Areas of Research/Interest: Rabbinic literature, ancient Judaism, Jewish law, Jewish ethics, history of religions.

External Affiliations: Society of Biblical Literature; American Academy of Religion; Association of Jewish Studies.

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Select Publications:

The Culture of The Babylonian Talmud. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Rabbinic Stories. Classics in Western Spirituality Series: Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. 2002. 
 
Talmudic Stories: Narrative Art, Composition, and Culture. Johns Hopkins University Press. 1999. (Finalist in 1999 National Jewish Book Awards, Scholarship Division). 

The History of Sukkot in the Second Temple and Rabbinic Periods. Atlanta: Scholars Press. 1995.

Context and Genre: Elements of a Literary Approach to the Rabbinic Narrative

Criteria of Stammaitic Intervention in Aggada