought," Goldstein-Goren International Center for Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, June 9, 2004.
Respondent: Craig A. Evans, "Messianic Hopes & Messianic figures in Late Antiquity," sponsored by the Chair of Christian Thought, University of Calgary, November 2, 2004.
"From Exegesis to Homiletics: Investigating the Aggadic Midrash in the Babylonian Talmud," Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Department of Talmud seminar series on "Research Topics in Talmudic and Rabbinic Literature," March 8, 2005.
"Talmudic Trajectories: Academic encounters with the Oral and Written Torahs," seminar for the Ecole Biblique, Jerusalem, March 16, 2005.
"'Refined Sevenfold'-Towards a Characterization of Aggadic Midrash in the Bavli," Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Department of Talmud Faculty Seminar, March 21, 2005.
"Aristeas or Aggadah: Talmudic Legend and the Greek Bible in Palestinian Judaism," Conference on "Common Judaism Explored: Second Temple Judaism in Context," Calgary Institute for the Humanities, Calgary, May 17, 2005.
"Monotheism and Misanthropy: Historical Responses to Liberal Anti-Judaism" lecture for Jewish Studies Research Group, University of Calgary, November 30, 2005.
"Under the Sign of Pisces: Tracing the Route of the 'Ring of Polycrates' from Herodotus to the Rabbis (and then some)" [Hebrew], Departmental Coloquium, Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel, November 24, 2008.
"Methodological Issues in the Definition of the Rabbinic Era" [Hebrew], presentation for "On Religions of Place and Religions of Community" seminar, Scholion- Interdisciplinary Research Center in Jewish Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, December 3, 2008.
Chair and Commentator, Session 6: "Local and Global," Conference on "'I'm in the East and My Heart is in the West': Israel in the Middle East," University of Calgary Israel Studies Program, Calgary, October 5 2010.

Reviews

"Transitional Period in Talmudic Judaism" (review article),
Tarbiz, 51 (1982), pp. 315-318 [Hebrew].
Review of: E.H. Flannery, The Anguish of the Jews,
Religious Studies and Theology 6:3 (1986), 66-67.
Review of: J. Osterreicher, The New Encounter Between Christians and Jews,
Religious Studies and Theology, 6:3 (1986), 68-70.
Review of: Donald Georgen, O.P., The Mission and Ministry of Jesus,
Religious Studies and Theology, vol.7, Nos. 2 & 3, May, September 1987, pp.88-90.
Review of: E. Goldsmith and M. Scult, eds., Dynamic Judaism: The Essential Writings of Mordecai M. Kaplan,
Religious Studies and Theology 8 (1988), 85-8.
Review of: S. T. Lachs, A Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament,
Religious Studies and Theology 8 (1988), 57-8.

Review of: M. Doohan Mark--Visionary of Early Christianity,
Religious Studies and Theology (1988), 53-4.
Review of: J. Neusner, The Way of Torah,
Religious Studies and Theology (1992), 45-6.
Review of P. Alexander, Judaism,
Religious Studies and Theology 13-14(1995), 110-11.
Review of B. Walfish, Esther in Medieval Garb: Jewish interpretations of Esther,
Studies in Religion / Sciences Réligieuses 24:3 (1994), 371-2.
Review of R. Kalmin, Sages, Stories, Authors and Editors in Rabbinic Babylonia, in:
Religious Studies Review (1995) Religious Studies Review, October 1995, p. 432
Review of J. Lightstone, The Rhetoric of the Babylonian Talmud, Its Social Meaning and Context in:
Studies in Religion / Sciences Réligieuses (1995) .
Review of A. Houtman, A Synoptic Comparison of the Tractates Berakhot and Shebiit. Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum, in:
Hebrew Studies 40 (1999), 365-7.
Review of David Novak, Natural Law in Judaism, in:
Studies in Religion / Sciences Réligieuses 29 (2000), 246-7.
Review of: H. Fox and T. Meacham, eds., Introducing Tosefta: Textual and Intertextual Studies, in:
Journal of the American Oriental Society, 121:3 (2001), 502-3.
Review of: J. I. Rubenstein, Talmudic Stories: Narrative Art, Composition, and Culture, in:
Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 69:4 (2002), 953-6.
Review of: M. L. Satlow, Jewish Marriage in Antiquity, in:
The Journal of Religion, 83:1 (January 2003), 162-4.
Review of: A. Cohen, Ravina ve-Hakhmei Doro, in:
Jewish Quarterly Review 93:3-4 (2003), 675-7.
Review of: M. Lockshin, Rashbam's Commentary to Leviticus and Numbers; in:
Studies in Religion / Sciences Réligieuses, 32, 1-2 (2003), 212-4.

Review of: P. Heger, The Pluralistic Halakhah: Legal Innovations in the Late Second Commonwealth and Rabbinic Periods, in:
Studies in Religion / Sciences Réligieuses, 32:4 (2003), 520-2.

Review of: A. Goldberg, Tosefta Bava Kamma: A Structural and Analytic Commentary with a Mishna-Tosefta Synopsis, in:
Journal of the American Oriental Society, 123.1 (2004), 662-4.

Review of: E. Diamond, Holy Men and Hunger Artists: Fasting and Asceticism in Rabbinic Culture, in:
Journal of the American Academy of Religion 73:3 (2005), 911-913.

Review of: P. Schäfer, The Origins of Jewish Mysticism, in:
Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 29:3 (Spring 2011), 158-160.

Review of: K. Lindbeck, Elijah and the Rabbis: Story and Theology, in:
H-Judaic.

Translations

S. Werses, "Towards the History of the Hebrew Novella in the Early Nineteenth Century: Studies in Zahlen's Salmah mul 'Eden,"
Scripta Hierosolymitana 27: Studies in Hebrew Narrative Art throughout the Ages (Jerusalem: Magnes 1978), 107-24.

Other Publications

Children's Book

Uncle Eli's Passover Haggadah, San Francisco: No Starch Press (1999).

Feature articles in the Calgary [and/or Edmonton] Jewish Star, the
Jewish Free Press and the
Calgary Herald:

Click here for a complete listing by topics.

"Im Takt der Seele hin und her: Warum Juden beim Beten den Körper schaulkeln,"
Jüdische Algemeine Wochenzeitung 52:22 (Bonn, October 30 1997), p. 16 [German translation of "The Meaning of Shokeling"].

"Der Davidsstern" (http://www.dike.de/Lomdim/md2000/07md0400.html) [German translation of "Seeing Stars"].

"Comentários sobre Lilith na cultura judaica" (http://www.alceujun.hpg.com.br/lilith4.html) [Portuguese translation of "Looking for Lilith"].

"Where to Draw the Line"
Ha-Atid: Magazine of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne Australia: Fall 1999, pp. 67-8.

"The Walls Have Ears,"
Ha-Atid: Magazine of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne Australia: Spring 2000, 4:2:14: Spring 2000, p 59.

"The Wise King Ahasuerus,"
Ha-Atid: Magazine of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne Australia: Spring 2000, 4:2:14: Spring 2000, pp 14-15.

"Crowning Achievement,"
Ha-Atid: Magazine of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne Australia , 4:3 Summer 2000.

"Sins in the Balance,"
Ha-Atid: Magazine of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne Australia , 4:3:11-2 Summer 2000.

"When Mount Sinai Was Lifted Up," The Jewish Star, Chicago, May 25-June 7 2001, Magazine, p. 9.

"Freshly Baked: A Matzah Mystery",
Ha-Atid: Magazine of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne Australia , 5:3:19:11-12 Summer 2002.

"Mosaic Musings,"
Ha-Atid: Magazine of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne Australia , 5:4:20:22-3, September 2002-April 2003.

"BC-BCE Shuffle a Distinction of Note,"
Calgary Herald December 28, 2002, p. OS10.

"Children's Questions at Heart of Passover,"
Calgary Herald, April 19, 2003, p. OS12.

"Ангелы на Моих Плечах" Kehilas Moreshes Yaakkov web site , [Russian translation of "Angels on My Shoulder"].

"An Embarrassment of Riches,"
Destiny: Quarterly Magazine of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne, Australia, Issue 5 (Adar - Tammuz 5766 / March - June 2006), p. 21.

"Mit Fiffi ins Paradies" [German translation of "All Cows Go to Heaven"]
Jüdische Algemeine Wochenzeitung (Berlin), 35/06, 31. August1, 2006.]

"Es lebe das neue Leben" [German translation of "Birth-rite"]
Jüdische Algemeine Wochenzeitung (Berlin), 37/06, 14. September, 2006, p. 15.]

"Du sollst nicht morden..." [German translation of: "Thou Shalt Not Murder,"
Jüdische Algemeine Wochenzeitung (Berlin), 45/06, 9. November, 2006, p. 15.]

"Moment mal!" [German translation of "Service Interruption,"
Jüdische Algemeine Wochenzeitung (Berlin), 46/06, 16. November, 2006, p. 15.]

Erhellende Erkenntnis [German translation of "The Price of Oil,"
Jüdische Algemeine Wochenzeitung (Berlin), 49/06, 7. Dezember 2006, p. 15.]

"Seventy-Something...,"
Destiny: Magazine of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne, Australia, Issue 13 (Nisan-Elul 5770 / March-September 2010), p. 21.

