David Stern (academic) explained

Discipline:	Hebrew literature
Awards:	Guggenheim Fellowship (2004)

David M. Stern is an American scholar of Hebrew literature. He is the Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Hebrew and Jewish Literature at Harvard University.^[1]

Biography

Stern received his B.A. from Columbia College and Ph.D. from Harvard University.^[2] He taught at the University of Pennsylvania and was the Berg Professor of Classical Hebrew Literature before joining Harvard's faculty in 2015.^{[3] [4]} His work has focused on interpreting works of Jewish literature in their historical and cultural contexts as well as the material history of Jewish literary works, with a specialization in Classical Rabbinic and Medieval Hebrew literature.

Stern received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2004.^[5] He is married to Kathryn A. Hellerstein, professor of Jewish studies at the University of Pennsylvania.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Stern – AAJR . 2022-06-05 . en.
2. Book: Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development . Columbia College today . Columbia College (Columbia University) . 1998 . New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development . Columbia University Libraries.
3. Web site: katzcenterupenn . David Stern . 2022-06-05 . Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies . en.
4. Web site: David Stern . 2022-06-05 . nelc.fas.harvard.edu . en.
5. Web site: David Stern . 2022-06-05 . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . en-US.
6. News: 2014-06-22 . Rebecca Stern, Jesse Wenger . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-05 . 0362-4331.
7. Web site: Kathryn Hellerstein Jewish Studies Program . 2022-06-05 . ccat.sas.upenn.edu.