Edward L. Greenstein

Edward L. Greenstein is Professor Emeritus of Bible at Bar-Ilan University. In 2020 he was awarded the EMET Prize (“Israel’s Nobel”) in Humanities-Biblical Studies. His book Job: A New Translation (Yale University Press, 2019) has received awards and wide acclaim.


Articles by Edward L. Greenstein

The Strange Language of the Book of Job

The ideas of the Book of Job have always been challenging. How can a just God not only permit but ...

The Torah as a Divine Integration

Scholars understand the Torah to be a combination of four prior documents. The sum is far greater than the parts.