"The Sounds of Sinai,"
Destiny: Magazine of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne, Australia, Issue 14 (Tishrei - Nisan 5771 / September 2010 - April 2011), p. 8.

EXTERNAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

A. Public Lectures and Interviews:

1986
"Law and Exegesis in First-Century Judaism, Patten College, Oakland, California (Judaic Seminar).

"Euthanasia", University of Calgary seminar on Euthanasia, Calgary Public Library.

"Halakha, Holidays and History", B'nai-Brith Hillel Students Society, University of Calgary.

"Mutability of Principles", Academic Interfaith Dialogue Group, University of Calgary.

1987
"Jews and Proselytization" for Citizens against Racial & Religious Discrimination, Calgary.

"Jewish Bio-Medical Ethics" for National Council of Synagogue Youth Regional Conference, Calgary.

"God in the Old Testament," for University of Calgary Catholic Community, St. Pius Church, "The Holy Scriptures" series.

"Israel through the Eyes of a New Canadian Immigrant," Calgary Jewish Centre Adult Education Department and Israel Program Centre.

Participant in panel, "The Political Landscape of Israel," Calgary Jewish Centre.

1988
"The Greening of Esther: Reading the Midrash," House of Jacob Adult Education Series.

"Justice, Mercy and Some Broken Jugs I-II," Academic Interfaith Dialogue Group, University of Calgary.

"Major Religious Holidays Coincide" (interview), The University of Calgary Gazette, March 28, 1988, p.5.

1989
Discussant in "Conflict and Peace in the Middle East" series sponsored by the Peace and Conflict Resolution Group and the Faculty of Continuing Education, University of Calgary. Presentation on Feb. 21/89: "Origins of Jewish Nationalism."

Guest lecture: "On Completing the Babylonian Talmud," Akiva Academy, Calgary, March 15 1989.

Guest lecture: "Jewish Mysticism," Confederation Park Senior Citizens Centre," Calgary, May 3/89.

Adult Education Class, "Asking the Real Questions: Encounters with Jewish Philosophers." Calgary Jewish Centre, Oct. 11,18, 1989.

Panelist: Alberta Council of Christians and Jews, "Christian Jewish Dialogue," Oct. 22 1989.

1990
"Hyperbole and Exaggeration in the Bible," lecture to the Giloh Central Synagogue Women's Study Group, Jerusalem Israel, August 11 1990.

"Subduing the Earth: Genesis, the Environment and the Jewish Exegetical Tradition," lecture for the University of Calgary Chaplaincy, Oct. 21 1990.

"Ecology and the Environment: Halacha and Reality" (panelist), House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel Adult Education Programme, Calgary, Oct. 27 1990.

"Burned, Banned and Best Seller: The Talmud," lecture to House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel Sisterhood, Calgary, Nov. 27 1990.

1992
"Introduction to Judaism," talk to the Islamic Educational Society of Alberta, Calgary, January 15 1992.

"Judaism and the Synagogue," address to the Westside Seniors Group in series "Looking Beyond: A Course About Multiculturalism," Calgary, January 27, 1992.

Weekly lecture series: "Introduction to Aggadic Midrash," Akiva Academy Senior High School Programme, Calgary, April-May, 1992.

1992-3
Lectures to the Giloh Central Synagogue Women's Study Group, Jerusalem Israel:

Piyyut--Hebrew Liturgical Poetry (October 3, 1992).

Joseph and Osiris (December 26, 1992).

Purim and the Book of Esther among the Marranos (March 11, 1993).

"No Leaven, nor Any Honey" Jewish Exegesis of Leviticus 2:11 (March 27, 1993).

Restrictions on the Recitation of the Priestly Benediction (May 29, 1993).

The Historical and Ideological Background of the Rabbinic Versions of the Balaam Story (July 3, 1993).

1993-4
Instructor: University of Calgary Jewish Faculty Study Group.

1994
"Judaic Cyber-Surfing on the Internet," workshop for junior high school students at the Calgary Jewish Academy (Akiva stream), University of Calgary, May 2 1994 (with L. Katz and D. Newman).

"The Jewish background to Potok's The Chosen," talk for Heritage Christian School, House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel synagogue, Calgary, November 14 1994.

1995
Talks on Judaism for Ethics classes at Fairview Junior High School, Calgary, January 12 1995.

"Judaic Cyber-Surfing on the Information Highway," presentation for House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel Adult Education Programme (with L. Katz), January 28 1995.

"The Time for the Evening Shema'" class at Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, Calgary, June 5 1995.

1996
Radio panel on "Hell," for CBC Radio, Calgary (Judy Hamill).

Talk on "The Jewish Faith" for Lakeview United Church, "The Faiths of Our Neighbours" Lenten Lecture Series, Calgary, February 25 1996.

Introduction to the Synagogue, "Tour of Faiths" programme, Multi-Faith Development Education Project of the Calgary Inter-Faith Community Action Association, April 23 1996.

Class on "Within the Law and Beyond the Law," Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, May 24 1996.

Contributor to C. Chavich, "Sweet Celebration" Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur "Food and Wine" supplement, The Calgary Herald, September 15 1996, p. D10.

1997
"Home Page Drive" Interview on "Morningside" radio broadcast, CBC Toronto, January 9 1997.

"When Thy Child Asketh Thee..." Guest sermon, Inter-Mennonite Church, Calgary, January 19 1997.

"Judaism," Talk to St. Boniface Church Cub Scouts, Calgary, February 10 1997.

"The Covenant of Sarah and Abraham," Guest sermon, St. Lawrence Anglican Church, Calgary, February 23 1997.

"Brazen Serpents" Guest sermon, St. Cyprian's Anglican Church, Calgary, March 9 1997.

Contributor to G. Legge, "Good versus Evil: The Eternal Struggle," Calgary Herald March 28 1997, p. A10.
"What Does Judaism Say about Israel?"; Talk presented to the Jewish Federation of Edmonton, May 22, 1997

"False Vows and Vain Vows" Class at House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, June 11, 1997.

"Covenanting," talk for the 11th Annual Summer Ecumenical Institute on "Covenants and Covenanting Churches," sponsored by the Saskatoon Centre for Ecumenism and the churches of Calgary, FCJ Christian Life Centre, Calgary, June 23 1997.

Interviewed (and misquoted) for: C. Champion, "Science on Shaky Foundations," Alberta Report, 24:30 July 7, 1997, p. 34.
"Judaism and Nature," Talk for Calgary Jewish Centre Seniors Summer Lecture Series, July 15 1997

"Sects and Movements in Judaism," talk to "Lunch and Learn" class sponsored by Chabad-Lubavitch of Alberta, Calgary, November 12 1977.

"Joseph, Don't Go!" Lay sermon at Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, December 20 1997.
1998 Weekly class: "How to Read and Understand Aggadic Midrash" Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel Torah Learning Centre, Calgary (Winter term).
Participant, symposium on "Preparing for the Millennium: What does your faith tradition say about the future?" The Knox Centre, Calgary, February 12 1998.

"Roots and Branches" Guest sermon at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Calgary, February 15 1998.

"Bearing Faithful Witness: United Church Relations Today" Talk for Calgary Hadassah-Wizo Organization, February 18 1998.

"Sunshiny Faces" Guest sermon at St. Peter's Church (Anglican), Calgary, February 22 1998.

"Introduction to the Synagogue" Presentation to students of the Menno Simons Christian School, Calgary, March 24 1998.

"Passover" Interview on "Daybreak Alberta" radio broadcast, CBC Calgary-Edmonton, April 11 1998.

Weekly class: "The Philosophy of Moses Maimonides" Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel Torah Learning Centre, Calgary (Spring term).

"Jewish-Christian Relations" Workshop for North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) Tenth Anniversary Conference, Edmonton, August 3 1998 (with Rev. Clint Mooney)

"The Historical Background to Jewish-Christian Relations" Weekly class offered to Hadassah Women's Organization, Calgary Jewish Centre, September-October 1998.

"From Atonement to Ingathering" Talk to Gnosis, the Religious Studies Student Club, University of Calgary, Sept. 18 1998.

"Making Sense of the Mitzvot" Weekly class for the Torah Learning Centre, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, October-December 1998.

"Scandals in High Places." Talk for Calgary Jewish Centre Seniors Group "Hot Topics" series. Calgary, November 2 1998.

Lectures on Judaism Knox Presbyterian Church, Calgary, November 15, 22, 1998.

"Uncle Eli's Haggadah" Presentation for Jewish Literature and Culture Week, Calgary Jewish Centre, Calgary, November 22 1998.

1999 "The History of Jewish Messianism" Weekly class for the Torah Learning Centre, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, Winter- 1998-1999.

"The Royal Table" Sermon delivered at Congregation Emanu-El, Victoria BC, February 21 1999.

"Holy Cow! In Search of the Meaning of the Red Heifer" presentation for "An Evening to Remember" a study session sponsored by the Calgary Jewish Centre and the Calgary Rabbinical Council, Calgary, March 6 1999.
"The Kabbalah" presentation for Sisterhoods of Beth Tzedec and House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel congregations, May 12 1999.

