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David Stern

Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Faculty Member

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David Stern is the Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Hebrew and Jewish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, and the Director of the Center for Jewish Studies, at Harvard University.

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Festschrift by David Stern

*Beloved David – Advisor, Man of Understanding, and Writer: A Festschrift in Honor of David Stern*, eds. Naftali S. Cohn and Katrin Kogman-Appel (Providence, Rhode Island: Brown Judaic Studies, 2024)

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Books by David Stern

Alan Mintz, *American Hebraist: Essays on Agnon and Modern Jewish Literature*, eds. Beverly Bailis and David Stern (University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2022)

David Stern, *The Jewish Bible: A Material History* (Jerusalem: Bialik Institute, 2022; Hebrew)

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David Stern, *The Jewish Bible: A Material History* (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017)

David Stern, *Jewish Literary Cultures, vol. 1: The Ancient Period* (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015)

David Stern, Christoph Markschies, and Sarit Shalev-Eyni, *The Monk’s Haggadah: A Fifteenth Century Illuminated Codex from the Monastery of Tegernsee with a Prologue by the Friar Erhard von Pappenheim* (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2014)

*The Washington Haggadah by Joel ben Simeon: A Fifteenth Century Manuscript from The Library of Congress*, eds. and transl. by David Stern and Katrin Kogman-Appel (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011)

*Jewish Biblical Interpretation and Cultural Exchange: Comparative Exegesis in Context, Co-Editor*, eds. Natalie B. Dohrmann and David Stern (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008)

David Stern, *‘Joodse’ kunst en de wording van het middleleeuwse joodse gebedenboek* (Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UVA, 2007)

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*The Anthology in Jewish Literature*, ed. David Stern (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004)

I especially want to thank Alan Mintz and David Roskies, the editors of Prooftexts, for lending t... more I especially want to thank Alan Mintz and David Roskies, the editors of Prooftexts, for lending the journal's support and resources to the topic. A special acknowledgment of gratitude goes to Cynthia Read, our editor at Oxford, for both her support and her patience; to Robert Milks and Theo Calderara for overseeing a complicated process of publication; and to Patricia Wright for her extremely discerning eye for detail. Finally, I owe a debt of gratitude that even an anthology of thanks could not convey to Kathryn Hellerstein, my beloved, and to our children, Rebecca and Jonah, for their constant inspiration and for allowing me occasionally to use the computer. vii Contents Contributors ix 1. The Anthology in Jewish Literature: An Introduction 3

David Stern, with Evelyn M. Cohen and Emile G.L. Schrijver, *Chosen: Philadelphia’s Great Hebraica*, ed. Judith M. Guston (Philadelphia: Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2007)

*Chaim Potok and Jewish-American Culture: A Memorial Symposium*, ed. David Stern (Philadelphia: Jewish Studies Program of the University of Pennsylvania, 2003)

*Judah Goldin and the Study of Rabbinics: Proceedings of a Symposium in Memory of Professor Judah Goldin (1914-1998)*, ed. David Stern (Philadelphia: Jewish Studies Program of the University of Pennsylvania, 1999)

*Hebraism and Hellenism Reconsidered: The Poetics of Cultural Influence and Exchange*, ed. David Stern, two special issues of *Poetics Today*, vol. 19, no. 1 and 2 (Spring and Summer 1998)

David Stern, *Midrash and Theory: Ancient Jewish Exegesis and Contemporary Literary Studies* (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1996)

David Stern, *Parables in Midrash: Narrative and Exegesis in Rabbinic Literature* (Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1995; Hebrew)

David Stern, *Parables in Midrash: Narrative and Exegesis in Rabbinic Literature* (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1991)

This book is printed on acid-free paf>er, and its binding materials have been chosen for strength... more This book is printed on acid-free paf>er, and its binding materials have been chosen for strength and durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stem, David, 1949-Parables in Midrash : narrative and exegesis in rabbinic literature / David Stern, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Articles by David Stern

David Stern, “Fables in the Hebrew Bible and in Rabbinic Literature,” in Emile Schrijver and Lies Meiboom, eds., Fables in Jewish Culture: The Jon A. Lindseth Collection (Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Library, 2023), 28-39

David Stern, “The Publication and Early Transmission of the Mishnah,” in Shaye J.D. Cohen, ed., What Is the Mishnah? The State of the Question – The Proceedings of a Conference at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2023), 444-470

Ihe question of the composition and transmission of the Mishnah is, argu ably the oldest debate i... more Ihe question of the composition and transmission of the Mishnah is, argu ably the oldest debate in the history of rabbinic literature. What were the sources out of which the Mishnah was compiled by the early third-century sage R. Judah the Patriarch, to whom the editing of the Mishnah has tradi tionally been attributed? What was the plan behind R. Judah's editing, how did he go about it, and with what purpose? And most importantly, when R. Judah finally completed the Mishnah, how did he "publish" it, that is, make it public? Was the Mishnah released as a fixed document in writing', or as an orally composed and memorized text to be recited aloud and trans mitted orally? In past scholarship going back to learned discussions since the early Mid dle Ages, these questions about the composition of the Mishnah have of ten, and not always helpfully, been conflated with similar questions about the other documents constituting the Oral Torah, Torah she-be'alpeh (fit *alpeh}, the Oral or Memorized Law.' As is well known, the foundational

David Stern, “American Hebraist: An Introduction,” in Alan Mintz, American Hebraist: Essays on Agnon and Modern Jewish Literature, eds. Beverly Bailis and David Stern (University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2022), 1-17

(1947-2017) was a singular figure in the American Jewish lit erary landscape. Th^ leading scholar... more (1947-2017) was a singular figure in the American Jewish lit erary landscape. Th^ leading scholar of modern Hebrew literature in his generation in America, he was also one of the few Americans in the field to command equal respect and authority in Israel among his contemporaries there. Beyond his academic specialization, Mintz was a major figure in Jewish Studies more generally, as a public intellectual, and as an authoritative voice in all matters of modern and contemporaryjewish culture here and abroad. A mentor to many junior scholars in modem Jewish literature, in America and abroad, he was known for his generosity, support, and magnanimity. He was a founder and co editor of two seminal literary journals, Response: