Avraham Holtz (z”l)

Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Literature

Avraham Holtz was born in New York City in 1934. He attended New York City public schools, including Stuyvesant High School, and afternoon Hebrew school at the East Side Hebrew Institute and the Herzliah Hebrew High School. In 1952 he was chosen to participate in the State of Israelโ€™s first Program for Hebrew Teachers from Abroad, which later became the Hayyim Greenberg Institute. The following year he graduated from the Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute and received its Hebrew Teachers Diploma.

After receiving his B.A. in Ancient History from Brooklyn College in 1955, he was admitted to the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he was the Cyrus Adler Scholar for 1958 1959. He was ordained and awarded the degree of M.H.L. in 1959 and while teaching in the Seminary College and its Prozdor High School program continued his studies for his D.H.L., which he received in 1962. At 91ถถา๕, he taught Hebrew Literature and language, liturgy, midrash, and Bible, and attained the rank of full professor as Simon H. Fabian Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Literature. He served as chairman of his department for several terms and as Dean for Academic Development under Chancellor Gerson D. Cohen. He was awarded the Hebrew Universityโ€™s Lady Davis Research Fellowship (1969), and was also a Visiting Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at Columbia University, Hunter College/CUNY, and at the Seminario Rabinico Latino-Americano in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1988), and was a Visiting Scholar at the Hebrew University (1989). He visited the USSR in 1972 as a participant in a special program to visit Soviet Jews. Avraham Holtz retired from 91ถถา๕ in 2004, and became Professor Emeritus, after 42 years of teaching.

Professor Holtz was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Grant for research related to the preparation of an annotated and illustrated edition of S.Y. Agnonโ€™s Hebrew novel Hakhnasat Kallah (Dowering the Bride), the first volume in a series Marโ€™ot uMeqorot (Sights and Sources), which appeared in 1995. This work also received the State of Israel Ministry of Education and Culture Prize as a subvention for its publication by Schocken Publishing House.  The second volume in the series, a similar edition of Agnonโ€™s Hebrew novel Tโ€™mol Shilshom (Only Yesterday), now in preparation, has been awarded the same prize. In 1993, he received the Histadrut Ivritโ€™s Abraham Friedman Prize for Hebrew Culture in America. In 2013, Avraham Holtz was named an Honorary Member of the State of Israelโ€™s Academy for the Hebrew Language. 

He has published many studies, scholarly articles, and reviews in Hebrew and in English .  

Publications

ืื‘ืจื”ื ื”ื•ืœืฅโ€”ืคื™ืจืกื•ืžื™ื

ืชืžื•ื– ืชืฉืข”ื’

ื™ื•ื ื™ 2013

ืกืคืจื™ื

ืœื™ืงื˜ ื•ืฆื™ืจืฃ ืžื‘ื•ื ื•ื‘ื™ื‘ืœื™ื•ื’ืจืคื™ื”, ื™ืฆื—ืง ื‘ืจืงื•ื‘ื™ืฅ: ืžื‘ื—ืจ ืžืืžืจื™ื ืขืœ ื™ืฆื™ืจืชื•, ืชืœ-ืื‘ื™ื‘: ืขื ืขื•ื‘ื“, 1967.

ื‘ืขื•ืœื ื”ืžื—ืฉื‘ื” ืฉืœ ื—ื–”ืœ: ื‘ืขืงื‘ื•ืช ืžืฉื ืชื• ืฉืœ ืž. ืงื“ื•ืฉื™ืŸ, ืชืœ-ืื‘ื™ื‘: ืกืคืจื™ืช ืคื•ืขืœื™ื, 1978.

ืžืขืฉื” ืจ’ ื™ื•ื“ื™ืœ ื—ืกื™ื“: ืž-ื ืกื™ื ื•ื ืคืœืื•ืช ืขื“ ื”ื›ื ืกืช ื›ืœื”, ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื: ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžื“ืจืฉ ืœืจื‘ื ื™ื ื‘ืืžืจื™ืงื”, 1986.

ืžืจืื•ืช ื•ืžืงื•ืจื•ืช, ื›ืจืš ื’: ืžื”ื“ื•ืจื” ืžื•ืขืจืช ื•ืžืื•ื™ื™ืจืช ืฉืœ ื”ื›ื ืกืช ื›ืœื” ืœืฉ”ื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ, ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื ื•ืชืœ-ืื‘ื™ื‘: ืฉื•ืงืŸ, 1995.

ืžื•ืจื™ืฅ ื”ืืœ: ื”ื–ืงืŸ ืžื™ืคื•, ืคื™ืจืกื•ืžื™ ืžื›ื•ืŸ ื’ื•ื˜ืœื™ื‘ ืฉื•ืžื›ืจ ืฉืœ ืื•ื ื™ื‘ืจืกื™ื˜ืช ื—ื™ืคื”, 3, 2003, ืžื•ื ื•ื’ืจืคื™ื” ืชืœืช-ืœืฉื•ื ื™ืช (ืขื‘ืจื™ืช-ืื ื’ืœื™ืช-ื’ืจืžื ื™ืช), ืขื ื˜ื•ื‘ื” ื‘ืจื’ืจ ื”ื•ืœืฅ.