2000-2001 "The Judaism of the Dead Sea Scrolls" Weekly class for the Torah Learning Centre, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, November 2000-March 2001

2001 "Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah" Weekly class for the Torah Learning Centre, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, March-September 2001.

Commentator, "Great Jewish Thinkers, Great Wisdom," Kallah programme, Calgary Jewish Centre, March 20 2001.

Speaker, "Presentation & Dialogue: Judaism & Islam" Islamic Education Society of Southern Alberta and Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, Calgary, March 18, 2001.

Inverviewed by J. Woodward, "What's on the Seder Table," The Calgary Herald, April 7, 2001, OS10.

Speaker, "Jerusalem, Its Importance to Three Religions," Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, St. Peter's Anglican Church, Calgary, April 29, 2001.

2001-2002 "The Zohar: Book of Enlightenment" Weekly class for the Torah Learning Centre, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, October 2001-.

2002 "Asking God's Name," Sermon delivered at Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, January 12 2002.

"Judaism and Its Practice," presentations for Lenten Series at McDougall United Church, Calgary, February 20 and 27, 2002.

"Blood Transfusions," interview on A-Channel television News@Six, Calgary, March 6 2002.

Speaker, "The Development of Christian-Jewish Relations," Lenten Study Programme for St. Matthew's and Scarboro United Churches, Calgary, March 10 2002.

"Elijah's Message," Sermon delivered at Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, March 22 2002.

"Judaism in Israel," talk for the International Affairs Group, Calgary, March 25, 2002.

"A Flame from Heaven" Sermon delivered at Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, Calgary, April 6 2002.

"Holy Days and Week Days," Sermon delivered at Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, April 27 2002.

"How to Write a D'var Torah," guest classes for the Akiva Academy, Calgary, May 1, 2002.

"The Name of God is Truth" presentation for the Islamic Education Society of Alberta, Calgary, May 2, 2002.

"Kabbalah, Mysticism and Reincarnation," talk for Women's League for Conservative Judaism Pacific-Northwest Region Annual Conference, Calgary, May 6, 2002.

Participant, "Power and Protest" community seminar, Calgary Institute for the Humanities, June 4, 2002.

Interviewed by J. Woodward, "They Embrace Their Jewish Heritage, But Are They Jews?" The Calgary Herald, October 12, 2002, OS9.

Panelist, Faithlink conference on Family Violence, McDougall Centre, Calgary, November 12, 2002.

2003 Panelist: "Abraham and David," Spiritual Perspectives Week, University of Calgary Students Union, January 27, 2003.

"Manuscript Fragments of a Fragmented Judaism: Jewish Diversity in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Cairo Genizah," talk for the Calgary Circle of Humanistic Jews, March 30, 2003.

"Religion and Science," presentation for Colloquium on Religion and Science sponsored by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, Calgary, April 9, 2003.

Interviewed for: Erica Marcus, "The Platter Laid Out," Newsday, Long Island NY, April 16, 2003.

Interviewed for: Jennifer Garza, "Seder Layered with History and Emotion," Sacramento Bee, Sacramento CA, April 16, 2003.

"Predestination versus Free Will," presentation for Colloquium "Perspectives on the Human Condition: Suffering, Destiny, Justice" sponsored by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, University of Calgary, October 15, 2003.

Panelist: "Trembling before G-d," The 3^rd Annual Jewish Film Festival, Beth Tzedec Congregation, Calgary, November 23, 2003.

Interviewed for: Leslie Beaton Hedley, "Light a Candle for Freedom," Calgary Herald, Calgary, December 13, 2003, OS9.

2004 "Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism," presentation to the Calgary Circle of Humanistic Jews, January 25, 2004.

Interviewed for: Mark Reid, "Uncle Eli Makes History on Jeopardy," OnCampus, Calgary, January 30, 2004, p.4.

Interviewed for: Joe Woodard, "The Spanking Debate," The Calgary Herald, January 31, 2004, p. A4.

Interviewed for: Barbi Green, "Red strings & mystical things," 24 Hours, Toronto, February 20, 2004, p. 22.

Interviewed for: "Calgary Today": "Jeopardy Guy: Calgary professor gets international recognition," Shaw TV Calgary (Channel 10) February 20, 2004.

"The Structure of the Passover Haggadah," presentation for the EJI chapter of Calgary Hadassah, March 30, 2004.

Interviewed for: Joe Woodard, "Passover: history, freedom -- and chicken soup," The Calgary Herald, April 4, 2004, p. BO7.

Interviewed for: Joe Woodard, "'God not only gave you a text, He gave you a brain'," The Calgary Herald, May 16, 2004, p. BO9.

Interviewed for: Michael Kress, "The Kabbalah craze: Stars embrace mystic beliefs, and many rabbinical scholars cringe," Dallas Morning News, July 24, 2004, pp. G1, G3.

Interviewed for: Tara Weiss, "Red String's The Thing: A Bracelet as Fashion Statement," The Hartford Courant, August 10, 2004; ; also published as "New Fad Has Strings Attached," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; and Hoosier Times, Indiana (August 15, 2004, p. G7); "Accessory fad arriving with strings attached," Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, August 10, 2004.

Interviewed for: Lisa Wilton, "Esther Life after Kabbalah?" The Calgary Sun, September 5, 2004, "Showtime" supplement, pp. 6-7; also published as "The A-list Kabbalists: Stars seeking spirituality resurrect an ancient faith," The Winnipeg Sun, September 12, 2004.

Interviewed for: Darren Garnick, "Speculation on Seuss" The Telegraph, Nashua NH, September 9, 2004, "Encore" supplement.

Interviewed for: Randy Myers, "Company, not gifts, key to Hanukkah" Contra Costa Times [California], December 7, 2004.

2005 Interviewed for: Amy Steele "Calgary Muslims promote understanding" Ffwd, Calgary, 10:33, July 21-27, 2005, 4.

Panelist: "The Ethics of Panhandling" Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, August 17, 2005.

Workshop on Judaism for Calgary Board of Education, School Support Services: "An Introduction to World Religions," University of Calgary, October 30, 2005.
Interviewed for: Joe Woodward "God wanted Job to argue with him: Bible scholar" Calgary Herald, November 6, 2005, B5.
Interviewed for: Michael Kress, "Madonna's Magical, Mystical Song, Idol Chatter, Belief.net web resource, November 14, 2005.

Interviewed for: Joe Woodward "Christmas on Dec. 25 linked to Scripture" Calgary Herald, December 18, 2005, B05.

2006 Interviewed for: Joe Woodard, "What would Jesus eat?" Calgary Herald, April 13, 2006, F10.

"Religious Law in the Secular State: A Case Study," presentation for World Religions Conference on "Reconciling Faith with Loyalty to the Homeland," sponsored by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, Calgary, September 19, 2006.

2007 Interviewed for: Denise Flaim, "For pets' sake"
Newsday (Long Island, New York), Jan. 2, 2007.

Presenter: "One Night with the King," Gnosis student club, University of Calgary, March 7, 2007.

"Passover," class for Alberta Bible College, Calgary, March 7, 2007.

"'A Sprinkling of Bones'--Ossilegium and Ossuaries in the Tractate Semahot (Evel Rabbati)"; text class for the Fifth Annual North American Chevra Kadisha conference, Edmonton, June 11, 2007.

"Jewish Perspective." The Annual Interfaith Colloquium: Faith Perspectives on Living Simply & Its Impact on Our Environment. Foothills Mennonite Church, Calgary, 2007.

2007- "Passover," class for Alberta Bible College, Calgary, March 7, 2007.

2008 Panelist, "A Game of Chess or a Game of Chance: Religion's Perspective on the Theory of Evolution." Interfaith symposium sponsored by Central United Church, Calgary, in Association with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Calgary South. Central United Church, Calgary, Feb. 19, 2008.

Interviewed by Larry Cohen,
Radio Shalom USA, Baltimore, on "Machine-made matzah and the history of Passover," April 13, 2008.

Interviewed for: Erik Froese, "Bearded daddy-to-be"

Calgary Herald Swerve Magazine (Calgary), July. 25, 2008, pp. 26-31.

"'When You Reach Thirty-Three You Shall Know...'--Reflections on Mythic Thinking in the Yom Kippur Ritual"; class for Kehilat Yedidya, Jerusalem, October 4, 2008.

Interviewed for: Jason Antebi, "Hanukkah's Memorial"

Readers Digest (Canada) December, 2008.
2009

Panelist, "A Game of Chess or a Game of Chance!: Religion's Perspective on the Theory of Evolution." World Religions Conference sponsored by Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association, Chaplains' Center and the Consortium for Peace Studies University of Calgary , Calgary, Feb. 26, 2009.

"The Passover Seder" class for St. David's United Church , Calgary, March 30, 2009.

Interviewed for: Paul Murphy, "An Easter in Europe"

University of Calgary Gauntlet 37:16, April 16, 2009.

Interviewed for: Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe, "Headlines about Chelsea Clinton's Engagement to Marc Mezvinsky"

2010 Introduced Prof. Tariq Ramadan: "Jihad of the West: Alienation, Integration & Identity", (Calgary), March 17, 2010.

Panelist, "Existence of God and the Question of Suffering," World Religions Conference sponsored by Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association, The Multi-Faith Chaplains' Center, World Religions Conference, Journalists for Human Rights, University of Calgary , Calgary, November. 25, 2010.

