Erez DeGolan

Erez DeGolan’s research and publications combine textual, historical, and critical methods in thematic studies of rabbinic literature from the first to the seventh centuries. He is especially interested in emotion in rabbinic literature and in the ways figures in emerging Judaism negotiated authority and empire. DeGolan holds a BA in Hebrew literature and Middle Eastern history from Tel Aviv University, an MTS in Jewish studies from Harvard Divinity School, and a PhD in religious studies and ancient Judaism from Columbia University. He was the 2023–25 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish studies at Wellesley College and has taught and lectured on topics related to rabbis, bodies, humor, and politics in premodern Judaism. He currently teaches at Fordham University.