ืžืจืื•ืช ื•ืžืงื•ืจื•ืช, ื›ืจืš ื‘’: ืžื”ื“ื•ืจื” ืžื•ืขืจืช ื•ืžืื•ื™ื™ืจืช ืฉืœ ืชืžื•ืœ ืฉืœืฉื•ื ืœืฉ”ื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ, ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื  ื•ืชืœ-ืื‘ื™ื‘: ืฉื•ืงืŸ, (ื‘ื”ื›ื ื”) .

ืžืกื•ืช ื•ืžื—ืงืจื™ื

“ื“ืจื›ื™ื ื—ื“ืฉื•ืช ืœื”ื•ืจืืช ื”ืกืคืจื•ืช ื”ืขื‘ืจื™ืช”, ื ื™ื‘, 23, 2, ืื“ืจ ื’ ืชืฉื™”ื˜, 8.

“ื“ื™ื•ืงืŸ: ื”ืœืœ ื‘ื‘ืœื™”, ื ื™ื‘, 23, 2 -3, ืื™ื™ืจ ืชืฉื™”ื˜, 10 ื•-23.

“ื‘ืจื›ื” ื”ืฆืจื™ื›ื” ื›ื•ื•ื ื””, ื”ื“ื•ืืจ, 38, ื›ื˜, ื™”ื’ ืกื™ื•ืŸ ืชืฉื™”ื˜, 532-531.

“ืž. ืคืœื™ื ืงืจ- ื”ื ื‘ื•ืš, ื”ืฉื•ืืœ”, ื ื™ื‘, 24, 1, ื—ืฉื•ืŸ, ืชืฉ”ืš, 14.

“ื“ื™ื•ืงืŸ: ืืคืจื™ื ืœื™ืกื™ืฆืงื™”, ื ื™ื‘, 24, ืื‘ื™ื‘, ืื™ื™ืจ ืชืฉ”ืš, 7-5.

“ืœืงืจืืช ื“ืจื›ื™ื ื—ื“ืฉื•ืช ืœื”ื•ืจืืช ื”ืกืคืจื•ืช ื”ืขื‘ืจื™ืช”, ืฉื‘ื™ืœื™ ื”ื—ื™ื ื•ืš, 21, 3, ืื‘ื™ื‘ ืชืฉื›”ื, 145- 153.

“ื”ืœืœ ื‘ื‘ืœื™โ€”ื”ืื“ื ื•ื™ืฆื™ืจืชื•”, ื ื™ื‘, 26, 1, ื›ืกืœื• ืชืฉื›”ื‘,  17-10.

“ืขืœ ื”ื•ืจืืช ื”ืกืคืจื•ืช ื”ืขื‘ืจื™ืช ื”ื—ื“ืฉื””, ื”ื—ื™ื ื•ืš ื‘ืชืคื•ืฆื•ืช, ื›ืกืœื• ืชืฉื›”ื•, 94-91.

“ืขื™ื•ื ื™ื ื‘ืœืฉื•ืŸ ‘ืื“ื ืžื™ืฉืจืืœโ€™ “, ืžืื–ื ื™ื, ื›ื’, 3,  ืื‘ ืชืฉื›”ื•, 235-230.

“ื›ืชื‘ ื™ื“ ื—ืžื™ืฉื™ ืฉืœ ื”ืžื—ื–ื” ื”ืขื‘ืจื™ ืฆื—ื•ืช ื‘ื“ื™ื—ื•ืชื ื“ืงื™ื“ื•ืฉื™ืŸ“, ืชืจื‘ื™ืฅ ืœื•, ื‘, ื˜ื‘ืช ืชืฉื›”ื–, 204-202.

“ื”ื ื—ื™ื•ืช ื™ืกื•ื“ ื‘ื”ื•ืจืืช ื”ืžืงืจื”, ืื’ืจืช ื’, ื, 13-4.

“ื”ืจื”ื•ืจื™ื ืขืœ ื‘ืขื™ื•ืช ื™ืกื•ื“”, ืคืชื—ื™ื, ื’, ืื“ืจ ืชืฉื›”ื—, 26-19.

“ื”ื“ื•ืงื˜ื•ืจ ื•ื•ื™ื ื™ืง ื›ื’ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ืžื•ื“ืจื ื™”, ื‘ืฆืจื•ืŸ, ื ื˜, ื“, ืื“ืจ-ื ื™ืกืŸ ืชืฉื›”ื—, 226-221.

“ื”ืœืœ ืฆื™ื™ื˜ืœื™ืŸ ื›ืžื‘ืงืจ ืกืคืจื•ืชื™”, ื›ืจืžืœื™ืช ื™ื“-ื˜ื•, 1968, 391-378 .

