Prof. Pinchas Roth

Education:

BA, 2005         Hebrew University of Jerusalem         Talmud Department   

MA, 2007        Yeshiva University                             Jewish History Dept. 

PhD, 2012       Hebrew University of Jerusalem         Talmud Department   

Postdoctoral fellowship, New York University School of Law, 2012-2013

Postdoctoral fellowship, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 2013-2015

Masters thesis: ‘Sefer ha-Pardes: The Genesis of a Medieval Halakhic Miscellany’, (Hebrew; equivalent of MA thesis, 2008). Advisor: Prof. Simcha Emanuel

PhD dissertation: Later Provençal Sages – Jewish Law (Halakhah) and Rabbis in Southern France, 1215-1348 (Hebrew; 2012). Advisor: Prof. Simcha Emanuel

Field of specialization:

Medieval Jewish law; History of Halakhah

Previous employment:

2000-2006       Employee, Israel National Library

2003-2006       Research assistant, Hebrew University

2006-2008       Hebrew manuscript specialist, New York Public Library

Prizes and Fellowships

Alon Fellowship for Outstanding Young Researchers, Israel Council for Higher Education (2015-2018)

Martin Buber Fellowship, Hebrew University (2015-2017) - declined

Ephraim Urbach Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture (2013)

Post-doctoral fellowship, Goldstein-Goren Center for Jewish Thought, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (2013-2015)

Finalist, Mandel Post-doctoral Fellowship (Scholion “Marathon”), Hebrew University (2013)

Post-doctoral fellowship, Tikvah Center for Law and Jewish Civilization, New York University Law School (2012-2013)

Prize for doctoral students (co-winner), Chaire Paulette et Claude Kelman pour l'étude du judaïsme français, Hebrew University (2010)

Doctoral Scholarship, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture (2010-2011)

President’s Fellowship for Outstanding Doctoral Students, Hebrew University (2008-2012)

Graduate student research fellowship, Arthur Schneier Institute for International Affairs, Yeshiva University (Summer 2007)

Graduate student fellowship, Bernard Revel Graduate School for Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University (2006-2007)

Graduate student fellowship, Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University (2005)

J. N. and Zipporah Epstein Memorial Prize, Talmud Department, Hebrew University (2004)

Prize from Sir Isaac Wolfson Center for Talmudic Studies, Hebrew University (2003)

Academic conferences and sessions organized

1. Les acteurs économiques juifs médiévaux face à la Halakha, EPHE, Paris, 16 November 2015 (with Juliette Sibon and Claude Denjean), poster at: https://www.academia.edu/12826017/Nouvelle_Gallia_judaica_-_Workshop_Jewish_Economic_Players_and_the_Halakha_in_the_Latin_West_12th-15th_Centuries_-_Paris_-_Novembre_2015
2. Jewish Thought in Late Medieval Provence, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 19 November 2014 (with Prof. Daniel Lasker). Opening lecture at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOXrnWKwFmk
3. ‘Medieval Minhag and Jewish Legal History’, Leeds International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 8 July 2014
4. ‘Talmud and Halakhah in Medieval Southern France’, session at World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 31 July 2013
5. ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches to Halakhic Texts’, symposium at Bernard Revel Graduate School for Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University, 16 April 2013 (organized with Rachel Furst, in collaboration with Yeshiva University), description at: http://blogs.yu.edu/revel/2013/05/13/symposium-on-interdisciplinary-approaches-to-halakhic-texts/
6. ‘Medieval Halakhah in Cultural Context’, session at AJS Conference, 18 December 2012 (with Rachel Furst and Ethan Zadoff)
7. ‘Halakhah as a Historical Source’, research workshop at the Hebrew University, 28 March 2011 (with Rachel Furst), poster at: http://limudbchevruta.wiki.huji.ac.il/index.php/%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94:Halakhah_conference_poster_for_email.jpg