- Professor
University of Calgary
Department of RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Eliezer Segal
- +1 (403) 220-3279
- +1 (403) 210-9191 (Fax)
Office Hours
- By appointment
Research Interests
Currently Teaching
Areas of Interest
◦ Rabbinic literature: text and redaction (especially Babylonian Talmud)
◦ The literary-rhetorical structures of Jewish biblical exegesis: The relationships between form, content and ideas [including the differences between Babylonian and Palestinian midrash]
◦ Jewish religious law, ritual and ethics
◦ Ancient Judaism in its Hellenistic setting
Some current and recent research
◦ "Ring of Polycrates" motif in ancient religious literature (Herodotus, Matthew, Talmud, Midrash, Augustine)
◦ The Pursuit of Justice in Rabbis A. I. Kook and A. J. Heschel (for the Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice).
◦ "From Glutton to Gangster" -- a possible Platonic source for rabbinic interpretation of the biblical law of the "rebellious son"
Publications
Book
- Segal, Eliezer. Introducing Judaism London and New York: Routledge, 2008. 345.
- Segal, Eliezer. Judaism: the eBook Providence, Utah: Journal of Buddhist Ethics Online Books, 2008.
- Segal, Eliezer. Sanctified Seasons Calgary: Alberta Judaic Library, 2008. 203.
- Segal, Eliezer. A Meeting-Place for the Wise: More Excursions through the Jewish Past and Present Calgary: Alberta Judaic Library, 2008. 216.
- Segal, Eliezer. In Those Days, At This Time: Holiness and History in the Jewish Calendar Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2008. 324.
- Segal, Eliezer. Ask Now of the Days That Are Past Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2005. 311.
- Segal, Eliezer. From Sermon to Commentary: Expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier Press, 2005. 164.
- Segal, Eliezer. Uncle Eli's Special for Kids, Most Fun Ever, Under-the-Table Passover Haggadah San Francisco: No Starch Press, 1999. 64.
- Segal, Eliezer. The Babylonian Esther Midrash: A Critical Commentary, Vols. 1-3 Atlanta: Brown Judaic Studies, 1994.
- Segal, Eliezer. Case Citation in the Babylonian Talmud: The Evidence of Tractate Neziqin Atlanta: Brown Judaic Studies, 1990.
Book Chapter
- Segal, Eliezer. From Glutton to Gangster Brighton, MA: Academic Studies Press (to appear), 246-265.
- Segal, Eliezer. The Parnass, the Gabbai and the Ritual Committee Calgary: Congregation House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel, 2009. 60-61.
- Segal, Eliezer. Aristeas or Aggadah: Talmudic Legend and the Greek Bible in Palestinian Judaism Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008. 159-172, 286-292.
Journal Article
- Segal, Eliezer. Rabbi Eleazar's Perutah 85.1 2005. 25-42.
- Segal, Eliezer. 'The Few Contained the Many': Rabbinic Perspectives on the Miraculous and the Impossible 54. 2003. 273-882.
Curricula Vitae
Degrees
- Ph.D. - Jerusalem
- M.A. - Jerusalem
- B.A. - McGill University
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