                  (ื ื“ืคืก ืžื—ื“ืฉ: “ื”ืœืœ ืฆื™ื™ื˜ืœื™ืŸ: ืื™ืฉ ืกืคืจื•ืช”, ื”ื“ื•ืืจ, ื , ืœื“,  ื’ ื‘ืื‘ ืชืฉืœ”ื, 602-601; “ื”ืœืœ ืฆื™ื™ื˜ืœื™ืŸ: ืขืœ ืžืฉื•ืจืจื™ื ื•ืฉื™ืจืชื”, ื”ื“ื•ืืจ, ื , ืœื”, ื˜”ื• ื‘ืื‘ ืชืฉืืœ”ื, 617-616).

“ืื™ื“ื™ืื•ืช-ื”ื™ืกื•ื“ ืฉืืœ ื—ื–”ืœ: ืขื™ื•ื ื™ื ื‘ื”ื’ื•ืชื• ื”ืžื—ืงืจื™ืช ืฉืืœ ืงื“ื•ืฉืื™ืŸ”, ืฉืื“ืžื•ืช ืœื—, ืงื™ืฅ ืชืฉื”ืœ, 73-70.

“ื“ืจื›ื™ื ื—ื“ืฉืื•ืช ื‘ื—ืงืจ ื”ืกืคืจื•ืช”, ืฉืื“ืžื•ืช ืœื˜, ืกืชื• ืชืฉืืœ”ื, 87-80.

“ืžืฉืืœื™ืžื•ืช ืœืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื–ืจื”: ืขื™ื•ื ื™ื ื‘’ืคืช ืฉืืœืžื”’ ืœืฉื”ื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ”, ื”ืกืคืจื•ืช ื’, 1972, 311-295.

“ืืžื ื•ืช ื•ืืžื•ื ื” ื‘ืžืฉืื ืชื• ืฉืืœ ื”ืฉืืœ”, ืฉืื“ืžื•ืช ืžื•, ืื‘ื™ื‘ ืชืฉืืœ”ื‘, 111-101.

                  (ื ื“ืคืก ืžื—ื“ืฉื: ื”ื“ื•ืืจ, ื ื, ืž, ื™”ื˜ ื‘ื—ืฉืื•ืŸ ืชืฉืืœ”ื’, 719-718; ื ื‘, ื, ื“’ ื‘ื›ืกืœื• ืชืฉืืœ”ื’, 5-4; ืคื ื™ื ืืœ ืคื ื™ื, 733 ,ื›”ื– ืชืžื•ื– ืชืฉืœ”ื’, “ืืžื•ื ื” ื•ืืžื ื•ืช”, 14-     16 ; 734, ื”โ€™ ืžื ื—ื-ืื‘ ืชืฉืœ”ื’, “ื”ืžืœื™ื ื•ื”ืžื•ืกื™ืงื””, 14 โ€“ 16.)

“ื”ื—ื™ืœื•ืœ ื”ืžืฉืื•ืœืฉื: ืขื™ื•ื ื™ื ื‘’ื˜ืœื™ืช ืื—ืจืช’ ืœืฉื”ื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ”, ื”ืกืคืจื•ืช ื’, 1972, 532-518.

                  (ืžื•ื‘ื ื‘-ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ: ืžื‘ื—ืจ ืžืืžืจื™ื ืขืœ ื™ืฆื™ืจืชื•, ื‘ืขืจื™ื›ืช ื”ืœืœ ื‘ืจื–ืœ, ืชืœ-ืื‘ื™ื‘: ืขื ืขื•ื‘ื“, 1982.)

“ื”ืžืฉืืœ ื”ืคืชื•ื— ื›ืžืคืชื— ืœ’ืกืคืจ ื”ืžืขืฉื™ื’ ืœืฉื”ื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ”, ื”ืกืคืจื•ืช ื“, 1973, 333-289.

“ืจ’ ื™ื•ื“ื™ืœ ื—ืกื™ื“ ื™ื•ืฆื ืœื“ืจืš”, ืžื—ืงืจื™ื ื‘ืื’ื“ื” ื•ื‘ืคื•ืœืงืœื•ืจ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ ื– (ืกืคืจ ื”ื™ื•ื‘ืœ ืœื“ื‘ ื ื•ื™), ื™ืจื•ืฉืืœื™ื, ืชืฉืืž”ื’, ืฉืื-ืฉืื˜ื–.

“ื”ืฉืื™ืจื™ื ‘ืฉืืœืžื” ื•ืงื”ืœืช’ ื•-‘ื™ืขืœ ื•ืกื™ืกืจื’ ืœืžื™ื›ื” ื™ื•ืกืฃ ืœื‘ื ื–ื•ืŸ ืขืœ ืคื™ ื›ืชื‘ื™ ื™ื“”, ืชืจื‘ื™ืฅ ื ื‘, ื’, ืชืฉืืž”ื’, 496-469.

