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Michael Fishbane
Michael A. Fishbane
is an American
scholar
of
Judaism
and
rabbinic literature
. Formerly at
Brandeis University
, he is currently the
Nathan Cummings
Professor of
Jewish Studies
at the
Divinity School
,
University of Chicago
.
Fishbane is well known as a
Hebrew Bible
scholar, especially for his
work
Biblical Interpretation
in
Ancient Israel
and his work on the
JPS Tanakh
. He has also written on the
subjects
of
Midrash
,
mysticism
,
myth
and
Jewish theology
.
He has received the
Lifetime Achievement
in
Textual Studies
award
from the
National Foundation For Jewish Culture
.
Awards
1986:
National Jewish Book Award
Scholarship for
Biblical
Interpretation
in Ancient Israel
1994: National Jewish
Book Award
in the
Jewish Thought
category
for
The Kiss
of God: Spiritual and Mystical
Death in Judaism