Lasker, Daniel J.

  Phone: 08-6472519
Fax: 08-6472820
E-mail: lasker@bgu.ac.il

Born: 1949, U.S.A
Ph.D.: 1976, Brandeis University
Norbert Blechner Professor of Jewish Values

Research Interests

Medieval Jewish Philosophy, Jewish-Christian Relations, Karaism, Jewish Religion and Thought, Jewish Law and Modern Medicine


Publications

Books

1. Jewish Philosophical Polemics Against Christianity in the Middle Ages, New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1977.

2. Hasdai Crescas' Bittul Iqqarei Ha-Nozrim, Ramat Gan and Beer Sheva: Bar-Ilan University Press and Ben-Gurion University Press, 1990 ; second printing, 2002 (Hebrew).

3. The Refutation of the Christian Principles by Hasdai Crescas, Albany: SUNY- Albany Press, 1992.

4. (With Sarah Stroumsa), The Polemic of Nestor the Priest, 2 vols., Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute, 1996.

4a. (With Sarah Stroumsa), El Libro de Nestor el Sacerdote, Madrid: Aben Ezra Ediciones, 1998 (partial translation of 4).


Articles

1. “Averroistic Trends in Jewish-Christian Polemics in the Late Middle Ages,” Speculum, 55:2 (1980): 294-304.

2. “Joseph Albo's Theory of Verification,” Daat, 5 (Summer, 1980): 5-12 (Hebrew).

3. “Rabbinism and Karaism: The Contest for Supremacy,” in R.Jospe and S.M. Wagner, Great Schisms in Jewish History, New York, 1981, pp.47-72

4. “The Jewish Philosophical Critique of Transubstantiation,” in J. Reinharz and D. Swetchinski, eds., Mystics, Philosophers, and Politicians: Essays in Jewish Intellectual History in Honor of Alexander Altmann, Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 1982, pp. 99-118.

5. “Gersonides on Astrology, Divination, and Dreams,” in Proceedings, Eighth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Division C , World Union of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 1982, pp. 47-52.

6. “Maimonides' Influence on the Philosophy of Elijah Bashyazi the Karaite,” Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Thought, 3:3 (l983-84): 405-425 (Hebrew).

7. (With Arnold A. Lasker), “The Jewish Prayer for Rain in Babylonia,” Journal for the Study of Judaism, 15 (1984): 124-144.

8. “The Destiny of Man in Karaite Philosophy,” Daat, 12 (Winter, 1984): 5-13 (Hebrew).

9. “Transubstantiation, Elijah's Chair, Plato, and the Jewish-Christian Debate,” Revue des Etudes Juives, 143:1-2 (January-June, l984): 31-58.

10. “Jewish Responses to Science and Technology,” in Lehigh University Technology Studies Resource Center, Working Paper Series, 1 (August, 1984): 65-90.

11. (With Arnold A. Lasker), “The Jewish Prayer for Rain in the Post-Talmudic Diaspora,” in AJSreview , 9:2 (Fall, l984): 141-174.

12. “Nature and Science According to Aaron ben Elijah, the Karaite,” Daat, 17 (Summer, 1986): 33-42 (Hebrew).

13. “Original Sin and its Atonement According to Hasdai Crescas,” Daat, 20 (Winter, 1988): 127-135 (Hebrew).

14. “Kabbalah, Halakhah, and Modern Medicine: The Case of Artificial Insemination,” Modern Judaism, 8:1 (February, 1988): 1-14.

15. “The Philosophy of Judah Hadassi the Karaite,” Shlomo Pines Jubilee Volume, Vol. 1 (Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Thought, 7 [1988]): 477-492 (Hebrew).

16. “Definitions of 'One' and Divine Unity,” in S.O. Heller-Wilenski and M. Idel, eds.,Studies in Jewish Thought, Jerusalem, 1989, pp. 51-61 (Hebrew).

17. “Islamic Influences on Karaite Origins,” in William M. Brinner and Stephen D. Ricks, eds., Studies in Islamic and Judaic Traditions II, Atlanta, Georgia, 1989, pp. 23-47.

18. “Judah Halevi and Karaism,” in Jacob Neusner, Ernest S. Frerichs, and Nahum Sarna, eds., From Ancient Israel to Modern Judaism: Intellect in Quest of Understanding: Essays in Honor of Marvin Fox, Atlanta, Georgia, 1989, vol. 3, pp. 111-125.