“ืงื•ื”ืœืช ืฉืื‘ืฉืืœืžื”: ืขื™ื•ื ื™ื ื‘’ืฉืืœืžื” ื•ืงื•ื”ืœืช’ ืžืืช ืžื™ื›”ืœ”, ื‘ื™ืงื•ืจืช ื•ืคืจืฉืื ื•ืช 19, ื“ืฆืžื‘ืจ 1983, 82-51.

” ‘ื”ืจื™ืกื•ืช ื˜ืจืื™ื’ ืžืืช ืžื™ื›ื” ื™ื•ืกืฃ ืœื‘ื ื–ื•ืŸ ื‘ื›ืชื‘ ื™ื“ื•”, ืชืจื‘ื™ืฅ ื ื’, ื’ ,ืชืฉืืž”ื“, 464-431.

“ืžืขืฉื™ ืฆื“ื™ืงื™ื ื•ืžืขืฉื™ื•ืชื™ื”ื ื‘-ื”ื›ื ืกืช ื›ืœื” ืœืฉื”ื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ”, ืžื—ืงืจื™ ื™ืจื•ืฉืืœื™ื ื‘ืกืคืจื•ืช ืขื‘ืจื™ืช, ื˜, ืชืฉืืž”ื•, 124-103.

“ื”ื–ืงืŸ ืžื™ืคื•: ืžืจ ืžื•ืจื™ืฅ ื”ืืœ”, ืชืจื‘ื™ืฅ ื ื˜, ื-ื‘, ืชืฉืืจื™-ืื“ืจ ืชืฉื”ืŸ, 228-215 (ืขื ื˜ื•ื‘ื” ื‘ืจื’ืจ ื”ื•ืœืฅ).

“ืžืกืขื• ืฉืœ ื™ืฆื—ืง ืงื•ืžืจ ื‘ืื™ืจื•ืคื”: ืขื™ื•ื ื™ื ื‘’ืจืืฉืื™ืช ื”ื“ื‘ืจื™ื’ “, ื—ืงืจื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ: ืขื™ื•ื ื™ื ื•ืžื—ืงืจื™ื ื‘ื™ืฆื™ืจืช ืฉื”ื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ ืžื•ื’ืฉ ืœืคืจื•ืค’ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื” ืคืจื™ื“ืœื ื“ืจ, ืจืžืช-ื’ืŸ, 1994, 37-13.

“ื”ืชื‘ื•ื ื ื•ืช ื‘ืคืจื˜ื™ ืชืžื•ืœ ืฉืืœืฉืื•ื“, ืงื•ื‘ืฅ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ, ื™ืจื•ืฉืืœื™ื, 1994, 221-178.

“ืขืœ ืกืคืจื™ื ื•ืกื•ืคืจื™ื ื‘’ืกื™ืคื•ืจ ืคืฉื•ื˜’ ืžืืช ืฉืžื•ืืœ ื™ื•ืกืฃ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ”, ื‘ืชื•ืš ื‘ื™ืŸ ืกืคืจื•ืช ืœื”ื™ืกื˜ื•ืจื™ื”: ืกืคืจ ื™ื•ื‘ืœ ืœื›ื‘ื•ื“ ื™ืฆื—ืง ื‘ืจื–ื™ืœื™, ืฉืœืžื” ื ืฉ, ืขื•ืจืš, ืชืœ-ืื‘ื™ื‘: ื”ืงื™ื‘ื•ืฅ ื”ืžืื•ื—ื“, 1997, ืงื›ื”-ืงืœื— + ืขื“.

“ื”ื‘ืืจื™ื ื‘ื“ืจืš: ื—ื‘ืจื™ื• ืฉืœ ื™ืฆื—ืง ืงื•ืžืจ”, ื‘ื™ืŸ ืกืคืจื•ืช ืœื—ื‘ืจื”: ืขื™ื•ื ื™ื ื‘ืชืจื‘ื•ืช ื”ืขื‘ืจื™ืช ื”ื—ื“ืฉื”โ€”ืžืืžืจื™ื ืžื•ื’ืฉื™ื ืœื’ืจืฉื•ืŸ ืฉืงื“,ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ืช ื‘ืจ ืืœ ื•ื™ื’ืืœ ืฉื•ื•ืจืฅ, ืขื•ืจื›ื™ื, ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ืโ€”ืชืœ-ืื‘ื™ื‘: ื›ืชืจ ื•ื”ืงื™ื‘ื•ืฅ ื”ืžืื•ื—ื“, 2000, 188-181.

“ืขืœ ืจื‘ื ื™ื ื•ืจื‘ื ื™ื•ืช ื‘-ืชืžื•ืœ ืฉืœืฉื•ื ืžืืช ืฉ”ื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ”, ืžื•ื•ื™ืœื ื” ืœื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื: ืกืคืจ ื™ื•ื‘ืœ ืœื›ื‘ื•ื“ ืฉืžื•ืืœ ื•ืจืกืก, ื“ื•ื“ ืืกืฃ ื•ืขื•ื“, ืขื•ืจื›ื™ื, ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื: ื”ื•ืฆืืช ืžืื’ื ืก, ืชืฉืก”ื‘, 531-548.

