Michael Zank

Michael Zank is an author who was born in Germany. He studied Christian and Jewish theology in Germany before moving to the United States, after spending some time in Israel. He received his PhD at Brandeis University for Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. Michael now works as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Religion Department in Boston, Massachusetts. He teaches introductory level on the Bible, Moses, Jerusalem, and on some advanced courses in philosophy of religion. Michael is said to be an expert in German Jewish intellectual history.^[1] Most of his work is about German Jewish intellectual history and Continental philosophy. In his spare time, he reflects on the works of Hermann Cohen, Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig and Leo Strauss. They are modern Jewish thinkers.^[2] Michael has spent about two years in Jerusalem since 1992 and seems to be fascinated by the combination of spirituality and violence the city has accumulated. He currently maintains a few websites such as, "Jerusalem in Time" and "Unholycity.blogspot.com".^[3] In fall 2010 he started three new courses at the Undergraduate Studies for the Religion Department (The Modern Jew, The Political Jew, and The Heretical Jew). He plans to write about the aftermath of the Holocaust in the German public for a more personal piece in the future.^[4]

Published work

• "The Rosenzweig-Rosenstock Triangle, or What Can We Learn from Letters to Gritli?: A Review Essay"^[5]
• "Von Gott reden im Land der Tater: Theologische Stimmen der dritten Generation seit der Shoah, and: Parables for Our Time: Rereading New Testament Scholarship after the Holocaust" (review)^[6]
• Holy City: “Jerusalem in Time, Space, and the Imagination” in Transformations.^[4]

Edited work

• "Leo Strauss: The Early Writings", 1921-1932 (Translator-Michael Zank)^[1]
• "Journal for Jewish Thought and Philosophy" (contributing editor)
• "Textual Reasoning deutsch" (editor-in-chief)^[4]

Forthcoming

• "Collection of German Essays Titled, "Jüdische Religionsphilosophie als Apologie des Mosaismus".
• "History of Jerusalem"^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.bu.edu/religion/faculty/bios/zank/
2. ^ http://blogs.bu.edu/mzank/publications/
3. ^ http://blogs.bu.edu/mzank/publications/jerusalem/
4. ^ ^{a b c d} http://www.bu.edu/mzank/Michael_Zank/who.html
5. ^ http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/modern_judaism/v023/23.1zank.html
6. ^ http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/holocaust_and_genocide_studies/v018/18.3zank.html

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