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Tova Ganzel is an Associate Professor in the Multidisciplinary Department of Jewish Studies and serves as the Head of Cramim, the Jewish Studies Honors Program and directs the School for Basic Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University. Her research primarily centers on the Hebrew Bible within the broader context of the ancient Near Eastern world. Recently, her work focuses on prophetic literature, ancient Near Eastern temples, the Jewish reception of biblical criticism from the eighteenth century to the present, and the role of women as Halakhic Professionals.
 
Research Interest.

Tova Ganzel's work is mainly on the Hebrew Bible in the context of the larger ancient Near Eastern world. Her recent research focuses on the prophetic literature, ancient Near Eastern temples and second temple texts. In addition, she occasionally publishes on Jewish reception of biblical criticism from the eighteenth century to the present and on women as Halakhic Professionals.

Her broad area of interest is prophetic literature in the context of the larger ancient Near Eastern world. She has published on Joel, Haggai, Isaiah with a specialization on the book of Ezekiel. Tova was the Director of the Midrasha at Bar-Ilan University and is one the first trained women’s halakhic advisors (Yoatzot Halacha). Her Books Destruction and Restoration in the Seer’s Prophecy: Studies in the Prophecies of Ezekiel was published in 2012 [Hebrew] and 2020 [English] and Ezekiel’s Visionary Temple in Babylonian Context, De Gruyter (BZAW 539) was recently published (September 2021). Her recent research focuses on the prophetic literature, ancient Near Eastern temples and Second Temple Period texts, specifically on Ezekiel's temple vision in its Neo-Babylonian context. In addition, she has also engaged the issue of the Jewish reception of biblical criticism and addressed various aspects of this topic, from the eighteenth century to the present, in a number of studies, and was the primary editor of The Believer and the Modern Study of the Bible, edited by Tova Ganzel, Yehudah Brandes, and Chayuta Deutsch, Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2019.  Expanded version: Jerusalem: Beit Morasha, 2015, 2016 (second edition) [Hebrew]. 

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Bar-Ilan University

Nov 2001Jan 2005

Award Date: 10 Jan 2005

Master's Degree, Bar-Ilan University

Oct 1996Sep 1997

Award Date: 30 Sep 1997

Bachelor, Bar-Ilan University

Oct 1994Sep 1996

Award Date: 30 Sep 1996

Research

  • Fields of Interest
  • Hebrew Bible in the context of the larger ancient Near Eastern world
  • Near Eastern temples and second temple texts
  • Jewish reception of biblical criticism
  • women as Halakhic Professionals
  • תחומי מחקר
  • ספרות הנבואה על רקע המזרח הקדום
  • ספר יחזקאל בהקשרו הבבלי
  • התקבלות של המחקר הביקורתי של המקרא
  • מעמדן של נשים במתן מענה הלכתי

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