“ืžื‘ื•ื ืœืžื•ื ื•ื’ืจืคื™ื” ืขืœ ืจโ€™ ื™ืขืงื‘ ื’ื•ืœื“ืžืŸ, ืื™ืฉ ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื ื•ื™ืคื•”, ืžืžืจื›ื–ื™ื ืœืžืจื›ื–: ืกืคืจ ื ื•ืจื™ืช ื’ื•ื‘ืจื™ืŸ, ืื‘ื ืจ ื”ื•ืœืฆืžืŸ, ืขื•ืจืš, ืชืœ-ืื‘ื™ื‘: ืžื›ื•ืŸ ื›ืฅ ืœื—ืงืจ ื”ืกืคืจื•ืช ื”ืขื‘ืจื™ืช, ืื•ื ื™ื‘ืจืกื™ื˜ืช ืชืœ-ืื‘ื™ื‘, ืชืฉืก”ื”, 190-166.

“ื”ื›ืœื‘ ื‘ืœืง ืžื’ืœื” ืืช โ€™ืกื•ื“ ื”ืฉื“ื™ืโ€™ “, ืžืขืฉื™ ืกื™ืคื•ืจ: ืžื—ืงืจื™ื ื‘ืกื™ืคืจื•ืช ื”ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ืช ืžื•ื’ืฉื™ื ืœื™ื•ืื‘ ืืœืฉื˜ื™ื™ืŸ, ืื‘ื™ื“ื‘ ืœื™ืคืกืงืจ ื•ืจืœื” ืงื•ืฉืœื‘ืกืงื™, ืขื•ืจื›ื™ื, ืจืžืช-ื’ืŸ: ื”ื•ืฆืืช ืื•ื ื™ื‘ืจืกื™ื˜ืช ื‘ืจ-ืื™ืœืŸ, ืชืฉืก”ื•, 356-349.

“ื—ื“ ื—ื™ื“ื” ื—ื™ื“ืชื™ืช: ืœื”ื‘ืืจืช ืžืฉืคื˜ ืื—ื“ ื‘โ€™ื‘ื“ืจืšโ€™ ืœืฉ”ื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ”, ืจื’ืข ืฉืœ ื”ื•ืœื“ืช: ืžื—ืงืจื™ื ื‘ืกืคืจื•ืช ืขื‘ืจื™ืช ื•ื‘ืกืคืจื•ืช ื™ื™ื“ื™ืฉ ืœื›ื‘ื•ื“ ื“ืŸ ืžื™ืจื•ืŸ, ื—ื ืŸ ื—ื‘ืจ, ืขื•ืจืš, ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื: ืžื•ืกื“ ื‘ื™ืืœื™ืง, ืชืฉืก”ื–, 281-276.

“ื—ืžื“ืช ืฉื‘ืชืžื•ืœ ืฉืœืฉื•ื: ืžืขื™ืŸ โ€™ืžืฉื›ื™ืœ ืืžืฆืขื™โ€™ “, ืชืคืืจืช ืœื™ืฉืจืืœ: ืกืคืจ ื™ื•ื‘ืœ ืœื›ื‘ื•ื“ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืคืจื ืฆื•ืก, ื™ืขืงื‘ ืจื•ื˜, ืžื ื—ื ืฉืžืœืฆืจ ื•ื™ืขืงื‘ ืคืจื ืฆื•ืก, ืขื•ืจื›ื™ื, ื ื™ื• ื™ื•ืจืง: ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžื“ืจืฉ ืœืจื‘ื ื™ื ื‘ืืžืจื™ืงื”, ืชืฉ”ืข, 273-263.

“ื”ึฒืœื•ื ื”ืกื•ืคื™: ืกื•ื’ื™ื” ืœืฉื•ื ื™ืช ื‘’ืชืžื•ืœ ืฉืœืฉื•ื’ ืœืฉ”ื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ”, ืืงื“ื 52 (ื˜ื‘ืช ืชืฉืข”ื”/ื™ื ื•ืืจ 2015), 3.

“ื‘ื“ืจืš ืœืืงืกื˜ื–ื”: ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื ืžืงื‘ืœืช ืืช ืคื ื™ ื™ืฆื—ืง ืงื•ืžืจ”, ื•ืฉืžื•ืืœ ื‘ืงื•ืจืื™ ืฉืžื•: ืกืคืจ ื–ื›ืจื•ืŸ ืœืฉืžื•ืืœ ืœื™ื™ื˜ืจ, ืžื ื—ื ื”ื™ืจืฉืžืŸ ื•ืขื•ื“, ืขื•ืจื›ื™ื, ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื: ืžื•ืกื“ ื‘ื™ืืœื™ืง, ืชืฉืข”ื•/2016, 250-227.

