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Shaye Cohen

Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University

Harvard University

Areas of expertise

  • - Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • - Jewish Studies
  • - Religions of Late Antiquity: Judaism and Christianity

About me

Shaye J. D. Cohen is the Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations of Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. in Ancient History, with distinction, from Columbia University in 1975.