Global & Senior Global Research Fellows
Academic Year 2006-2007
Rabbi Naftali Cohn
Gruss Scholar in Residence
Rabbi Naftali Cohn received a B.A. from Harvard University, United States, in 1996. In 2001 he earned an M.A. in Talmudic Studies from Yeshiva University, United States, and in 2002 was ordained by the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania, United States. In addition, since 2002, he has served as an Adjunct Instructor in Judaic Studies at Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University.
His current research, on the ancient Jewish legal work known as the Mishnah, combines the perspectives of narrative theory and ritual theory to read ritual narrative texts as cultural documents. He is also exploring the cultural construction of women's lives in the Mishnah and in other ancient Jewish legal and narrative texts.