“ื”ืชื™”ื• ื”ืงืžื•ืฆื” ื”ืžืชืขืชืขืช”, ืœืฉื•ื ื ื• ืข”ื˜, ื—ื•ื‘ืจืช ื-ื‘ (ืชืฉืข”ื–), 183-180.

“ืงื ืื•ืช, ืืกืงื˜ื™ื•ืช ื•ืžื•ื–ืจื•ืช: ืขื™ื•ืŸ ื‘ื“ืžื•ืชื• ืฉืœ ืจโ€™ ืคื™ื™ืฉ ื‘ืชืžื•ืœ ืฉืœืฉื•ื ืœืฉ”ื™ ืขื’ื ื•ืŸ”, ืžื—ื•ื•ื” ืœืžื ื—ื: ืืกื•ืคืช ืžื—ืงืจื™ื ืœื›ื‘ื•ื“ ืžื ื—ื ื—ื™ื™ื ืฉืžืœืฆืจ, ืฉืžื•ืืœ ื’ืœื™ืง ื•ืขื•ื“, ืขื•ืจื›ื™ื, ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื: ืžื›ื•ืŸ ืฉื•ืงืŸ ืœืœื™ืžื•ื“ื™ ื”ื™ื”ื“ื•ืช/91ถถา๕, ืชืฉืข”ื˜/2019, 143-111.

ื‘ื™ืงื•ืจืช ืกืคืจื™ื

ืืจื‘ืข ืคื ื™ื ื‘ืกืคืจื•ืช ื”ืขื‘ืจื™ืช ื‘ืช ื™ืžื™ื ื• ืžืืช ื“ืŸ ืžื™ืจื•ืŸ, ืื•ืจื•ืช ืžื—, ืื™ื™ืจ ืชืฉื›”ื’, 55-53.

Modern Hebrew Literature: Trends and Values, ืžืืช ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื”ืœืงื™ืŸ, ืื•ืจื•ืช (ืกื“ืจื” ื—ื“ืฉื”) ื™ื, ื™ื•ืœื™ 1971, 117-106.

ืชืคื™ืœื”

“ื•ื™ื“ื•ื™” Conservative Judaism 15, Summer 1961, pp. 1-2. 

                       ื ื“ืคึผืก ืžื—ื“ืฉ ื‘: ืคึผื ื™ื ืืœ ืคึผื ื™ื,279 -280 , ืขืจื‘ ืจืืฉ ื”ืฉื ื” ืชืฉื›”ื”, 11; ืฉื“ืžื•ืช, ืœื”, ืกืชื™ื• ืชืฉ”ืœ, 30 -31.

Reprinted in: South Africa Jewish Observer 9, September 1964, p. 12; โ€œConfession: In Memory of the Six Million,โ€ Yearnings:Prayers and Meditations for the Days of Awe, Jules Harlow, ed. New York: The Rabbinical Assembly, 1968, p.64; Rabbinical Assembly Mahzor, Jules Harlow, ed.  New York: The Rabbinical Assembly, 1972, pp. 580-581.

ื’ื ื”ื•ืคื™ืข ื‘-ืžืžืš ืืœื™ืš: ืžื—ื–ื•ืจ ืชืคื™ืœื”, ื”ื’ื•ืช ื•ื—ื•ื•ื™ื” ืœื™ื•ื ื”ื›ื™ืคื•ืจื™ื, ื™ื•ื ื“ื‘ ืงืคืœื•ืŸ, ืขื•ืจืš, ืชืœ-ืื‘ื™ื‘: ืกืคืจื™ืช ืืœื™ื ืจ, 2004, “ื•ื™ื“ื•ื™ ืฉืœ ื™ืžื™ื ื•”, 99-98.

ืกืคืจ ื™ื•ื‘ืœ

        ืžื—ืงืจื™ื ื‘ืกืคืจื•ืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืžื•ื’ืฉื™ื ืœืื‘ืจื”ื ื”ื•ืœืฅ, ืฆื‘ื™ื” ื‘ืŸ-ื™ื•ืกืฃ ื’ื™ื ื•ืจ, ืขื•ืจื›ืช, ื ื™ื• ื™ื•ืจืง: ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžื“ืจืฉ ืœืจื‘ื ื™ื ื‘ืืžืจื™ืงื”, ืชืฉืก”ื’.

ืกื™ืคึผื•ืจื™ื

“ื”ื›ื“ื•ืจ”, ื ื™ื‘, 23, 4 -5, ืื™ื™ืจ ืชืฉื™”ื˜,  5-4 .

“ื ื˜ืข ื–ืจ”, ื ื™ื‘, 25, 1, ืฉื‘ื˜ ืชืฉื›”ื, 15-12 .

