Meir Bar-Ilan

Dr. Bar-Ilan began his academic career at Bar-Ilan University in 1976 and became a Professor of Jewish Studies in 2000. At Bar-Ilan University, he lectures on all aspects of Jewish Studies and specialized in matters concerning the Jewish people in Antiquity, i.e., during Biblical and Talmudic periods. Dr. Bar-Ilan was a Visiting Scholar at Hebrew University (1983), Harvard University (1989), and Vienna University (2001). He was chair of the Talmud department at Bar-Ilan University (2008-9). Dr. Bar-Ilan has spoken and conducted seminars on Jewish Studies including Parashat-Shavua, Bible, Pseudepigrapha, Talmud, Jewish liturgy, Ancient Hebrew poetry, Jewish society in Antiquity (gender, demography, infant mortality, childhood) as well as literacy, Pseudepigrapha, mystics, magic, medicine, astronomy, calendar, astrology, mathematics and numerology. He has published several books and articles and has reviewed other experts’ research on such topics. Meir Bar-Ilan, born New York, New York, 1951; Bar-Ilan University (B.A., cum laude, 1979, major in Jewish History and Talmud; Ph.D. of Jewish History, 1983). He is a veteran of two wars (1973, 1982), and got badly wounded in Lebanon. You can learn more about Dr. Meir Bar-Ilan here: http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~barilm/