Honors

National Endowment for Humanities Summer Research Grant
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 1977
Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching
Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation, 1978
National Endowment for Humanities Junior Scholars Program
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 1979-1980
Fulbright Fellowship (Israel)
Fulbright Association (United States, Washington D.C.), 1985
A Kabbalah For Tomorrow elected as a Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award
Jewish Book Council, 2003

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University

Education

Brandeis University
Ph.D.
Brandeis University
B.A.