“ื”ืžืฉื™ื—: ืจืฉื™ืžื””, ื ื™ื‘, 25, 2, ืกื™ื•ืŸ ืชืฉื›”ื, 26-25 .

“ืฉื ื•ืืคืก ื‘ืจื›ื‘ืช”, ื ื™ื‘, 26, 2, ืื“ืจ ื‘’ ืชืฉื›”ื‘, 21-19.

“ื‘ึผืžื•ืจื“”, ื ื™ื‘, 27, 2 -3, ืกื™ื•ืŸ ืชืฉื›”ื’, 27-18.

“ื‘ืฆืœ ื‘ืืจ ืžื™ื”, ื ื™ื‘, 29, 1 -2, ืชืฉืจื™ ืชืฉื›”ื”, 28-25 .

“ื“ืžื•ื™ื•ืช ื‘ื’ืŸ”, ื ื™ื‘, 30, 1- 2, ื ื™ืกืŸ ืชืฉื›”ื•, 26-23 .

AVRAHAM HOLTZโ€”PUBLICATIONS

June 2013

Books

Compiled and edited: The Holy City: Jews on Jerusalem, New York: W. W. Norton, 1971.

Isaac Dov Berkowitz: Voice of the Uprooted, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1973.

Moritz Hall: The Old Man of Jaffa, Publications of the Gottlieb Schumacher Institute of the University of Haifa, 3, 2003, Trilingual Monograph (Hebrew-English-German) (with Toby Berger Holtz).

Articles

โ€œKiddush and Hillul Hashem,โ€ Judaism 10, 4 (Fall 1961): 360-367 (reprinted in The Judaism Reader, New York: Ktav, 1973).

โ€œThe Concept of Qiddush Hashem in the Jewish Prayer Book,โ€ Harvard Theological Review 57 (April 1964): 137-140.

โ€œHillel Bavli,โ€ in Builders of the Conservative Movement, New York: National Womenโ€™s League, 1964, 61-67.

โ€œSevered Branches: Hayyim Lenski and Elisha Rodin,โ€ Judaism 14 (Fall 1965): 491-497 (reprinted in World Jewry, 9, 1 [January-February 1966], 24).

โ€œHillel Zeitlin: Critic, Mystic, Social Architect,โ€ Conservative Judaism 20 (Spring 1966): 50-65.

โ€œAngels and Anti-Angelsโ€, a review essay of Israeli Tales, Niv Hamidrashiah, (Winter 1967), English section, 37-48.

โ€œJerusalem: City of Splendor,โ€ Jewish Heritage (Fall 1967): 20-25 (in Spanish, Herencia Judia 1 [Fall 1967]: 5-11).

โ€œProlegomenon to a Literary History of Modern Hebrew Literature,โ€ Literature East and West  11 (1968): 253-270.

โ€œHillel Zeitlin: Publicist and Martyr,โ€ Jewish Book Annual 28 (1970-71): 141-146.

โ€œRationale and Purpose of Solomon Schechter Day School Educationโ€ (mimeo), Solomon Schechter Day School Association Resource Library, no. 107.

โ€œReligion and the Arts in the Theology of Abraham Joshua Heschel,โ€ Conservative Judaism 28 (Fall 1973): 27-39 (translated from the Hebrew by Harlan Wechsler).

โ€œJerusalem: City of Vision and Prayers,โ€ in The Samuel Friedland Lectures 1967-1974 (New York: Jewish Theological Seminary, 1974), 41-50.

โ€œThe Allusive and Elusive Text of S.Y. Agnon and the English Reader: On โ€˜Tallit Aheretโ€™,โ€ in Texts and Contexts in English Translation, Leon I. Yudkin, ed. (New York: Marcus Wiener, 1988), 267-280.

 โ€œS. Y. Agnonโ€™s Tmol Shilshom as a Medical Record,โ€ Korot: Israel Journal of the History of Medicine and Science, 9 (Fall 1989): 629-649 (with Toby Berger Holtz).

 โ€œThe Adventuresome Life of Moritz Hall: A Biographical Study,โ€ in Bibliotheca Nubica 3 Orbis Aethiopicus: Festschrift Professor S. Chojnacki, part 1, Piotr O. Scholz, ed. (Albstadt: Karl Schuler Publishing, 1992), 49-66 (with Toby Berger Holtz).

โ€œReb Nahman Krochmal in Jaffa: A Hallucinatory Vision in S. Y. Agnonโ€™s Tโ€™mol Shilshom,โ€ History and Literature: New Readings of Jewish Texts in Honor of Arnold Band, William Cutter and David C. Jacobson, eds. (Providence: Brown Judaic Studies, 2002), 137-145.

โ€œMy Friend, Aharon Appelfeld,โ€ The World of Aharon Appelfeld: A Selection of Essays on His Works, Risa Domb, et al., eds. (Cambridge: Centre for Modern Hebrew Studies, 2005), 101-107 = Mikan: Journal for Hebrew Literary Studies 5 (January 2005), 101-107.