19. “Maimonides' Influence on Karaite Theories of Prophecy and Law,” Maimonidean Studies, 1 (1990): 99-115.

20. “Proselyte Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the Thought of Judah Halevi,” Jewish Quarterly Review, 81:1-2 (July-October, 1990): 75-91.

21. (With Arnold A. Lasker), “642 Parts - More Concerning the Saadia-Ben Meir Controversy,” Tarbiz, 60:1 (Oct.-Dec.,1990): 119-128 (Hebrew).

22. “The Influence of Karaism on Maimonides,” Sefunot, 20 (n.s. 5) (1991): 145-161 (Hebrew).

23. “The Jewish Critique of Christianity Under Islam in the Middle Ages,” Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, 57 (1991): 121-153.

24. “Qissat Mujadalat al-Usquf and Nestor Ha-Komer : The Earliest Arabic and Hebrew Jewish Anti-Christian Polemics,” in Joshua Blau and Stefan C. Reif, eds., Geniza Research After Ninety Years: The Case of Judaeo-Arabic, Cambridge, 1992, pp. 112- 118.

25. “Karaism in Twelfth-Century Spain,” Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, 1 (1992): 179-195.

26. “Aaron ben Joseph and the Transformation of Karaite Thought,” in Ruth Link- Salinger, ed., Torah and Wisdom. Studies in Jewish Philosophy, Halakhah, and Kabbalah. Essays in Honor of Arthur Hyman, New York, 1992, pp. 121-128.

27. “Jewish-Christian Polemics in Light of the Expulsion from Spain,” Judaism, No. 162 (41:2; Spring, 1992): 148-155.

28. “Karaism and the Jewish-Christian Debate,” in Barry Walfish, ed., The Frank Talmage Memorial Volume, vol. 1, Haifa, 1993, pp. 323-332.

29. “Judeo-Christian Polemics and Their Origins in Muslim Countries,” Pe'amim, 57 (1993): 4-16 (Hebrew).

30. (With Arnold A. Lasker), “More Concerning 642 Parts,” Sinai, 57:113 (Tishrei-Heshvan, 5754/1993): 90-93 (Hebrew).

31. “Against Whom Did Rav Saadia Gaon Polemicize in his Discussion Concerning Abrogation of the Torah?” Daat , 32-33 (1994): 5-11 (Hebrew).

32. “Anti-Christian Polemics in Eighteenth-Century Italy,” in Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of Jewish Studies, Division B, Vol. 1, Jerusalem, 1994, pp. 185-192 (Hebrew).

33. “Saadia on Christianity and Islam,” in Daniel Frank, ed., The Jews of Medieval Islam: Community, Society, and Identity, Leiden, 1995, pp. 165-177.

34. “Jewish-Christian Polemics at the Turning Point: Jewish Evidence from the Twelfth Century,” Harvard Theological Review, 89:2 (1996): 161-173.

35. “Jewish Philosophical Polemics in Ashkenaz,” in O. Limor and G. Stroumsa, eds., Contra Iudaeos: Ancient and Medieval Polemics Between Jews and Christians, Tubingen, 1996, pp. 195-213.

36. “‘Sefer Herev Pifiyyot’ of Saul ben Joseph Merari (?). An Italian Jewish Anti- Christian Polemic of the Eighteenth Century,” Italia, 12 (1996): 7-35 (Hebrew section).

37. “Chasdai Crescas,” in Daniel H. Frank and Oliver Leaman, eds., History of Jewish Philosophy (Routledge History of World Philosophies, vol. 2), London and New York, 1997, pp. 399-414.

38. “The Obligation of the ‘Parapet’ and Moral Responsibility,” in Charles H. Manekin, ed., Menachem M. Kellner, assoc. ed., Human Freedom and Moral Responsibility. General and Jewish Perspectives, Bethesda, Maryland, 1997, pp.153-164.

39. “Jewish Polemics Against Christianity in Thirteenth-Century Italy,” in Yaakov Elman and Jeffrey S. Gurock, eds., Hazon Nahum. Studies in Jewish Law, Thought and History. Presented to Norman Lamm on the Occasion of his Seventieth Birthday, New York, 1997, pp. 251-263.

40. “The Impact of Christianity on Late Iberian Jewish Philosophy,” in Bernard Dov Cooperman, ed., In Iberia and Beyond: Hispanic Jews between Cultures, Newark, Del. and London, 1998, pp. 175-190.

