The Division for Development and Public Relations     YAIR  ZAKOVITCH,  FATHER TAKEJI OTSUKI PROFESSOR OF BIBLE STUDIES  Status : EMERITUS Birth place : HAIFA Office Phone: 02-588-3717 Fax: 02-588-3687 E-Mail: zakov@mscc.huji.ac.il U.R.L:   Department Faculty   BIBLE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES Dept. Description   Academic Degree   Institution Year Ph.D. HEBREW UNIV. 1978   Academic Position   Year EMERITUS 2012 PROFESSOR 1994 ASSOC. PROFESSOR 1985 SENIOR LECTURER 1981 LECTURER 1978   Administrative Position   From To Chair, Inst. of Jewish Studies 1995 1997 Dean, Faculty of Humanities 1997 2001   External Academic Positions Visiting Lecturer, Univ. of Penn. Visiting Prof., UC at Berkeley Visiting Assoc., Harvard Univ.   Research Interests Biblical narrative; inner biblical interpretation; ancient Jewish interpretation of biblical literature.   Research Projects The Book of Jonah in the Old Versions and ancient Jewish literature: Between inner-biblical and extra-biblical interpretation: Commentary on the Book of Psalms.   Selected Publications Publication Title   Year Is the tree of knowledge the tree of life? In: 2010 'Tzvat be-Tzvat Asuya': Between Intratextual Midrash and 2009 The Exodus, the Big Bang: A study of Psalms 114. In: 2008 A Garden of Eden in the streets of Jerusalem. 2006 Jacob: From trickster to patriarch. In: 2006 Bread-Miracle and wonder. In: 2006 'I Will Express Riddles of Old [Abi'a hidot mini kedem]': 2005 The strange biography of Samson. In: 2005 David's last and early days. In: 2005 40, 40 Tage, 40 Jahre, Versuchung, Strafe und g?tliche Gnade in 2004 Das Hohe Lid, Herders Theologishes Kommentar zum Alten 2004 That's Not What the Good Book Says. Tel Aviv, Yedioth 2004 'Who Proclaims Peace, Who Brings Good Tidings': Seven Visions 2004 Psalm 82 and biblical exegesis. In: 2004 Jukstaposition im Buch der Psalmen ("Tehillim"). In: 2004 Teaching the Book of Joshua in our times. In: 2003 Implied synonyms and antonyms: Textual criticism vs. the 2003 David's last and early days. 2003 Words, stones, memory, identity. In: 2001 The giving of the Torah - The Jewish Big Bang, or: And all the 2001 Poetry creates historiography. In: 2000 Song of Songs - Riddle of riddles. In: 2000 From creation to Holocaust poetry. 2000 The first stages of Jerusalem's sanctification under David; a 1999 The exodus from Ur of the Chaldeans; a chapter in literary 1999 "Man Sees Only What is Visible but the Lord Sees into the 1998 David's birth and childhood in the Bible and in the Midrashim on 1998 Did Jonah proclaim what God told him? In: 1997 Through the Looking Glass - Reflection Stories in the 1995 David: From Shepherd to Messiah. Jerusalem, Yad Izhak 1995 Joshua. Tel Aviv, Olam Ha-Tanakh, 1994 Introduction to Inner Biblical Interpretation. Kadima, 1993 The Story of Judah and Tamar. Jerusalem, Research 1992 A Commentary on the Song of Songs. Tel Aviv, Am Oved, 1992 "And You Shall Tell Your Son" - The Concept of the Exodus in 1991 Song of Songs in relation to Israelite love poetry of 1990 A Commentary on the Scroll of Ruth. Jerusalem, Am Oved 1990 The Concept of Miracle in the Bible. Tel Aviv, Ministry 1987   © All rights reserved to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem