Shaye Cohen
Professor of Jewish Studies
Harvard University

BA Yeshiva College 1970; rabbinic ordination Jewish Theological Seminary 1974; PhD Columbia University 1975; Professor of Jewish History, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1974-1991; Professor of Jewish History, Brown University, 1991-2001; Professor Jewish Studies, Harvard University, 2001-present.

Selected Publications

From the Maccabees to the Mishnah

The Beginnings of Jewishness

Why aren’t Jewish women circumcised