Meir Shahar

Meir Shahar
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Meir Shahar (Hebrew: מאיר שחר), born in 1959 in Jerusalem (Israel) a Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at the Tel Aviv University.

After studying at the University of Jerusalem, he studied Chinese languages in Taipei. He obtained a PhD in Asian languages and civilizations at Harvard University in 1992.[1]

His current research focuses on interactions between Chinese religions, the Chinese literature, and Chinese martial arts.

Books

  • (English) The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts, 2008, The University of Hawai'i Press.
  • ((Hebrew)) Wu Cheng'en, translation Meir Shahar, Monkey and the Magic Gourd.
  • (English) Crazy Ji: Chinese Religion and Popular Literature, Harvard University Asia Center, 1998
  • ((Hebrew)) The Chinese Religion ("Ha-Dat ha-Sinit"), The Broadcast University Series Press, 1998.
  • (English) with Robert Weller, Unruly Gods: Divinity and Society in China, University of Hawai'i Press, 1996.

Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.tau.ac.il/~mshahar/

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