Interviewed for: Lea Storry "Calgarians invited to menorah lighting"
Calgary Herald, December 2, 2010, B1.

2011 Lecture on: "The Disputation of Red Deer: A Forgotten Episode in Jewish History"
Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, January 15, 2011.

B. Other Activities:

1986-88
Participant, Canadian Council of Christians and Jews monthly dialogue meetings, University of Calgary.

1987-
Member of Rabbinic Search Committee, House of David Congregation, Calgary.

1987-90
Chairman, Adult Education Committee, Congregation House of Jacob.

1987
Calgary Jewish Centre Adult Education Committee.

1989-90
Consultant: Alberta Education Curriculum Design Branch, Grade Eight Ethics Course: The Community--Religion and Values (Respect, Tolerance) Module.

1989
Referee: Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses

Referee: Jewish Quarterly Review

1991-92
Referee: The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

1991
Referee: Queens University Faculty Promotions Committee.

1990-92
Religious Affairs Chairman, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.

1991-2
Member, Rabbinic Selection Committee, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.

1992
Accepted by Queen's Bench Court of Alberta as Expert Witnesses for Crown in case of "Regina vs. Keegstra."

1993-5
Referee: The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

1993-
Co-Chairperson, Religious Affairs Committee, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.

1993-6
Chairperson, Community Eruv Committee, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.

1995
Referee, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, University of Toronto (Faculty Promotions).

1996
Consultant for "Out of the Depths I Call to Thee, Hashem," art installation by Nell McKereghan, The Little Gallery, Art Department, University of Calgary, April 29-May 3 1996.

Consultant for National Task Group on United Church-Jewish Relations: "Bearing Faithful Witness: United Church-Jewish Relations Today."

1996-
Chair, The Rabbi Abraham and Evelyn Postone Scholarship for Post-Secondary Jewish Studies, Calgary Jewish Community.

Web-master, Akiva Academy, Calgary (http://www.ucalgary.ca).

1996
Consultant for Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, Glossary of Jewish-Christian Dialogue.

1997
Member, Rabbinic Selection Committee, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.

Referee: Concordia University Faculty Promotions Committee.

1998
Member, Education Committee, Calgary Jewish Community Council.

2000
Referee, York University Faculty of Arts Tenure and Promotion Committee; University of Victoria Centre for Studies in Religion & Society Faculty Fellowship Competition; University of British Columbia Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies Search Committee (Islamic Studies).

2002-
Member of Advisory Panel, "Approaching Judaism" series, Vision TV.

Member, Rabbinic Selection Committee, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.

2002
Referee, Bar-Ilan University (Ramat-Gan, Israel) Faculty Promotions Committee

2003
Referee, Israel Science Foundation.

2004
Referee, Killam Programs, Canada Council for the Arts; Bar-Ilan University (Ramat-Gan, Israel) Faculty of Jewish Studies Promotions Committee.

2005-2009
Judge: Dov And Arlein Chetner Chai Essay Contest, Jewish Community Foundation Of Calgary.

2005
Referee, Cambridge University Press (Religion and Anthropology). Referee, Killam Programs, Canada Council for the Arts.

2006
Referee: Social Sciences Research Council of Canada (Standard Research Grant). External consultant, internal academic review of Jewish Studies Programme, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario. Evaluator for research grant proposal, Israel Science Foundation. Referee, The University of Alabama Press. Judge: Religious Studies Department graduating student colloquium essay competition. Referee: Bar-Ilan University (Ramat-Gan, Israel) Faculty of Jewish Studies Promotions Committee. Referee:
Jewish Studies--an Internet Journal (Bar-Ilan University).

2007-2009
Member, editorial board,
The Eye of the Heart: a Journal of Traditional Wisdom, published by La Trobe University, Australia.

2009
Referee:
Journal of the American Academy of Religion; Jewish Studies--an Internet Journal (Bar-Ilan University.

C. Creative Writing:

1988
(Ikhnat Ra XIII, pseudonym) "Front Page...Showed Bias" (Satire), The Jewish Star (Calgary/Edmonton), April 29-May 12, 1988.

1988
"A Rock for a Rock", The Jewish Star (Calgary/Edmonton), May 27-June 9, 1988, pp.4-7.

1991
"New Discoveries Shed Light on Temple Rituals," Jewish Free Press, Calgary, Jan. 15, 1991, p. 10.

1992
"Vowels to Poland," Jewish Free Press, Calgary, March 16, 1992, p. 9.

1994
"The Revenge of the Tom Swifty" Jewish Free Press, Calgary, June 16, 1994, p. 8.

D. Computer Materials:

1995
World Wide Web site (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal) containing full range of class notes and materials for undergraduate courses in Religious Studies Western Religions.

World Wide Web site (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/Art_Index.html) containing over 100 original Judaica newspaper articles from Calgary Jewish Star and Jewish Free Press with annotation and bibliogrpahical notes.

HTML image map guide to Talmudic literature, commentaries and codes ("A Page of Talmud"): (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudPage.html)

HTML image map guide to "the Ten Sefirot of the Kabbalah" (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Sefirot/Sefirot.html)

1996
HTML image map guide to "Varieties of Orthodox Judaism" (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/363_Transp/08_Orthodoxy.html).

1997
HTML interactive simulation: "The Ascent to the Merkavah" (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Rels463/Palace1.html)
HTML interactive web site:"Chanting the Bible" (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Cantillation/Cantillation.html)

1998
HTML image map guide to the Miqra'ot Gedolot (Rabbinic Bible), its commentaries, etc.: (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/MG.html)

HTML image map guide to the Mishnah, its commentaries, etc.: (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/Mishnah.html)

HTML image map guide to Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, its commentaries, etc.: (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/Maimonides.html)

HTML image map guide to Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's Arba'ah Turim, its commentaries, etc.: (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/Tur.html)

HTML image map guide to Rabbi Joseph Caro's Shulhan Arukh, its commentaries, etc.: (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/ShA.html)

2002 Five filmed interviews for "Sacred Spaces in Calgary: Religious Dimensions in Context" web site for Mount Royal College Religious Studies 2201 course (http://wwwacad-prep.mtroyal.ab.ca/adc/rels2201/index.html):

The Synagogue's Role in Jewish Life.

Types of Sacred Time.

Tallit, Teffillin, and Kippah.

Torah Study.

The Shema.

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

1986-90
Departmental Space Representative.

1987-91
Member, Committee on Law and the Liberal Arts.

Member, Graduate Studies Committee.

1988-90
Humanities Representative to Faculty of Education Full Council.

1989-91
Graduate Administrator, Department of Religious Studies

Member, Conjoint Areas Research Ethics Committee.

1990-91
Member, Policy Committee, Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Member, Faculty of Humanities Computer Committee.

Faculty of Humanities Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Language Learning Facilities.

1992-6
Lectures and Colloquia Chair, Dept. of Religious Studies.

1993-5
Member, Faculty of Humanities Computer Committee.

1994-7
Elected representative, Faculty of Humanities Executive Committee.

1994-5
Faculty of Humanities Representative to General Studies Appeals Committee.

Member, Faculty of Graduate Studies Committee to Review Student Progress Reports.

1994-6
Member of General Faculties Council Academic Awards Committee.

1994-7
Humanities Representative to Faculty of Education Full Council.

1995-
Dept. of Religious Studies, Liaison for Off-Campus courses.

1995-6
Chair, Faculty of Humanities Appeals Committee.

Member, Faculty of Humanities Committee to Review Teaching Evaluation Process.

1996
Departmental Co-Ordinator, "Envisioning Transformation" Week, Feb. 12-16 1996.

1996-8
Dept. of Religious Studies Undergraduate Advisor.

Religious Studies Representative to Humanities Curriculum and Academic Review Committee.

1997
Religious Studies Representative to Humanities "Mandatory Orientation" Planning Committee.

Steering Committee, Dept. of History Web-based "Old World Contacts" tutorial

Member, General Faculties Council Non-Academic Misconduct Hearing (October 1997)

Acting Chair, Faculty of Humanities Appeals Committee (December 1997)

1998-2004
Head, Department of Religious Studies

1998-9
Member, Advisory Committee to the Chair of Christian Thought, University of Calgary

Member, Selection Committee of the Chair of Christian Thought, University of Calgary

2001
Assessor, Proposal for Minor in Religious Studies, University of Victoria

2005
Department of Religious Studies Undergraduate Advisor.

2006
Faculty of Humanities Academic Appointment Review Committee.

Humanities external representative, appointment committee for limited term position in Creative Writing, Department of English.
Chair, Faculty of Humanities Student Appeals Committee.

2007
Chair, Faculty of Humanities Appeals Committee;

Member, Faculty of Humanities Academic Appointment Review Committee;

Coordinator, Calgary Board of Education World Religions workshop series.

2009-2010
Head, Department of Religious Studies

HONOURS AND GRADUATE TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

Supervision:

Other Institutions

1985-6 University of California Berkeley, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies: Hannah Harrington (PhD, Interim); Robert Kirschner (PhD, Interim); Jonathan Seidel (PhD, Interim).

