Hindy Najman


Hindy Najman is an American academic specialising in Jewish studies and the Hebrew Bible. From 2008 to 2012, she was Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. From 2012 to 2015, she was Professor of Religious Studies and Classics at Yale University. Since July 2015, she has been Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford..
Najman received a PhD from Harvard University in 1998. She received a MA from Harvard as well. Her BA is from Stern College, Yeshiva University where she majored in English Literature and minored in Music Theory and Jewish Studies.

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