SCHUSTERMAN VISITING ISRAELI PROFESSOR, 2011-2013
Menachem Mor
University of Haifa

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Specializing in ancient Jewish history during the Second Temple period, Menachem's research is devoted to the political history of the period and the social structure of the population of the Land of Israel.

Focusing on the history of the Second Temple, Mishnaic, and Talmudic periods, Menachem has written many scholarly articles and books on the many diverse religious and ethno-cultural groups that lived in the Land of Israel during these times. His book From Samaria to Shechem: The Samaritan Sect in the Ancient Period deals with the Samaritans and their role in the ancient world.

He is also the author of The Bar-Kochva Revolt—Its Extent and Effect, a comprehensive (and classic) study of the Jewish revolts in the ancient world.
He has also published bibliographical collections (with Uriel Rappaport) covering the extensive works on the Second Temple period and numerous articles in the field of ancient Jewish history.

Menachem has been active in the University of Haifa's academic administration, having served as a member or chairman of a series of councils and committees over the past decade. He also headed the Center of Research of Eretz Israel Studies and its Yishuv of Yad Ben-Zvi, and the University of Haifa.

Outside the University, he is a member of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, as well as a member of the board of the Journal of Jewish History and the World Organization of Jewish Studies.

Education

PhD, Hebrew University in Jerusalem