Yairah Amit

Yairah Amit (born 19 October 1941 in Tel Aviv[1]) is an Israeli biblical scholar.[2][3] Amit studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before doing a PhD at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Meir Sternberg. She is currently Professor of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University.[4] In 2012 a Festschrift was published in her honor.[5] Words, Ideas, Worlds: Biblical Essays in Honour of Yairah Amit (ISBN 1-90753-450-4) included contributions from Athalya Brenner, Cheryl Exum, and Yael Feldman.[6][7]

Yairah Amit (2013)

Selected works
  • The book of Judges : the art of editing, 1992
  • Sefer Shofṭim : omanut ha-ʻarikhah, 1992
  • Hidden polemics in biblical narrative, 1996
  • History and ideology : an introduction to historiography in the Hebrew Bible, 1997
  • Shofṭim : ʻim mavo u-ferush, 1999
  • Reading biblical narratives : literary criticism and the Hebrew Bible, 2000
  • Galui ṿe-nistar ba-Miḳra : pulmusim geluyim, ʻaḳifim uṿe-iḳar semuyim, 2003
  • Essays on ancient Israel in its Near Eastern context : a tribute to Nadav Naʼaman, 2006
  • In praise of editing in the Hebrew Bible : collected essays in retrospect, 2012

References
  1. "Short Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. "מה הם לומדים שם בתנ"ך וכיצד ירד המקצוע מגדולתו". Haaretz הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. "החלק והשלם בהוראת המקרא". mikranet.cet.ac.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. "קתרסיס: מגזין כתבי עת לביקורת במדעי הרוח והחברה - הוספת בעלי מקצוע". www.katharsis.co.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. ""הוא שאול לה'/יאירה אמית". www.orianit.edu-negev.gov.il (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 10 January 2005. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  6. "יאירה אמית". lib.cet.ac.il. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. "שופטים - מאת יאירה אמית". archive.is (in Hebrew). 7 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2021.


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