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| Alan Segal
219C Milbank
NY, NY 10027
On Leave Spring '10
Phone
university: 212-854-5419
Email
asegal@aol.com |
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Alan Segal
Professor
Barnard College |
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Biography
Alan Segal (Amherst College (B.A. 1967), Brandeis University (M.A. 1969) Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion (B.H.L. 1971) and Yale University (M.A. 1971, M.Phil 1973, Ph.D. 1975). Professor Segal's studies included English literature, psychology, anthropology, comparative religion, Judaica, Christian origins and Rabbinics. His publications include "Two Powers in Heaven" (Brill), "Deus Ex Machina: Computers in the Humanities" (Penn), "Rebecca's Children: Judaism and Christianity in the Roman World" (Harvard University Press), "The Other Judaisms of Late Antiquity" (Scholars Press) for the Brown University Judaica Series and "Paul the Convert: The Apostasy and Apostolate of Saul of Tarsus". In 2004 Professor Segal published "Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religions" (Doubleday). He has edited and partly written "A Concise Introduction to World Religions" (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007). He has published numerous articles and for a decade has been Chair of the History of Religions Committee of the American Academy or Religion. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Biblical Literature and has served in many official capacities both within the University and internationally. Professor Segal has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, several Mellon Fellowships, an Annenberg Fellowship, NDFLA Fellowships, and a Croghan Fellowship (at Williams College). His books have been selections of the History Book Club, the Book of the Month Club, and the Behavioral Science Book Club.
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