Etka Liebowitz | Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies - Jerusalem (original) (raw)

Education
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
• Ph.D. in Jewish History, 2012: "Queen Alexandra: The Anomaly of a Sovereign Jewish Queen in the Second Temple Period." Supervisor: Professor Daniel Schwartz
• M.A. (Honors) in the Communications Department, specializing in Translation: 1989.

Prizes and Scholarships
2008-11: Yad Ben Zvi doctoral students' seminar scholarship
2005-6: The Lafer Center for Women and Gender Studies: outstanding doctoral student scholarship
2004-5: The Schoental Prize for academic excellence in Jewish History studies

Publications
• Accepted for publication – "Women in Antiquity: From Marginalization to Prominence" Melilah, Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies 13 (2016)
• "A New Perspective upon Two Jewish Queens in the Second Temple Period: Alexandra and Helene of Adiabene" in Meron Piotrkowski, Saskia Doenitz and Geoffrey Herman (eds.), Sources and Interpretation in Ancient Judaism. Studies for Tal Ilan at Sixty, AJEC (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity) 104 (Brill, 2018).
• "Female Monarchal Succession in Hellenistic and Jewish Society in Antiquity", Journal for the Study of Judaism 49.1 (2018).
• "Josephus’s Ambivalent Attitude towards Women and Power: The Case of Queen Alexandra", Journal of Ancient Judaism 6 (12/2015).
• "Hypocrites or Pious Scholars? The Image of the Pharisees in Second Temple Period Texts and Rabbinic Literature", Melilah, Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies 11 (2014).
• "Esther and Alexandra: Paradigms of Queenship in the Septuagint and in Josephus' Writings "
Lectio Difficilior 1/2012 (http://www.lectio.unibe.ch/12\_1/inhalt\_e.htm).

Translations of numerous academic articles in Jewish studies and the following books:
• Dalia Marx, Tractates Tamid, Middot and Qinnim. A Feminist Commentary, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2013.
• Shulamit Ṿaller, Massekhet Sukkah: Text, Translation and Commentary, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009.

Lectures at Conferences
• September 2017: "Two Different Paradigms of a Jewish Queen in Antiquity: Alexandra of Judaea and Helene of Adiabene" Kings and Queens 6: In the Shadow of the Throne, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain.
• August 2017: "From Josephus to Josippon: the Revision of Second Temple Period History in a Tenth-Century Jewish Chronicle." The 17th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel.
• December 15, 2015: "Similar but Different: A Comparison of Female Monarchal Succession in Hellenistic and Jewish Society in Antiquity", Association of Jewish Studies, Boston, USA.
• July 29, 2013 "Pious and Beloved Queens: Alexandra, Esther and Helene in Josephus’ Writings", The 16th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel.
• March 24, 2011: "The Development of Queen Alexandra's Image in Byzantine Historiography and Sefer Josippon", Hebrew University Doctoral Students Conference, Jerusalem, Israel.
• August 2, 2009: "The Influence of Hellenism and Roman Society in Josephus' Portrayal of Queen Alexandra", The 15th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel.
• July 22, 2008: "The Description of Queen Alexandra in The Jewish War", Hebrew University Doctoral Students Conference, Jerusalem, Israel.
• December 3, 2007: “Queen Alexandra: Widowhood as Empowerment for Royal Women", Van Leer Institute conference on "Widowhood in Mediterranean Societies," Jerusalem, Israel.

Present Employment
2006-ongoing: Director of Research Authority and Development Coordinator, The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem

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