Professor Carl S. Ehrlich's areas of interest are synchronic, diachronic, and contextual approaches to the biblical text and Israelite civilization.

Research Interests

• Canadian Jewish Literary Award - 2019

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Professor Carl S. Ehrlich's areas of interest are synchronic, diachronic, and contextual approaches to the biblical text and Israelite civilization.

Professor Carl S. Ehrlich (Ph.D. Harvard ’91) is University Professor of History and Humanities at York University in Toronto. Among his areas of interest are synchronic, diachronic, and contextual approaches to the biblical text and Israelite civilization. He has authored three books and (co-)edited six, with an additional one in press. Current projects include a cultural history of Moses and a commentary on the biblical book of Chronicles. Prof. Ehrlich received his B.A. magna cum laude (1976) in Judaic Studies/Honors from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his M.A. (1984) and Ph.D. (1991) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He served for eight years as Director of the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University. The other institutions at which he has taught, oftentimes as an invited guest professor, include Oberlin College, Vassar College, and the University of California-San Diego in the United States, in addition to the following ones in Europe: the Hochschule für Jüdische Studien (Heidelberg), the Humboldt University (Berlin), the Kirchliche Hochschule Wupppertal (Wuppertal), the University of Basel, the University of Kassel, the University of Munich, the University of Regensburg, and the University of Zurich.

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Awards

• Canadian Jewish Literary Award - 2019

Current Courses