Dr. Ariel Kopilovitz

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    Education

     

    2018                   Ph.D., the Department of Bible, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Dissertation title: “Israel’s Future in Ezekiel’s Restoration Oracles (Ezekiel 33–37).” Advisor: Prof. Baruch J. Schwartz.

    2011                   M.A. with distinction, the Department of Bible, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Master thesis title: “The Legislation of War: A Study of the Priestly War Legislation Reflected in the Story of the Israelite War against Midian (Numbers 31)”.

    2006                   B.A. with distinction, the Faculty of Law and the Department of Bible, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

     

    Fellowships and Awards

     

    For Post-doctoral Research:

    20222025         Alon Fellowship, the Planning and Budgeting Committee in the Israeli Council for Higher Education fellowship for excellent young faculty members.

    20202022         Kreitman Post-doctoral Scholarship, Kreitman School for Advanced Graduate Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

    20202021         The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Fellowship.

    20192020         Fulbright Post-doctoral Fellowship, the United States-Israel Educational Foundation.

    2019                   Gorgias Press Prize for Biblical Studies.

    20182019         Post-doctoral Fellowship, the Zalman Shamir Department of Bible at Bar-Ilan University.

                              

    For Ph.D. Studies:

    2014–2017         Prof. Nathan Rotenstreich Fellowship, the Planning and Budgeting Committee in the Israeli Council for Higher Education fellowship for outstanding doctoral researchers in the humanities.

    2013–2016         President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Fellowship for outstanding doctoral students in the Faculty of Humanities.

     

     

    Academic Appointments

     

    Tenure Track Positions:

    2021                 Senior lecturer, the Zalman Shamir Department of Bible, Bar-Ilan University.

     

    Research Appointments:

    20202021         Post-doctoral fellow, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Project title: “Jewish Identity in Transition: Competing Jewish Identities in the Exilic Period.” Advisor: Prof. Eran Viezel.

    20192020         Post-doctoral fellow, the University of Chicago Divinity School. Project title: “Shedding New Light on Ancient Writings: The Āl-Yāhūdu Tablets and Exilic Period Biblical Literature.” Advisors: Prof. Jeffrey Stackert and Prof. Simeon Chavel.

    20182019         Post-doctoral fellow, the Zalman Shamir Department of Bible, Bar-Ilan University. Project title: “Ezekiel and His Mesopotamian Environment.” Advisors: Prof. Michael Avioz and Prof. Shawn Zelig Aster.

     

    Research

    Ezekiel; Prophetic Literature; Pentateuch; The Bible in its Ancient Near Eastern Context

    Publications

    Refereed Book:

    2021                   A Scout Looking Forward: Ezekiel’s Exile Theology and Its Impact on His Restoration Program (accepted for publication by Magnes Press [in Hebrew]).

     

    Refereed Articles:

    2021                   “From Vassal to Empire: The Metamorphosis of Israel’s Leadership and Statehood in Ezekiel 17,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly (forthcoming).

    2021                   “Regalia Deformed and Restored: Ezekiel’s View of Israel’s Future Leadership,” Shnaton: An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 27 (2021), (forthcoming) [in Hebrew].

    2020                   “A Murderous, Captured Lion: Ezekiel’s Negative Approach toward Jehoiachin,” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 20 (2020), 116.

    2020                   “Land for the Landless: Assigning Land to Non-Israelites in Ezekiel’s Restoration Program,” Biblica 101 (2020), 352372. 

    2016                   “What Kind of Priestly Writings did Ezekiel Know?,” in The Formation of the Pentateuch – Bridging the Academic Cultures of Europe, Israel and North America (FAT 111; J.C. Gertz et al. eds.; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016), 1041–1054.

    2014                   “The Legislation of War: A Study of the Story of the Israelite War against Midian (Numbers 31),” Shnaton – An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 23 (2014), 17–53 [in Hebrew].

    2011                   “Ezekiel’s Theology of Holiness and Impurity as a Key to Understanding the Description of the Departure of the Glory of YHWH from the Temple (Ezekiel 8–11),” Tarbiz 79 (2011), 317–344 [in Hebrew].

     

    Encyclopedia Articles:

    2017                    “Samuel Ephraim Loewenstamm,” Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2017).

    https://doi.org/10.1515/ebr.loewenstammsamuele

    2017                    “Magdiel,” Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2017).

    https://doi.org/10.1515/ebr.magdiel           

    Last Updated Date : 05/07/2022