41. “The Prophecy of Abraham in Karaite Thought,” in Aviezer Ravitzky, ed., Joseph Barukh Sermoneta Memorial Volume (Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Thought, 14 [1998]): 103-112 (Hebrew).

42. “Polemica judeochristiana en Al-Andalus,” in Carlos del Valle Rodriguez, ed., La Controversia judeochristiana en Espana (Desde los origenes hasta el siglo XIII). Homenaje a Domingo Munoz Leon, Madrid, 1998, pp. 161-179.

43. “Teaching Christianity to Jews: The Case of Medieval Jewish Anti-Christian Polemics,” in Haim Marantz, ed., Judaism and Education. Essays in Honor of Walter I. Ackerman, Beer Sheva, 1998, pp. 73-86.

44. “Major Themes of the Jewish-Christian Debate: God, Humanity, Messiah,” in Dean Phillip Bell, ed., The Solomon Goldman Lectures, Vol. 7, Chicago, 1999, pp. 107-130.

45. “Popular Polemics and Philosophical Truth in the Medieval Jewish Critique of Christianity,” Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, 8:2 (1999): 243-259.

46. “Maimonides’ Influence on Israeli Politics,”Tarbut Demoqeratit (Democratic Culture), 2 (1999): 101-112 (Hebrew).

47. “The Impact of the Crusades on the Jewish-Christian Debate,” Jewish History, 13:2 (Fall, 1999): 23-36.

48. “Karaism and Jewish Studies,” Shlomo Dov Goitein Memorial Lecture, Tel-Aviv, 2000.

49. “Arabic Philosophical Terms in Judah Halevi’s Kuzari,” in Joshua Blau and David Doron, eds., Heritage and Innovation in Medieval Judaeo-Arabic Culture. Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of the Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies , Ramat Gan, 2000, pp. 161-166 (Hebrew).

50. “Breve historia de la literatura polemica judia anticristiana,” Resena Biblica, 26 (Spring, 2000): 45-48.

51. “Jewish-Christian Polemics in Transition: From the Lands of Ishmael to the Lands of Edom,” in Benjamin Hary, et al., eds.,Judaism and Islam: Boundaries, Interaction, and Communication, Leiden, 2000, pp. 53-65.

52. “Jerusalem in Later Karaite Thought,” in Ezra Fleischer, et. al., eds., Me'ah She'arim. Studies in Medieval Jewish Spiritual Life in Memory of Isadore Twersky, Jerusalem, 2001, pp. 341-348 (Hebrew).

53. “Karaite Attitudes Towards Religion and Science,” in Gad Freudenthal, Jean-Pierre Rothschild and Gilbert Dahan, eds., Torah et Science: Perspectives historiques et theoriques. Etudes offertes a Charles Touati (Collection de la Revue des Etudes juives) Paris/Louvain, 2001, pp. 119-130.

54. “The Karaite as Jewish 'Other,'” Pe'amim, 89 (Autumn, 2001): 97-106.

55. “The Dead Sea Scrolls in the Historiography and Self-Image of Contemporary Karaites,” Dead Sea Discoveries, 9:3 (2002): 281-294.

56. “Christianity, Philosophy and Polemic in Jewish Provence,” to appear in Zion.

57. “The Canon of Medieval Jewish Philosophy,” to appear in Review of Rabbinic Judaism, 6:2.

58. “Simhah Isaac Lutzki, an Eighteenth-Century Karaite Kabbalist,” to appear in the Bracha Sack Jubilee Volume.

59. “Byzantine Karaite Thought, 12th-16th Centuries,” to appear in Meira Polliack, ed., Karaite Judaism, An Introduction to the History and Literary Sources of Medieval and Modern Karaism.

60. “Saadia’s Familiarity with Christianity,” to appear in Paul Fenton, ed., Proceedings, Seventh Conference of the Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies.

61. “Judah Halevi on Eschatology and Messianism,” to appear in Proceedings, Ninth Conference of the Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies.

62. “Sub-Prophetic Inspiration in Judaeo-Arabic Philosophy,” to appear in Proceedings, Tenth International Conference of the Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies.

63. “Karaite Leadership in Times of Crisis,” to appear in Jack Wertheimer, ed., Jewish Religious Leadership: Image and Reality, Jewish Theological Seminary.


Other Articles

1. (With Arnold A. Lasker), “Birkat Hahammah: The Blessing of the Sun,” Conservative Judaism, 34:3 (January-February, 1981): 17-28.