University of Calgary:

F 1990
Dept. of Religious Studies: Kurt Widmer (MA, Interim).

1991-2
Dept. of Religious Studies: Diana Elson: "Where Was God In All This?' Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust and Hasidism" (BA Honours).

1998
Dept. of Religious Studies Alison Koddo (MA, Interim)

2002-4
Dept. of Religious Studies Nathan Gibbard Thesis: "I am Joseph, Your Brother": Use of the Brother Model in the Vatican's Conception of the Jewish-Catholic Relationship, 1958-2004 (MA)

2005-2009
Dept. of Religious Studies Nicole Libin Thesis: The Choosing People: Alternate Constructions of Jewish Identity in North America (PhD)

2007--
Dept. of Religious Studies Ali Fares (MA)

2008-
O. Steinitz Thesis: The Attitude towards the "Other" in Jewish and Islamic Religious Websites Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, University of Calgary
Supervisory Committee: M. Keren, S. Keren, A. Rippin. (PhD)

2010- Dept. of Religious Studies Zvi Andrews Thesis: A.J. Heschel's Theology of Talmudic Judaism (MA)

2010 Dept. of Religious Studies Yasmin Merchant Thesis: Vanishing Frontiers: Re-thinking the Mystical in Avicenna and Maimonides (Co-Supervisor, MA)

Participation in Thesis and Defense Committees:

BA Honours:

Apr, 1994
Fredrick, Dan Thesis: The Jinn in Islamic Theology and Folklore
Rels

Apr, 1994
Brideau, Philip Thesis: Thunder, Perfect Mind: The Message of the Female Revealer Rels

Apr, 1995
Watts, Nicki Thesis: Conquest, Settlement or Revolt? Theories of the Emergence of the Israelites in Canaan and Their Basis in Biblical and Archaeological Material Rels

Apr, 1996
Koddo, Alison Thesis: Galatians 3:19-29: Change and Religious Definition in First Century Christianity Rels

Apr, 1998
Thraya, Tahan Ahmed Thesis: A Critical Analysis of Norman Calder's Studies in Early Muslim Jurisprudence: An Investigation into the Early History of Islamic Juristic Texts; baht fi at-Tarikh 'an Kutub al-Fiqh al-Islami Rels

April, 2009
Andrews, Zvi Thesis: Heschel, the Ineffable, and the Philosophy of Religion Phil

MA

May 1988
Reifen, Raphael Thesis: Arab-Jewish Cooperation in Israeli Education Edts

Apr, 1989
Moore, Anne L. Thesis: The Kingdom of God in the Gospel of Mark Rels

May, 1990
Campbell, Sue Thesis: Time in the Narrative of Esther Rels

Jan, 1991
Buck, Christopher Thesis: Symbolic Quranic Exegesis in Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude: The Exegetical Creation of the Baha'i Faith Rels

June, 1991
Kirk, Alan K. Thesis: Paul's Language Strategy in 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 Rels

Aug, 1995
Goldsand, Gary Thesis: The Impact of Auschwitz: Jewish and Christian Theological Responses to the Holocaust Rels

Feb, 1996
Elson, Diana Thesis: Were the Jews a "Special Case"? A Comparative Study of Rome's Treatment of the Jews and Other Subject Peoples GLAH

Aug, 1996
Fredrick, Dan Thesis: The Curative Power of Scripture in Classical Islam: A Consideration of `Ilaj bi'l-Qur'an in Early Hadith Literature Rels

Sep, 1996
Hansen-Smythe, Ingrid Course-Based RelS

May, 1997
Lee, Bernon Thesis: Towards a Rhetoric of Contradiction in the Book of Ecclesiastes Rels

Apr., 1998 Calvert, Mechele Marina Thesis: Changes in the Hermeneutics of Understanding Rels

Sep., 2003 Blumell, Lincoln Harris Thesis: The Early Roman Emperors and the Christians Rels
Sep., 2004 Munro, Blair Thesis: The Rotten People: Mordecai Richler's Seminal First Novel Engl
Dec., 2005 Parsons, Jennifer Implications of Conceptual Integration in the Wisdom of Solomon Rels

Apr., 2010 Jones, Kathleen Ancient Words in Modern Times: Feminist Reinterpretations of Wisdom Rels

PhD

Supervisory Committees

2000-
D. Bergen Thesis: The "Book of the Law" in Deuteronomistic History" A Synchronic Reassessment of the Deuteronomic-Josianic Link Rels Supervisor: L. Eslinger.

2000-
R. Klassen Thesis: The Book of Job Rels Supervisor: L. Eslinger.

2005-
A. Yarchi Thesis: T B Sota VIII, Text and Comprehensive Commentary Department of Talmud, Bar-Ilan University Supervisor: S. Friedman.

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1986	"Law and Exegesis in First-Century Judaism, Patten College, Oakland, California (Judaic Seminar).
	"Euthanasia", University of Calgary seminar on Euthanasia, Calgary Public Library.
	"Halakha, Holidays and History", B'nai-Brith Hillel Students Society, University of Calgary.
	"Mutability of Principles", Academic Interfaith Dialogue Group, University of Calgary.
1987	"Jews and Proselytization" for Citizens against Racial & Religious Discrimination, Calgary.
	"Jewish Bio-Medical Ethics" for National Council of Synagogue Youth Regional Conference, Calgary.
	"God in the Old Testament," for University of Calgary Catholic Community, St. Pius Church, "The Holy Scriptures" series.
	"Israel through the Eyes of a New Canadian Immigrant," Calgary Jewish Centre Adult Education Department and Israel Program Centre.
	Participant in panel, "The Political Landscape of Israel," Calgary Jewish Centre.
1988	"The Greening of Esther: Reading the Midrash," House of Jacob Adult Education Series.
	"Justice, Mercy and Some Broken Jugs I-II," Academic Interfaith Dialogue Group, University of Calgary.
	"Major Religious Holidays Coincide" (interview), The University of Calgary Gazette, March 28, 1988, p.5.
1989	Discussant in "Conflict and Peace in the Middle East" series sponsored by the Peace and Conflict Resolution Group and the Faculty of Continuing Education, University of Calgary. Presentation on Feb. 21/89: "Origins of Jewish Nationalism."
	Guest lecture: "On Completing the Babylonian Talmud," Akiva Academy, Calgary, March 15 1989.
	Guest lecture: "Jewish Mysticism," Confederation Park Senior Citizens Centre," Calgary, May 3/89.
	Adult Education Class, "Asking the Real Questions: Encounters with Jewish Philosophers." Calgary Jewish Centre, Oct. 11,18, 1989.
	Panelist: Alberta Council of Christians and Jews, "Christian Jewish Dialogue," Oct. 22 1989.
1990	"Hyperbole and Exaggeration in the Bible," lecture to the Giloh Central Synagogue Women's Study Group, Jerusalem Israel, August 11 1990.
	"Subduing the Earth: Genesis, the Environment and the Jewish Exegetical Tradition," lecture for the University of Calgary Chaplaincy, Oct. 21 1990.
	"Ecology and the Environment: Halacha and Reality" (panelist), House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel Adult Education Programme, Calgary, Oct. 27 1990.
	"Burned, Banned and Best Seller: The Talmud," lecture to House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel Sisterhood, Calgary, Nov. 27 1990.
1992	"Introduction to Judaism," talk to the Islamic Educational Society of Alberta, Calgary, January 15 1992.
	"Judaism and the Synagogue," address to the Westside Seniors Group in series "Looking Beyond: A Course About Multiculturalism," Calgary, January 27, 1992.
	Weekly lecture series: "Introduction to Aggadic Midrash," Akiva Academy Senior High School Programme, Calgary, April-May, 1992.
1992-3	Lectures to the Giloh Central Synagogue Women's Study Group, Jerusalem Israel: Piyyut--Hebrew Liturgical Poetry (October 3, 1992). Joseph and Osiris (December 26, 1992). Purim and the Book of Esther among the Marranos (March 11, 1993). "No Leaven, nor Any Honey" Jewish Exegesis of Leviticus 2:11 (March 27, 1993). Restrictions on the Recitation of the Priestly Benediction (May 29, 1993). The Historical and Ideological Background of the Rabbinic Versions of the Balaam Story (July 3, 1993).
1993-4	Instructor: University of Calgary Jewish Faculty Study Group.
1994	"Judaic Cyber-Surfing on the Internet," workshop for junior high school students at the Calgary Jewish Academy (Akiva stream), University of Calgary, May 2 1994 (with L. Katz and D. Newman).
	"The Jewish background to Potok's The Chosen," talk for Heritage Christian School, House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel synagogue, Calgary, November 14 1994.
1995	Talks on Judaism for Ethics classes at Fairview Junior High School, Calgary, January 12 1995.
	"Judaic Cyber-Surfing on the Information Highway," presentation for House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel Adult Education Programme (with L. Katz), January 28 1995.
	"The Time for the Evening Shema'" class at Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, Calgary, June 5 1995.
1996	Radio panel on "Hell," for CBC Radio, Calgary (Judy Hamill).
	Talk on "The Jewish Faith" for Lakeview United Church, "The Faiths of Our Neighbours" Lenten Lecture Series, Calgary, February 25 1996.
	Introduction to the Synagogue, "Tour of Faiths" programme, Multi-Faith Development Education Project of the Calgary Inter-Faith Community Action Association, April 23 1996.
	Class on "Within the Law and Beyond the Law," Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, May 24 1996.
	Contributor to C. Chavich, "Sweet Celebration" Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur "Food and Wine" supplement, The Calgary Herald, September 15 1996, p. D10.
1997	"Home Page Drive" Interview on "Morningside" radio broadcast, CBC Toronto, January 9 1997.
	"When Thy Child Asketh Thee..." Guest sermon, Inter-Mennonite Church, Calgary, January 19 1997.
	"Judaism," Talk to St. Boniface Church Cub Scouts, Calgary, February 10 1997.
	"The Covenant of Sarah and Abraham," Guest sermon, St. Lawrence Anglican Church, Calgary, February 23 1997.
	"Brazen Serpents" Guest sermon, St. Cyprian's Anglican Church, Calgary, March 9 1997.
	Contributor to G. Legge, "Good versus Evil: The Eternal Struggle," Calgary Herald March 28 1997, p. A10.
	"What Does Judaism Say about Israel?"; Talk presented to the Jewish Federation of Edmonton, May 22, 1997
	"False Vows and Vain Vows" Class at House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, June 11, 1997.
	"Covenanting," talk for the 11th Annual Summer Ecumenical Institute on "Covenants and Covenanting Churches," sponsored by the Saskatoon Centre for Ecumenism and the churches of Calgary, FCJ Christian Life Centre, Calgary, June 23 1997.
	Interviewed (and misquoted) for: C. Champion, "Science on Shaky Foundations," Alberta Report, 24:30 July 7, 1997, p. 34.
	"Judaism and Nature," Talk for Calgary Jewish Centre Seniors Summer Lecture Series, July 15 1997
	"Sects and Movements in Judaism," talk to "Lunch and Learn" class sponsored by Chabad-Lubavitch of Alberta, Calgary, November 12 1977.
	"Joseph, Don't Go!" Lay sermon at Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, December 20 1997.
1998	Weekly class: "How to Read and Understand Aggadic Midrash" Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel Torah Learning Centre, Calgary (Winter term).
	Participant, symposium on "Preparing for the Millennium: What does your faith tradition say about the future?" The Knox Centre, Calgary, February 12 1998.
	"Roots and Branches" Guest sermon at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Calgary, February 15 1998.
	"Bearing Faithful Witness: United Church Relations Today" Talk for Calgary Hadassah-Wizo Organization, February 18 1998.
	"Sunshiny Faces" Guest sermon at St. Peter's Church (Anglican), Calgary, February 22 1998.
	"Introduction to the Synagogue" Presentation to students of the Menno Simons Christian School, Calgary, March 24 1998.
	"Passover" Interview on "Daybreak Alberta" radio broadcast, CBC Calgary-Edmonton, April 11 1998.
	Weekly class: "The Philosophy of Moses Maimonides" Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel Torah Learning Centre, Calgary (Spring term).
	"Jewish-Christian Relations" Workshop for North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) Tenth Anniversary Conference, Edmonton, August 3 1998 (with Rev. Clint Mooney)
	"The Historical Background to Jewish-Christian Relations" Weekly class offered to Hadassah Women's Organization, Calgary Jewish Centre, September-October 1998.
	"From Atonement to Ingathering" Talk to Gnosis, the Religious Studies Student Club, University of Calgary, Sept. 18 1998.
	"Making Sense of the Mitzvot" Weekly class for the Torah Learning Centre, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, October-December 1998.
	"Scandals in High Places." Talk for Calgary Jewish Centre Seniors Group "Hot Topics" series. Calgary, November 2 1998.
	Lectures on Judaism Knox Presbyterian Church, Calgary, November 15, 22, 1998.
	"Uncle Eli's Haggadah" Presentation for Jewish Literature and Culture Week, Calgary Jewish Centre, Calgary, November 22 1998.
1999	"The History of Jewish Messianism" Weekly class for the Torah Learning Centre, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, Winter- 1998-1999.
	"The Royal Table" Sermon delivered at Congregation Emanu-El, Victoria BC, February 21 1999.
	"Holy Cow! In Search of the Meaning of the Red Heifer" presentation for "An Evening to Remember" a study session sponsored by the Calgary Jewish Centre and the Calgary Rabbinical Council, Calgary, March 6 1999.
	"The Kabbalah" presentation for Sisterhoods of Beth Tzedec and House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel congregations, May 12 1999.
2000-2001	"The Judaism of the Dead Sea Scrolls" Weekly class for the Torah Learning Centre, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, November 2000-March 2001
2001	"Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah" Weekly class for the Torah Learning Centre, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, March-September 2001.
	Commentator, "Great Jewish Thinkers, Great Wisdom," Kallah programme, Calgary Jewish Centre, March 20 2001.
	Speaker, "Presentation & Dialogue: Judaism & Islam" Islamic Education Society of Southern Alberta and Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, Calgary, March 18, 2001.
	Inverviewed by J. Woodward, "What's on the Seder Table," The Calgary Herald, April 7, 2001, OS10.
	Speaker, "Jerusalem, Its Importance to Three Religions," Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, St. Peter's Anglican Church, Calgary, April 29, 2001.
2001-2002	"The Zohar: Book of Enlightenment" Weekly class for the Torah Learning Centre, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary, October 2001-.
2002	"Asking God's Name," Sermon delivered at Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, January 12 2002.
	"Judaism and Its Practice," presentations for Lenten Series at McDougall United Church, Calgary, February 20 and 27, 2002.
	"Blood Transfusions," interview on A-Channel television News@Six, Calgary, March 6 2002.
	Speaker, "The Development of Christian-Jewish Relations," Lenten Study Programme for St. Matthew's and Scarboro United Churches, Calgary, March 10 2002.
	"Elijah's Message," Sermon delivered at Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, March 22 2002.
	"Judaism in Israel," talk for the International Affairs Group, Calgary, March 25, 2002.
	"A Flame from Heaven" Sermon delivered at Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, Calgary, April 6 2002.
	"Holy Days and Week Days," Sermon delivered at Congregation House of Jacob - Mikveh Israel, April 27 2002.
	"How to Write a D'var Torah," guest classes for the Akiva Academy, Calgary, May 1, 2002.
	"The Name of God is Truth" presentation for the Islamic Education Society of Alberta, Calgary, May 2, 2002.
	"Kabbalah, Mysticism and Reincarnation," talk for Women's League for Conservative Judaism Pacific-Northwest Region Annual Conference, Calgary, May 6, 2002.
	Participant, "Power and Protest" community seminar, Calgary Institute for the Humanities, June 4, 2002.
	Interviewed by J. Woodward, "They Embrace Their Jewish Heritage, But Are They Jews?" The Calgary Herald, October 12, 2002, OS9.
	Panelist, Faithlink conference on Family Violence, McDougall Centre, Calgary, November 12, 2002.
2003	Panelist: "Abraham and David," Spiritual Perspectives Week, University of Calgary Students Union, January 27, 2003.
	"Manuscript Fragments of a Fragmented Judaism: Jewish Diversity in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Cairo Genizah," talk for the Calgary Circle of Humanistic Jews, March 30, 2003.
	"Religion and Science," presentation for Colloquium on Religion and Science sponsored by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, Calgary, April 9, 2003.
	Interviewed for: Erica Marcus, "The Platter Laid Out," Newsday, Long Island NY, April 16, 2003.
	Interviewed for: Jennifer Garza, "Seder Layered with History and Emotion," Sacramento Bee, Sacramento CA, April 16, 2003.
	"Predestination versus Free Will," presentation for Colloquium "Perspectives on the Human Condition: Suffering, Destiny, Justice" sponsored by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, University of Calgary, October 15, 2003.
	Panelist: "Trembling before G-d," The 3^rd Annual Jewish Film Festival, Beth Tzedec Congregation, Calgary, November 23, 2003.
	Interviewed for: Leslie Beaton Hedley, "Light a Candle for Freedom," Calgary Herald, Calgary, December 13, 2003, OS9.
2004	"Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism," presentation to the Calgary Circle of Humanistic Jews, January 25, 2004.
	Interviewed for: Mark Reid, "Uncle Eli Makes History on Jeopardy," OnCampus, Calgary, January 30, 2004, p.4.
	Interviewed for: Joe Woodard, "The Spanking Debate," The Calgary Herald, January 31, 2004, p. A4.
	Interviewed for: Barbi Green, "Red strings & mystical things," 24 Hours, Toronto, February 20, 2004, p. 22.
	Interviewed for: "Calgary Today": "Jeopardy Guy: Calgary professor gets international recognition," Shaw TV Calgary (Channel 10) February 20, 2004.
	"The Structure of the Passover Haggadah," presentation for the EJI chapter of Calgary Hadassah, March 30, 2004.
	Interviewed for: Joe Woodard, "Passover: history, freedom -- and chicken soup," The Calgary Herald, April 4, 2004, p. BO7.
	Interviewed for: Joe Woodard, "'God not only gave you a text, He gave you a brain'," The Calgary Herald, May 16, 2004, p. BO9.
	Interviewed for: Michael Kress, "The Kabbalah craze: Stars embrace mystic beliefs, and many rabbinical scholars cringe," Dallas Morning News, July 24, 2004, pp. G1, G3.
	Interviewed for: Tara Weiss, "Red String's The Thing: A Bracelet as Fashion Statement," The Hartford Courant, August 10, 2004; ; also published as "New Fad Has Strings Attached," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; and Hoosier Times, Indiana (August 15, 2004, p. G7); "Accessory fad arriving with strings attached," Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, August 10, 2004.
	Interviewed for: Lisa Wilton, "Esther Life after Kabbalah?" The Calgary Sun, September 5, 2004, "Showtime" supplement, pp. 6-7; also published as "The A-list Kabbalists: Stars seeking spirituality resurrect an ancient faith," The Winnipeg Sun, September 12, 2004.
	Interviewed for: Darren Garnick, "Speculation on Seuss" The Telegraph, Nashua NH, September 9, 2004, "Encore" supplement.
	Interviewed for: Randy Myers, "Company, not gifts, key to Hanukkah" Contra Costa Times [California], December 7, 2004.
2005	Interviewed for: Amy Steele "Calgary Muslims promote understanding" Ffwd, Calgary, 10:33, July 21-27, 2005, 4.
	Panelist: "The Ethics of Panhandling" Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, August 17, 2005.
	Workshop on Judaism for Calgary Board of Education, School Support Services: "An Introduction to World Religions," University of Calgary, October 30, 2005.
	Interviewed for: Joe Woodward "God wanted Job to argue with him: Bible scholar" Calgary Herald, November 6, 2005, B5.
	Interviewed for: Michael Kress, "Madonna's Magical, Mystical Song, Idol Chatter, Belief.net web resource, November 14, 2005.
	Interviewed for: Joe Woodward "Christmas on Dec. 25 linked to Scripture" Calgary Herald, December 18, 2005, B05.
2006	Interviewed for: Joe Woodard, "What would Jesus eat?" Calgary Herald, April 13, 2006, F10.
	"Religious Law in the Secular State: A Case Study," presentation for World Religions Conference on "Reconciling Faith with Loyalty to the Homeland," sponsored by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, Calgary, September 19, 2006.
2007	Interviewed for: Denise Flaim, "For pets' sake" Newsday (Long Island, New York), Jan. 2, 2007.
	Presenter: "One Night with the King," Gnosis student club, University of Calgary, March 7, 2007.
	"Passover," class for Alberta Bible College, Calgary, March 7, 2007.
	"'A Sprinkling of Bones'--Ossilegium and Ossuaries in the Tractate Semahot (Evel Rabbati)"; text class for the Fifth Annual North American Chevra Kadisha conference, Edmonton, June 11, 2007.
	"Jewish Perspective." The Annual Interfaith Colloquium: Faith Perspectives on Living Simply & Its Impact on Our Environment. Foothills Mennonite Church, Calgary, 2007.
2007-	"Passover," class for Alberta Bible College, Calgary, March 7, 2007.
2008	Panelist, "A Game of Chess or a Game of Chance: Religion's Perspective on the Theory of Evolution." Interfaith symposium sponsored by Central United Church, Calgary, in Association with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Calgary South. Central United Church, Calgary, Feb. 19, 2008.
	Interviewed by Larry Cohen, Radio Shalom USA, Baltimore, on "Machine-made matzah and the history of Passover," April 13, 2008.
	Interviewed for: Erik Froese, "Bearded daddy-to-be" Calgary Herald Swerve Magazine (Calgary), July. 25, 2008, pp. 26-31.
	"'When You Reach Thirty-Three You Shall Know...'--Reflections on Mythic Thinking in the Yom Kippur Ritual"; class for Kehilat Yedidya, Jerusalem, October 4, 2008.
	Interviewed for: Jason Antebi, "Hanukkah's Memorial" Readers Digest (Canada) December, 2008.
2009	Panelist, "A Game of Chess or a Game of Chance!: Religion's Perspective on the Theory of Evolution." World Religions Conference sponsored by Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association, Chaplains' Center and the Consortium for Peace Studies University of Calgary , Calgary, Feb. 26, 2009.
	"The Passover Seder" class for St. David's United Church , Calgary, March 30, 2009.
	Interviewed for: Paul Murphy, "An Easter in Europe" University of Calgary Gauntlet 37:16, April 16, 2009.
	Interviewed for: Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe, "Headlines about Chelsea Clinton's Engagement to Marc Mezvinsky"
2010	Introduced Prof. Tariq Ramadan: "Jihad of the West: Alienation, Integration & Identity", (Calgary), March 17, 2010.
	Panelist, "Existence of God and the Question of Suffering," World Religions Conference sponsored by Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association, The Multi-Faith Chaplains' Center, World Religions Conference, Journalists for Human Rights, University of Calgary , Calgary, November. 25, 2010.
	Interviewed for: Lea Storry "Calgarians invited to menorah lighting" Calgary Herald, December 2, 2010, B1.
2011	Lecture on: "The Disputation of Red Deer: A Forgotten Episode in Jewish History" Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, January 15, 2011.

1986-88	Participant, Canadian Council of Christians and Jews monthly dialogue meetings, University of Calgary.
1987-	Member of Rabbinic Search Committee, House of David Congregation, Calgary.
1987-90	Chairman, Adult Education Committee, Congregation House of Jacob.
1987	Calgary Jewish Centre Adult Education Committee.
1989-90	Consultant: Alberta Education Curriculum Design Branch, Grade Eight Ethics Course: The Community--Religion and Values (Respect, Tolerance) Module.
1989	Referee: Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses
	Referee: Jewish Quarterly Review
1991-92	Referee: The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
1991	Referee: Queens University Faculty Promotions Committee.
1990-92	Religious Affairs Chairman, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.
1991-2	Member, Rabbinic Selection Committee, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.
1992	Accepted by Queen's Bench Court of Alberta as Expert Witnesses for Crown in case of "Regina vs. Keegstra."
1993-5	Referee: The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
1993-	Co-Chairperson, Religious Affairs Committee, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.
1993-6	Chairperson, Community Eruv Committee, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.
1995	Referee, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, University of Toronto (Faculty Promotions).
1996	Consultant for "Out of the Depths I Call to Thee, Hashem," art installation by Nell McKereghan, The Little Gallery, Art Department, University of Calgary, April 29-May 3 1996.
	Consultant for National Task Group on United Church-Jewish Relations: "Bearing Faithful Witness: United Church-Jewish Relations Today."
1996-	Chair, The Rabbi Abraham and Evelyn Postone Scholarship for Post-Secondary Jewish Studies, Calgary Jewish Community.
	Web-master, Akiva Academy, Calgary (http://www.ucalgary.ca).
1996	Consultant for Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, Glossary of Jewish-Christian Dialogue.
1997	Member, Rabbinic Selection Committee, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.
	Referee: Concordia University Faculty Promotions Committee.
1998	Member, Education Committee, Calgary Jewish Community Council.
2000	Referee, York University Faculty of Arts Tenure and Promotion Committee; University of Victoria Centre for Studies in Religion & Society Faculty Fellowship Competition; University of British Columbia Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies Search Committee (Islamic Studies).
2002-	Member of Advisory Panel, "Approaching Judaism" series, Vision TV.
	Member, Rabbinic Selection Committee, Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, Calgary.
2002	Referee, Bar-Ilan University (Ramat-Gan, Israel) Faculty Promotions Committee
2003	Referee, Israel Science Foundation.
2004	Referee, Killam Programs, Canada Council for the Arts; Bar-Ilan University (Ramat-Gan, Israel) Faculty of Jewish Studies Promotions Committee.
2005-2009	Judge: Dov And Arlein Chetner Chai Essay Contest, Jewish Community Foundation Of Calgary.
2005	Referee, Cambridge University Press (Religion and Anthropology). Referee, Killam Programs, Canada Council for the Arts.
2006	Referee: Social Sciences Research Council of Canada (Standard Research Grant). External consultant, internal academic review of Jewish Studies Programme, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario. Evaluator for research grant proposal, Israel Science Foundation. Referee, The University of Alabama Press. Judge: Religious Studies Department graduating student colloquium essay competition. Referee: Bar-Ilan University (Ramat-Gan, Israel) Faculty of Jewish Studies Promotions Committee. Referee: Jewish Studies--an Internet Journal (Bar-Ilan University).
2007-2009	Member, editorial board, The Eye of the Heart: a Journal of Traditional Wisdom, published by La Trobe University, Australia.
2009	Referee: Journal of the American Academy of Religion; Jewish Studies--an Internet Journal (Bar-Ilan University.

1988	(Ikhnat Ra XIII, pseudonym) "Front Page...Showed Bias" (Satire), The Jewish Star (Calgary/Edmonton), April 29-May 12, 1988.
1988	"A Rock for a Rock", The Jewish Star (Calgary/Edmonton), May 27-June 9, 1988, pp.4-7.
1991	"New Discoveries Shed Light on Temple Rituals," Jewish Free Press, Calgary, Jan. 15, 1991, p. 10.
1992	"Vowels to Poland," Jewish Free Press, Calgary, March 16, 1992, p. 9.
1994	"The Revenge of the Tom Swifty" Jewish Free Press, Calgary, June 16, 1994, p. 8.

