Steven Weitzman (scholar)

Steven Weitzman
Born
Steven Phillip Weitzman

(1965-10-18) October 18, 1965 (age 59)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationScholar
SpouseMira Wasserman
Academic background
EducationGranada Hills High School
University of California, Berkeley
Harvard University (PhD)

Steven Phillip Weitzman (born October 18, 1965) is an American scholar of Jewish studies and religious studies, with interests that include the origins and early history of Judaism and the history of the Bible's reception.[1] He has served as the Ella Darivoff Director of the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania since 2014. He is also the Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Semitic Languages and Literatures in the department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.[2]

  1. ^ "The Origin of the Jews: The Quest for Roots in a Rootless Age with Steven P. Weitzman | Religious Studies". religiousstudies.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  2. ^ "AJS Distinguished Lectureship Program » Steven Weitzman". Retrieved 2020-07-16.