2. (With Arnold A. Lasker), “The Peculiarities of the Calendar,” Jewish Spectator, 46:3 (Fall, 1981): 29-31.

3. (With Arnold A. Lasker), “The Strange Case of December 4: A Liturgical Problem,” Conservative Judaism, 38:1 (Fall, 1985): 91-99.

4. “Karaism and Jewish Pluralism,” Midstream, 33:10 (December, 1987): 25-27.

5. (With Arnold A. Lasker), “Behold, A Moon is Born! How the Jewish Calendar Works,” in Conservative Judaism, 41:4 (Summer, 1989): 5-19.

6. “Teaching Tacamei Ha-Mikra at an Early Age,” Ten Dacat, 5:2 (Spring, 1991): 22-23.

7. “Prophetical Promises of Peace and the Jewish-Christian Debate: Literal Reading or Figurative Reading?” Al Ha-Perek, 13 (July, 1997): 166-171.

8. “The Holocaust as Retributive Justice,” Shofar, 15:3 (Spring,1997): 97-105.

9. “Jewish Anti-Christian Polemics Through the Generations,” Pe'amim, 75 (Spring, 1998): 94-96.

10. “The Interpretation of Maimonides - Past and Present,” Alei Sefer, 19 (2001): 209-213.

11. “The Study of Jewish Philosophy in Relation to the Philosophy of Other Religions - Reflections,” Daat, 50-52 (2003), pp. 61-71.


Encyclopedia Articles

1. “Albo, Yosef,” The Encyclopedia of Religion, Mircia Eliade et al., eds., New York, 1987, vol. 1, pp. 182-183.

2. “Karaites. Developments 1970-1988,” Encyclopaedia Judaica Yearbook, Jerusalem,1989, pp. 366-367.

3. “Christianity,” in Geoffrey Wigoder, ed., Encyclopedia of Judaism, New York- London, 1989, pp. 163-164.

4. “Karaism,” ibid., pp. 406-407.

5. “Khazars,” ibid., p. 414.

6. “Karaites,” in R.J. Zwi Werblowsky and Geoffrey Wigoder, eds., The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion, New York-Oxford, 1997, pp. 391-392.

7. “Polemics,” ibid., pp. 538-539.

8. “Israeli, Isaac ben Solomon,” in Craig, Edward, ed., Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, London, 1998, vol. 5, pp. 32-34.

9. “Karaite Judaism,” in The Encyclopaedia of Judaism, Volume IV, Supplement I, ed. Jacob Neusner, et al., Leiden-Boston, 2002, pp. 1807-1821.

10. “Medieval Jewish Debates with Christianity,” to appear in Ibid, Volume VI, Supplement III, 2004.


In Memoriam

1. “Leon Nemoy, 1901-1998” Jewish Quarterly Review, 88:3-4 (Jan.-April, 1998): 133-134.


Reviews

1. Frank Talmage, Disputation and Dialogue, and Yehuda Shamir, Rabbi Moses Ha-Kohen of Tordesillas and his Book 'Ezer Ha-Emunah, Association for Jewish Studies Newsletter, no. 20 (June, 1977): 22, 24.

2. Lenn E. Goodman, Rambam: Readings in the Philosophy of Moses Maimonides, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 46:1 (March, 1978): 82-83.

3. David Berger, The Jewish-Christian Debate in the High Middle Ages, Speculum, 56:3 (July, 1981): 583-585.

4. Ibid ., and Mordecai Breuer, Sefer Nizzahon Yashan, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 49:3 (September, l981): 520-521.

5. Barakat Ahmed, Muhammad and the Jews: A Reexamination, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 19:4 (Fall, l982): 826.

6. Hyam Maccoby, Judaism on Trial, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, (Spring,1983): 311-312.

7. Jeremy Cohen, The Friars and the Jews, Speculum, 58:3 (July, l983): 743-745.

8. Howard Joseph, et al, Truth and Compassion: Essays in Judaism and Religion in Memory of Rabbi Dr. Solomon Frank, Studies in Religion, 13:1 (1984): 107-108.

9. Jerome Friedman, The Most Ancient Testimony, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 21:3 (Summer, 1984): 569-570.