1995	World Wide Web site (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal) containing full range of class notes and materials for undergraduate courses in Religious Studies Western Religions.
	World Wide Web site (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/Art_Index.html) containing over 100 original Judaica newspaper articles from Calgary Jewish Star and Jewish Free Press with annotation and bibliogrpahical notes.
	HTML image map guide to Talmudic literature, commentaries and codes ("A Page of Talmud"): (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudPage.html)
	HTML image map guide to "the Ten Sefirot of the Kabbalah" (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Sefirot/Sefirot.html)
1996	HTML image map guide to "Varieties of Orthodox Judaism" (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/363_Transp/08_Orthodoxy.html).
1997	HTML interactive simulation: "The Ascent to the Merkavah" (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Rels463/Palace1.html)
	HTML interactive web site:"Chanting the Bible" (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Cantillation/Cantillation.html)
1998	HTML image map guide to the Miqra'ot Gedolot (Rabbinic Bible), its commentaries, etc.: (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/MG.html)
	HTML image map guide to the Mishnah, its commentaries, etc.: (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/Mishnah.html)
	HTML image map guide to Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, its commentaries, etc.: (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/Maimonides.html)
	HTML image map guide to Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's Arba'ah Turim, its commentaries, etc.: (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/Tur.html)
	HTML image map guide to Rabbi Joseph Caro's Shulhan Arukh, its commentaries, etc.: (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/ShA.html)
2002	Five filmed interviews for "Sacred Spaces in Calgary: Religious Dimensions in Context" web site for Mount Royal College Religious Studies 2201 course (http://wwwacad-prep.mtroyal.ab.ca/adc/rels2201/index.html): The Synagogue's Role in Jewish Life. Types of Sacred Time. Tallit, Teffillin, and Kippah. Torah Study. The Shema.

1986-90	Departmental Space Representative.
1987-91	Member, Committee on Law and the Liberal Arts.
	Member, Graduate Studies Committee.
1988-90	Humanities Representative to Faculty of Education Full Council.
1989-91	Graduate Administrator, Department of Religious Studies
	Member, Conjoint Areas Research Ethics Committee.
1990-91	Member, Policy Committee, Faculty of Graduate Studies.
	Member, Faculty of Humanities Computer Committee.
	Faculty of Humanities Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Language Learning Facilities.
1992-6	Lectures and Colloquia Chair, Dept. of Religious Studies.
1993-5	Member, Faculty of Humanities Computer Committee.
1994-7	Elected representative, Faculty of Humanities Executive Committee.
1994-5	Faculty of Humanities Representative to General Studies Appeals Committee.
	Member, Faculty of Graduate Studies Committee to Review Student Progress Reports.
1994-6	Member of General Faculties Council Academic Awards Committee.
1994-7	Humanities Representative to Faculty of Education Full Council.
1995-	Dept. of Religious Studies, Liaison for Off-Campus courses.
1995-6	Chair, Faculty of Humanities Appeals Committee.
	Member, Faculty of Humanities Committee to Review Teaching Evaluation Process.
1996	Departmental Co-Ordinator, "Envisioning Transformation" Week, Feb. 12-16 1996.
1996-8	Dept. of Religious Studies Undergraduate Advisor.
	Religious Studies Representative to Humanities Curriculum and Academic Review Committee.
1997	Religious Studies Representative to Humanities "Mandatory Orientation" Planning Committee. Steering Committee, Dept. of History Web-based "Old World Contacts" tutorial Member, General Faculties Council Non-Academic Misconduct Hearing (October 1997) Acting Chair, Faculty of Humanities Appeals Committee (December 1997)
1998-2004	Head, Department of Religious Studies
1998-9	Member, Advisory Committee to the Chair of Christian Thought, University of Calgary Member, Selection Committee of the Chair of Christian Thought, University of Calgary
2001	Assessor, Proposal for Minor in Religious Studies, University of Victoria
2005	Department of Religious Studies Undergraduate Advisor.
2006	Faculty of Humanities Academic Appointment Review Committee. Humanities external representative, appointment committee for limited term position in Creative Writing, Department of English. Chair, Faculty of Humanities Student Appeals Committee.
2007	Chair, Faculty of Humanities Appeals Committee; Member, Faculty of Humanities Academic Appointment Review Committee; Coordinator, Calgary Board of Education World Religions workshop series.
2009-2010	Head, Department of Religious Studies

F 1990	Dept. of Religious Studies:	Kurt Widmer		(MA, Interim).
1991-2	Dept. of Religious Studies:	Diana Elson:	"Where Was God In All This?' Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust and Hasidism"	(BA Honours).
1998	Dept. of Religious Studies	Alison Koddo		(MA, Interim)
2002-4	Dept. of Religious Studies	Nathan Gibbard	Thesis: "I am Joseph, Your Brother": Use of the Brother Model in the Vatican's Conception of the Jewish-Catholic Relationship, 1958-2004	(MA)
2005-2009	Dept. of Religious Studies	Nicole Libin	Thesis: The Choosing People: Alternate Constructions of Jewish Identity in North America	(PhD)
2007--	Dept. of Religious Studies	Ali Fares		(MA)
2008-	O. Steinitz	Thesis: The Attitude towards the "Other" in Jewish and Islamic Religious Websites	Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, University of Calgary Supervisory Committee: M. Keren, S. Keren, A. Rippin.	(PhD)
2010-	Dept. of Religious Studies	Zvi Andrews	Thesis: A.J. Heschel's Theology of Talmudic Judaism	(MA)
2010	Dept. of Religious Studies	Yasmin Merchant	Thesis: Vanishing Frontiers: Re-thinking the Mystical in Avicenna and Maimonides	(Co-Supervisor, MA)

Apr, 1994	Fredrick, Dan	Thesis: The Jinn in Islamic Theology and Folklore	Rels
Apr, 1994	Brideau, Philip	Thesis: Thunder, Perfect Mind: The Message of the Female Revealer	Rels
Apr, 1995	Watts, Nicki	Thesis: Conquest, Settlement or Revolt? Theories of the Emergence of the Israelites in Canaan and Their Basis in Biblical and Archaeological Material	Rels
Apr, 1996	Koddo, Alison	Thesis: Galatians 3:19-29: Change and Religious Definition in First Century Christianity	Rels
Apr, 1998	Thraya, Tahan Ahmed	Thesis: A Critical Analysis of Norman Calder's Studies in Early Muslim Jurisprudence: An Investigation into the Early History of Islamic Juristic Texts; baht fi at-Tarikh 'an Kutub al-Fiqh al-Islami	Rels
April, 2009	Andrews, Zvi	Thesis: Heschel, the Ineffable, and the Philosophy of Religion	Phil

May 1988	Reifen, Raphael	Thesis: Arab-Jewish Cooperation in Israeli Education	Edts
Apr, 1989	Moore, Anne L.	Thesis: The Kingdom of God in the Gospel of Mark	Rels
May, 1990	Campbell, Sue	Thesis: Time in the Narrative of Esther	Rels
Jan, 1991	Buck, Christopher	Thesis: Symbolic Quranic Exegesis in Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude: The Exegetical Creation of the Baha'i Faith	Rels
June, 1991	Kirk, Alan K.	Thesis: Paul's Language Strategy in 1 Corinthians 2:6-16	Rels
Aug, 1995	Goldsand, Gary	Thesis: The Impact of Auschwitz: Jewish and Christian Theological Responses to the Holocaust	Rels
Feb, 1996	Elson, Diana	Thesis: Were the Jews a "Special Case"? A Comparative Study of Rome's Treatment of the Jews and Other Subject Peoples	GLAH
Aug, 1996	Fredrick, Dan	Thesis: The Curative Power of Scripture in Classical Islam: A Consideration of `Ilaj bi'l-Qur'an in Early Hadith Literature	Rels
Sep, 1996	Hansen-Smythe, Ingrid	Course-Based	RelS
May, 1997	Lee, Bernon	Thesis: Towards a Rhetoric of Contradiction in the Book of Ecclesiastes	Rels
Apr., 1998	Calvert, Mechele Marina	Thesis: Changes in the Hermeneutics of Understanding	Rels
Sep., 2003	Blumell, Lincoln Harris	Thesis: The Early Roman Emperors and the Christians	Rels
Sep., 2004	Munro, Blair	Thesis: The Rotten People: Mordecai Richler's Seminal First Novel	Engl
Dec., 2005	Parsons, Jennifer	Implications of Conceptual Integration in the Wisdom of Solomon	Rels
Apr., 2010	Jones, Kathleen	Ancient Words in Modern Times: Feminist Reinterpretations of Wisdom	Rels

2000-	D. Bergen	Thesis: The "Book of the Law" in Deuteronomistic History" A Synchronic Reassessment of the Deuteronomic-Josianic Link	Rels	Supervisor: L. Eslinger.
2000-	R. Klassen	Thesis: The Book of Job	Rels	Supervisor: L. Eslinger.
2005-	A. Yarchi	Thesis: T B Sota VIII, Text and Comprehensive Commentary	Department of Talmud, Bar-Ilan University	Supervisor: S. Friedman.

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