עברית

Prof. Raanan Eichler

דוא"ל
raanan.eichler@biu.ac.il
שעות קבלה
בתיאום מראש
תחומי מחקר
קורות חיים
  • 2023-present: Associate Professor at Bar-Ilan University
  • 2017-2023: Senior Lecturer at Bar-Ilan University
  • 2016/7: Postdoctoral fellowship at Tel Aviv University
  • 2015/6: Postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University
  • 2008-2016: PhD in Bible from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • 2004-2008: MA in Bible (magna cum laude) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • 2001-2004: BA in Bible and Psychology (magna cum laude) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
מחקר
  • Beliefs and cult in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel
  • Realia and iconography of the ancient Near East
  • Lexicography of Biblical Hebrew and Iron Age Inscriptional Hebrew
  • Textual Criticism
  • Book of Kings
  • Deliberate Ambiguity and Humor in the Hebrew Bible
קורסים
  • Introduction to the Bible
  • Textual Criticism of the Bible
  • Pictures and Objects from the Time of the Bible
  • External Sources for the Biblical Period
  • Bibliographical Guidance for Biblical Studies
  • The Book of Kings
  • The Five Scrolls
  • The Tabernacle, the Temple, and Their Furniture
  • The Ark of the Covenant
  • The Bible and Liberal-Democratic Thought
פרסומים

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. *Raanan Eichler, “Six Double Entendres in Ruth”, accepted for publication in Biblica on 31 May 2026.

  2. *Raanan Eichler, “David’s Testament and the Shimei Duplicate”, accepted for publication in Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft on 3 November 2025.

  3. Raanan Eichler, “Girdles of Fig Foliage”, pre-published in Vetus Testamentum on 17 December 2025.

  4. Raanan Eichler, “The Wheat Exported from Israel to Tyre”, pre-published in Vetus Testamentum on 4 February 2025.

  5. Raanan Eichler, “Identifying Pannag, An Ancient Product of Israel”, Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 137/1 (2025): 93–106.

  6. Raanan Eichler, “Rhapsody in the Blue: Another Greek Loanword in Biblical Hebrew”, Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 136/3 (2024): 433–438. 

  7. Raanan Eichler, “China Is in the Bible”, Vetus Testamentum 74/1 (2024): 60–77.

  8. Raanan Eichler, “A Phantom Verb: yuttan in Biblical Hebrew”, Journal of Semitic Studies 68/2 (2023): 377–390.

  9. Raanan Eichler, “The Gezer Calendar, Rahab, and Agricultural Reality in Ancient Israel”, Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society 36 (2023): 48–61.

  10. Raanan Eichler, “A Conjectural Emendation in Psalm 68,19”, Biblica 103/1 (2022): 131–136.

  11. Raanan Eichler, “An Ambiguous Oracle in the Prophecy against Elam (Jeremiah 49:34–39)”, Vetus Testamentum 72/2 (2022): 183–190.

  12. Raanan Eichler, “Solomon’s Throne in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context”, Vetus Testamentum 71/4–5 (2021): 551–565.

  13. Raanan Eichler, “A Sin Is Borne: Clearing Up the Law of Women’s Vows (Numbers 30)”, Vetus Testamentum 71/3 (2021): 317–328.

  14. Raanan Eichler, “Solomon’s Judgment: The Meta-Riddle”, Biblica 102/1 (2021): 30–44.

  15. Raanan Eichler, “The Tree-Hugger Who Went on a Date: The Meaning of sansan”, Vetus Testamentum 70/4 (2020): 581–591.

  16. Raanan Eichler, “Dripping with Kindness: The Meaning of rebîbîm”, Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 132/3 (2020): 449–457.

  17. Raanan Eichler, “Boring Philology: The Meaning of zdh in the Siloam Inscription”, Palestine Exploration Quarterly 152/1 (2020): 44–52.

