The INSTRUCTOR: Professor Michael Rosenak


Michael Rosenak is Mandel Professor of Jewish Education at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education of the Hebrew University (Emeritus). He is also a scholar in residence at the Mandel Institute for Educational and Social Leadership in Jerusalem. Professor Rosenak has spoken widely and is the author of numerous articles and books.

His most recent books are Tzarikh Iyyun (Hebrew, 5763, Magnes Press) and Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, (Westview Press, 2001). His area of specialization is Philosophy of Education in general and Philosophy of Jewish Education in particular. He came on Aliyah in 1958 and lives in Jerusalem.

Publications

The Biblical Story as Reflected in its Aramaic Translations (Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Hakkibutz Hameuchad, 1993;
The Embroidered Targum: the Aggadah in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan to the Pentateuch (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1992;
The World of the Aggadah (Broadcast University Series). Tel-Aviv: Publication of the Ministry of Defense, 1990 (Original Hebrew edition, 1987; Russian translation, 1990);
Midrash Shemot Rabbah, Chapters I-XIV. A Critical Edition Based on a Jerusalem Manuscript, with Variants, Commentary, and Introduction (Hebrew). Jerusalem/Tel Aviv: Dvir Publishing House, 1984;
The Book of Genesis in the Bible, the Old Versions and the Ancient Jewish Literature (Monograph Series, co-authored with Y. Zakovitch, Hebrew). Five Volumes, 1983-1992;
The Aggadah in the Aramaic Targums to the Pentateuch (Hebrew). Jeruasalem: Makor Publications, 1979. (Ph.D. dissertation, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1978);
With J. Heinemann, The Statutory Prayers of the Sabbath and the Weekdays (Hebrew). Tel-Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1977.