โ€œFrom Avraham to Avraham,โ€ Prooftexts, 37 (2019), 430-423.

Reviews

Menahem Ribalow, Modern Hebrew Literature, in Conservative Judaism 14 (1960): 49-52.

Max Kadushin, Worship and Ethics, in Judaism 12 (Spring 1964): 237-242.

David Patterson, The Hebrew Novel in Czarist Russia, in Midstream 11 (September 1965): 102-104.

Jacob Kabakoff, Haluzei haโ€™Sifrut haโ€™Ivrit baโ€™America, in American Jewish Historical Quarterly 56 (June 1967): 466-468.

Simcha Rubinstein, Nerot Doakhim, in The Reconstructionist 33 (3 November 1967): 26-28.

โ€œEncomia and Corrigenda: On Barbara Harshavโ€™s Translation of Temol Shilshom,โ€ Prooftexts 24,3 (2004): 50-65.

Translations

Yitzhak Shalev, โ€œThe Significance of the Holy Day,โ€ Judaism 8 (Spring 1956): 160-166.

Adin Steinsaltz, โ€œHasidism and Psychoanalysis,โ€ Judaism 9 (Summer 1960): 222-228.

Ernst Simon, โ€œFranz Rosenzweig and Jewish Education,โ€ Conservative Judaism 8 (Winter 1964): 10-24.

Hayyim Nahman Bialik, โ€œThe Explicit and the Allusive in Language,โ€ Literature East and West  15,3 (1972, published 1973): 498-508.

Edited and Prepared

โ€Study Guide to Modern Hebrew Literature: Trends and Values, by Simon Halkinโ€ (mimeo, 82 pp.), New York: Hadassah, 1973.

Max Kadushin, A Conceptual Commentary on Midrash Leviticus Rabbah: Value Concepts in Jewish Thought,  Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1987.

Festschrift

Essays on Hebrew Literature in Honor of Avraham Holtz, Zvia Ben-Yosef Ginor,ed. , New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2003.

Educational and Professional Background

1953    Teacherโ€™s Diploma, Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute, New York

1955    B.A., Brooklyn College, New York

1959    Master of Hebrew Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary

1959    Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary

1962    Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Jewish Theological Seminary

Academic Positions

1959-1962    Hunter College, New York, Lecturer, Hebrew Language and Literature

1962-1973 Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor

1966              Columbia University, Visiting Assistant Professor

1973-2004     Simon H. Fabian Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature

1972-1974     Jewish Theological Seminary, Dean of Academic Development

1976-1979}   Jewish Theological Seminary,

1986-1988}   Chairman of the Department of Jewish Literature

2001-2002}

2004-             Professor Emeritus of Jewish Literature

1988, May     Seminario Rabinico Latino-Americano, Buenos Aires, Argentina

                       Visiting Professor

1989, Spring and SummerHebrew University, Jerusalem, Scholar in Residence

Other Positions

1969-1970 Associate Editor, Department of Modern Hebrew Literature, Encyclopedia Judaica

1964-1966     Member, Rabbinical Assembly Publication Committee

1984-             Member, Educational Board, Melton Research Center

1990-1994     Member, Academic Council, National Foundation for Jewish Culture

1994-             Member. Academic Council, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture

1992- Member, International Committee for the Publication of a Complete and Critical Edition of S. Y. Agnonโ€™s Works

Awards

1953              The Herzliah Alumni Association Award in Talmud

1953 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Friedenberg Award for Excellence in Scholarship,Herzliah

1956              Cyrus Adler Scholar, Jewish Theological Seminary

1958              M. Greenberg Prize, Modern Hebrew Literature

1959-1962    Teaching Fellowship, Jewish Theological Seminary

1969              Lady Davis Research Fellowship, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

1975              Grant-in-Aid, National Foundation for Jewish Culture

1985              National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Grant

1986             Grants towards the publication of Marot uMeqorot (Sights and Sources),

                     Vol. 1, an annotated and illustrated edition of S.Y. Agnonโ€™s Hakhnasat

                     Kallah (Dowering the Bride)

                     (1) American Academy for Jewish Research

                     (2) Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture

(3) Nissan Touroff Fund for Faculty Publications, Jewish TheologicalSeminary

1988, 1993 Maxwell Abbell Faculty Summer Research Stipends, Jewish Theological Seminary

1993 Abraham Friedman Prize for Hebrew Culture in America, Awarded bythe Hidtadrut Ivrit of America

1994 State of Israel, Ministry of Education and Culture, Subvention towards Publication of Marot uMeqorot, vol. 1, Hakhnasat Kallah

2001 State of Israel, Ministry of Education and Culture, Subvention towards Publication of Marot uMeqorot, vol. 2, Temol Shilshom

Membership in Progressional Organizations

The Rabbinical Assembly
American Association for Jewish Studies
American Academy for Jewish Research
The World Union of Jewish Studies