  18. Raanan Eichler, “The Oracle of Rebekah: An Ambiguous Etiology”, Biblica 100/4 (2019): 584–593.

  19.  Raanan Eichler, “Jehu, Horses, Camels, and Job: The Meaning of šip‘at”, Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 131/2 (2019): 279–286.

  20. Raanan Eichler, “The Priestly Asherah”, Vetus Testamentum 69/1 (2019): 33–45.

  21. Raanan Eichler, “Jeremiah and the Assyrian Sacred Tree”, Vetus Testamentum 67/3 (2017): 403–413.

  22. Raanan Eichler, “The Poles of the Ark: On the Ins and Outs of a Textual Contradiction”, Journal of Biblical Literature 135/4 (2016): 733–741.

  23.  Raanan Eichler, “Cherub: A History of Interpretation”, Biblica 96/1 (2015): 26–38.

  24. Raanan Eichler, “The Meaning of pa‘am in the Context of Furniture”, Journal of Semitic Studies 60/1 (2015): 1–18.

  25. Raanan Eichler, “When God Abandoned the Garden of Eden: A Forgotten Reading of Genesis 3:24”, Vetus Testamentum 65/1 (2015): 20–32.

  26. Raanan Eichler, “The Meaning of ישב הכרבים”, Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 126/3 (2014): 358–371.

  27. Raanan Eichler, “The Meaning of zer”, Vetus Testamentum 64/2 (2014): 196–210.

  28. Raanan Eichler, “The Function of the Ark Cherubim”, Tarbiz 79/2 (2011): 165–185 (Hebrew).

Other Articles

  • Raanan Eichler, “3s Verbs with Indefinite Subjects in the Tabernacle Pericopes of Exodus”, in Joel S. Baden and Jeffrey Stackert (eds.), The Pentateuch and Its Readers: Essays in Honor of Baruch J. Schwartz (FAT 170; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023), 191–205.

  • Raanan Eichler, “Corresponding to Him: The Message of Gender Equality in the Eden Narrative”, Judaism, Sovereignty and Human Rights 2 (2016): 17–32 (Hebrew).

Books

  • Raanan Eichler, The Ark and the Cherubim (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 146; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2021), XV + 391 pages. 
  • Raanan Eichler, The Ark of the Covenant and the Cherubim (Hebrew: aron habberit vehakkeruvim; Biblical Encyclopaedia Library 39; Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, 2025), XXVI + 215 + VIII pages + 16 color plates (updated Hebrew edition of previous item).

Edited Book

  • Leon R. Kass, The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis (Hebrew: reshit hokhmah: qeri’ah besefer bereshit; introduction by Ido Hevroni; translated by Menashe Arbel; edited by Raanan Eichler; Jerusalem: Shalem Press, 2010), XLV + 702 pages (Hebrew edition of Leon R. Kass, The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis, New York: Free Press 2003).

Encyclopedia and Dictionary Entries

  • Raanan Eichler and Thomas Staubli, “Ark of the Covenant”, in Encyclopedia of Jewish-Christian Relations, 2023.

  • Raanan Eichler, “Ark of the Covenant”, in Oxford Bibliographies, 2017.

  • Raanan Eichler, “Cherubim”, in Oxford Bibliographies, 2018.

  • Raanan Eichler, “Cherub”, in Iconography of Deities and Demons in the Ancient Near East, 2016.

  • Raanan Eichler et al., “Acacia”, “Almond”, “Apple”, “Barley”, “Castorbean”, “Date palm”, “Emmer”, “Fig”, “Grain”, “Millet”, “Pine”, “Quail”, “Summer”, “Wheat”, and “Winter”, in DNI – Dictionary of Nature Imagery of the Bible.

  • *Raanan Eichler, “Poplar”, in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception; accepted for publication, expected in 2025.

  • *Raanan Eichler, “Seven Species | Hebrew Bible”, ibid.; expected in 2027.

Last Updated Date : 17/06/2026