10. J. David Bleich, Contemporary Halakhic Problems, II, Reconstructionist, 50:5 (March, l985): 29-30.

11. Joseph Monti, Who Do You Say I Am? The Christian Understanding of Christ and Antisemitism, and Heiko A. Oberman, The Roots of Anti-Semitism: In the Age of Renaissance and Reformation, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 22:2 (Spring, 1985): 366-367.

12. Pinchas E. Lapide, Hebrew in the Church, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 23:1 (Winter, 1986): 121-122.

13. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Halakhic Man , and Pinchas H. Peli, Soloveitchik on Repentance, Reconstructionist, 52:5 (March-April, 1987): 31-32.

14. Michael Corinaldi, The Personal Status of the Karaites, Zemanim, 7:25 (Spring, 1987) 109-110 (Hebrew).

15. Eugene J. Fisher, A. James Rudin, and Marc H. Tanenbaum, eds.,Twenty Years of Jewish-Catholic Relations, and Rose Thering, Jews, Judaism, and Catholic Education, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 24:4 (Fall, 1987): 672-673.

16. Yochanan Silman, Thinker and Seer, Jewish Quarterly Review, 78:3-4 (January- April, 1988): 314-315.

17. T.A. Perry, The Moral Proverbs of Santob de Carrion, History of European Ideas, 10:5 (May, 1989): 627-628.

18. Paul M. van Buren, A Theology of the Jewish-Christian Reality--Part III: Christ in Context, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 26:2 (Spring, 1989): 362.

19. Raphael Jospe, Torah and Sophia: The Life and Thought of Shem Tov Ibn Falaquera, Religious Studies Review, 16:2 (April, 1990): 167.

20. Georges Vajda, Al-Kitab al-Muhtawi de Yusuf al-Basir, Daat, 25 (Summer, 1990): 145-147 (partially reprinted in Bita'on Benei Miqra, 10, Feb., 1991).

21. John Edwards, The Jews in Christian Europe, 1400-1700, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 27:1 (Winter, 1990): 130-131.

22. Chazan, Robert, Daggers of Faith. Thirteenth Century Christian Missionizing and Jewish Response, Jewish Quarterly Review, 81:3-4 (January-April, 1991): 464-466.

23. Sarah Stroumsa, Dawud Ibn Marwan al-Muqammis's Twenty Chapters (cIshrun Maqala), Jewish Quarterly Review, 82 (1991): 236-237.

24. Steven Harvey, Falaquera's Epistle of the Debate, Tarbiz, 60 (1990-1991): 465-467.

25. Peter T. van Rooden, Theology, Biblical Scholarship, and Rabbinical Studies in the Seventeenth Century: Constantijn L'Empereur (1591-1648), Professor of Hebrew and Theology at Leiden, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 28:1 (Winter, 1991): 164-165.

26. Marvin Fox, Interpreting Maimonides: Studies in Methodology, Metaphysics, and Moral Philosophy, International Studies in Philosophy, 24:1 (1992): 98-99.

27. Maurice-Ruben Hayoun, La Philosophie et la Theologie de Moise de Narbonne: (1300-1362), Jewish Quarterly Review, 82:3-4 (Jan.-April, 1992): 541-542.

28. Oliver Leaman, Moses Maimonides, Speculum, 67:2 (April, 1992): 436-438.

29. Saadia Ben Joseph Al-Fayyumi, The Book of Theodicy: Translation and Commentary on the Book of Job, translated by Lenn E. Goodman, Journal of the History of Philosophy, 30:4 (October, 1992): 604-605.

30. Aviezer Ravitzky, Crescas' Sermon on the Passover and Studies in his Philosophy, Jewish Quarterly Review, 83:1-2 (July-October 1992): 226-228.

31. Amos Funkenstein, Perceptions of Jewish History from the Antiquity to the Present, Religious Studies Review, 18:4 (October, 1992): 342.

32. Joel L. Kraemer, ed., Perspectives on Maimonides: Philosophical and Historical Studies, History of European Ideas, 17:2/3 (1993): 365-366.

33. Gavin I. Langmuir, History, Religion, and Antisemitism and Toward a Definition of Antisemitism, Speculum, 68:3 (July, 1993): 826-828.

34. Menachem Kellner, Maimonides on Human Perfection, International Studies in Philosophy, 25:3 (1993): 130-131.

35. Gad Freudenthal, ed., Studies on Gersonides. A Fourteenth-century Jewish Philosopher Scientist, Religious Studies Review, 20:2 (April, 1994): 161.

