BA, University of California

Ph.D., Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Samuel M. and Esther Melton Chair, Jewish History, Ohio State University.

Specialist in Jewish and European History, with interests in Messianism, Jewish-Christian intellectual relations, and Sephardic studies

Selected works:

·  Judaism in the Theology of Sir Issac Newton

·  The Sabbatean Prophets

·  Spirit Possession in Judaism

·  Jewish Questions: Responsa on Sephardic Life in the Early Modern Period