Isaiah M. Gafni, scholar

Isaiah M. Gafni is an Israeli scholar, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Biography

PhD (1978) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor of Jewish History.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Land, Center and Diaspora: Jewish Constructs in Late Antiquity (1997 Gafni), book
• Merkaz u-tefutsah: Erets Yisrael veha-tefutsot bi-yeme Bayit Sheni, ha-Mishnah veha-Talmud (Jerusalem 2004)

Articles in edited volumes

• The historical background / Isaiah M. Gafni / Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period (1984 Stone), edited volume
• Josephus and I Maccabees / Isaiah M. Gafni / Josephus, the Bible, and History (1989 Feldman/Hata), edited volume
• The modern study of rabbinics and historical questions: the tale of the text / Isaiah M. Gafni / The New Testament and Rabbinic Literature (2010 Bieringer), edited volume