Global & Senior Global Research Fellows
Dr. Job Jindo
Gruss Scholar-in-Residence 2007 - 2008 and 2009 - 2011
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. He is also coordinator of The Tikvah Scholars program.
