Dr. Yisca Zimran

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Yisca.Zimran@biu.ac.il
תחומי מחקר
    קורות חיים

    Education:

    From-To

    Institute

    Area of Specialty

    Degree

    2002-2004

    Hebrew University

    Archaeology

    Bachelors

    2005-2006

     

    Haifa University

    Bible

     

    Master's Degree without Thesis

    2008

    Bar Ilan University

    Bible

    Master's Thesis

    2009-2013

    Bar Ilan University

    Bible

    PhD

     

    Doctoral thesis: The Form and Significance of Sibling Rivalry Narratives [Advisor:  Prof. Elie Assis]

    Master Thesis: Changes of Divine Will following Human Request [Advisor:  Prof. Elie Assis]

     

    Participation in National and International Scientific Conferences

    Conference

    Place and Date

    Title of Lecture

    The 17th World Congress of Jewish Studies

    Jerusalem, 08.17

    Why will Jerusalem be Destroyed? Micah 3:9-12

    EABS/SBL International Meeting

    Berlin, 08.17

    Social Injustice in the Book of Micah

    Annual Meeting of the Department of Biblical Studies

    Bar Ilan University, 09.06.16

    ‘Expressions of Mourning in the David Narratives and their Interpretive Contribution’

    SBL Annual Meeting

    Atlanta, 23.11.2015

    ‘Divine-Human Relations in Exodus 3:1–4:17’

    EABS Annual Meeting

    Cordoba, 07.2015

    ‘Structure, Rhetoric, and Meaning in the Vineyard Parable (Isa 5:1-7)’

     

    Annual Meeting of the Department of Biblical Studies

    Bar Ilan University, 11.06.2015

    ‘Structure, Rhetoric, and Meaning in the Vineyard Parable (Isa 5:1-7)’ [Heb]

    CBL: The Books of Samuel Stories-History-Reception History

    Leuven, 30.07. 2014

    ‘Divine Authority vs. Human Authority in the Book of Samuel’

     

    Xth Congress of the European Association of Jewish Studies: Jewish and non-Jewish Cultures in Contact: New Research Perspectives

    Paris, 21.07.2014                                 

    ‘How Isaiah Ben Amoz Relates to the Belief of the Gentiles’

    The 16th World Congress of Jewish Studies

    Jerusalem, 29.07.2013

    ‘The existence, significance, and contribution of the literary genre of Sibling Rivalry in the Bible

    SBL International Meeting

    University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 23.07.2013 

    2 Chr 21: Its Composition and Significance

    SBL International Meeting

    University of Amsterdam, 23.07.2012                               

    “We Are Brothers”: the genre of Sibling  Rivalry in the Bible

     

    Judea and Samaria Study Conference

    Ariel University, 14.06.2012

    ‘The struggle between Avimelech, son of the concubine from Shechem, and his seventy brothers from Ofra.’

    conference for doctoral students in the Bible Department of Bar Ilan University

    Bar Ilan University, 28.04.2011

    ‘The literary genre of Sibling Rivalry in the Bible, as exemplified in Gen 4 1-16.’

    Judea and Samaria Study Conference

    Ariel University, 16.06.2011

    ‘Unifying and distinguishing aspects of biblical stories of Shechem’

     

     

    Scholarships and Awards

    Date

    Awards and Honors

    2017

    Beit-Shalom Grant, Bar-Ilan University

    2014

    Churgin’s Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

    2012

    The Mozes S. Schupf Fellowship Program scholarship for outstanding doctoral students

    2009

    Rector’s prize for outstanding students, Bar Ilan University

    2009-2012

    President’s scholarship, Bar Ilan University

    2008

    Scholarship awarded to outstanding MA students, Bar Ilan University

    2006

    Emanuel and Regina Langer-Maisels scholarship for outstanding students,

    Haifa University        

    2006

    Scholarship awarded to outstanding MA students, Haifa University

     

     

     

     

     

    מחקר

    Biblical Narrative

    Prophetical Literature

    Biblical Theology

     

    Last Updated Date : 29/03/2023