36. Kenneth R. Stow, Alientated Minority, Journal of Jewish Studies, 45:2 (Autumn, 1994): 313-314.

37. Robert L. Wilken, The Land Called Holy, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 31:3-4 (Summer-Fall, 1994): 392.

38. Joseph Shatzmiller, La Deuxieme controverse de Paris. Un chapitre dans la polemique entre chretiens et juifs au Moyen Age, Kiryat Sefer, 65:3 (1994-1996): 699-700.

39. Eli Yassif, Sippur Ha-Am Ha-Ivri, Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore, 18 (1996): 127-134.

40. Samuel Krauss, The Jewish-Christian Controversy from the earliest times to 1789, ed. and revised by William Horbury, Journal of Jewish Studies, 48:1 (Spring, 1997): 163-165.

41. Michael Schwarz, trans., Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed, Jewish Studies, 37 (1997): 267-271.

42. Steven M. Wasserstrom, Between Muslim and Jew. The Problem of Symbiosis under Early Islam, AVAR ve’ATID, vol 4, no. 1 (October, 1997): 116-123.

43. Mark R. Cohen, Under Crescent and Cross. The Jews in the Middle Ages, Jewish Quarterly Review, 88:1-2 (July-October, 1997): 76-78.

44. Fred Rosner , The Medical Legacy of Moses Maimonides, Religious Studies Review, 25:2 (April, 1999): 208.

45. David E. Sklare, Samuel ben Hofni Gaon & his Cultural World: Texts and Studies, Tarbiz., 68:2 (1999): 283-286.

46. Warren Zev Harvey, Physics and Metaphysics in Hasdai Crescas, Jewish Quarterly Review, 92: 1-2 (July-October 2001): 233-236.

47. Nicholas de Lange, ed., Hebrew Scholarship and the Medieval World, in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 4 (2002-2003): www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/reviews/review041.htm.

48. Steven Harvey, ed., The Medieval Hebrew Encyclopedias of Science and Philosophy, to appear in Jewish Quarterly Review, 93:3-4.

49. Recent Books in Jewish Philosophy, to appear in Pe'amim.

50. Diana Lobel, Between Mysticism and Philosophy: Sufi Language of Religious Experience in Judah Ha-Levi's Kuzari, to appear in AJSReview.

51. Lenn E. Goodman, Jewish and Islamic Philosophy. Crosspollinations in the Classic Age, to appear in Pe'amim.


Other Publications

1. Judaism and Christianity , Course Syllabus for the Academy for Jewish Studies Without Walls, New York, American Jewish Committee, 1976.

2. Abstract “Jewish Philosphical Polemics Against Christianity in the Middle Ages,” in AJS Newsletter , June, l977, p. 16.

3. Abstract “Averroistic Trends in Jewish-Christian Polemics in the Late Middle Ages,” in AJS Newsletter , Sept., 1978, pp. 11, 24.

4. “The Status of Karaite Studies,” AJS Perspectives, 2:1, 2000, pp. 8-9.


Translations

1. “The Holiness Code“ and “Rechabites“, Encyclopedia Judaica , Jerusalem, 1971-1972.


Newspapers

1. “Ben Gurion University of the Negev has Unique History Department,” Jewish Journal of Broward County, January 15, 1987.

2. “Devar Torah: Shabbat Parah,” Long Island Jewish World, March 24-30, 1989.

3. “Rabbi Judah Hadassi,” Bita'on Benei Miqra, 4, September, 1989 (Hebrew).

4. “Devar Torah: Sukkot,” Long Island Jewish World, October 13-19, 1989.

5. “Devar Torah: Bereshit,” Long Island Jewish World, Oct. 27- Nov. 2, 1989.

6. “Devar Torah: Shemot,” Long Island Jewish World, January 19-25, 1990.

7. “Devar Torah: Naso,” Long Island Jewish World, June 1-7, 1990.

8. “Devar Torah: Ki Tetze,” Long Island Jewish World, Aug. 31-Sept. 6, 1990.

9. “Devar Torah: Nitzavim-Va-Yelekh,” Long Island Jewish World, Sept. 14-20, 1990.

10. “Devar Torah: Shemini Atzeret-Simhat Torah,” Long Island Jewish World, Oct. 12-18, 1990.

11. “Kessim and the Karaite Condition,” Jerusalem Post, Oct. 15, 1992, p. 6.

12. “Maimonides and the Karaites,” Bita’on Benei Miqra, 23, Sept., 1993 (Hebrew).