the gruss scholar in residence
General Information
The Gruss Scholar in Residence will spend a year in full-time residence at NYU School of Law while researching and writing significant and publishable scholarship in an area related to Jewish law and/or the interaction between Jewish and American law. It is expected that at least one published article will result from the Scholar's year of residence; this article will be considered for publication in the Global Law Working Paper Series or another working paper series of the Law School.
In addition, the Gruss Scholar will familiarize him/herself with the Gruss Library, so as to serve as a resource on its contents for members of the Law School community. The Scholar will supervise the continual updating and enriching of the Gruss Library and will act as the resident liaison between the library, the main Law School library and the rest of the Law School community. The Scholar will become fully integrated with the intellectual community of the Law School, regularly attending events of both the Hauser Global Law School Program (in particular the Global Fellows Forum) and NYU School of Law in general, including the faculty colloquia and other similar events.
Application Details
Candidates who wish to apply to be the Gruss Scholar in Residence should follow the application directions for Global & Senior Global Research Fellows in the Global Visitors Program.
2009-2010 Gruss Scholar in Residence
Dr. Job Jindo
Gruss Scholar in Residence
Dr. Job Y. Jindo received a B.A. in the Bible and Talmud from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, in 1997. In 1999, he earned an M.A. in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, United States. He then completed a Ph.D. in the Department of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 2006 (awarded with distinction). His research interests include: ancient cosmology, poetics of ancient literature, biblical law, New Testament in light of rabbinic literature, Jewish Biblical Exegesis, and history of modern biblical scholarship. His recent articles include: “Toward a Poetics of the Biblical Mind: Language, Culture, and Cognition” (Vetus Testamentum 59, 2009) and “Biblical Metaphor Reconsidered: Metaphor as a Mode of Orientation” (Iggud—Selected Essays in Jewish Studies, 2009), and a thoroughly revised version of his dissertation is forthcoming under the title Biblical Metaphor Reconsidered: A Cognitive Approach to Poetic Prophecy in Jeremiah 1–24 (Harvard Semitic Monograph Series). His current research focuses on the cognitive approach of the poetics and the Weltanschauung of ancient literature as set forth in his dissertation.
Previous Gruss Scholars in Residence
Yehuda Septimus
