Michael Vass Fox

Background

Michael Vass Fox was born on December 12, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Leonard W. and Mildred (Vass) Fox.

Education

Bachelor, University Michigan, 1962. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1972.

Career

From 1971 to 1977, he worked as a Lecturer at the University of Haifa in Israel. Since 1977, he has been a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As a member of the Society for Biblical Literature, he served as editor of the SBL Dissertation series from 1994 to 1999, and as editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature from 1991 to 1995. He was an editor of Hebrew Studies in the National Association Professors Hebrew from 1985 to 1993, vice president from 2000 to 2003, president from 2003 to 2005.

Achievements

• Michael Vass Fox has been listed as a noteworthy Hebrew educator, rabbi by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther

    (Widely praised as a seminal contribution to the study of ...)

  • A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build Up: A Rereading of Ecclesiastes

    (Pervaded as it is with pessimism, paradox, and a multitud...)

  • The Song of Songs and the Ancient Egyptian Love Songs

    ( Available once more, this is a comprehensive, comparati...)

  • The JPS Bible Commentary: Ecclesiastes

    ( The Book of Ecclesiastes is part of the “wisdom literat...)

  • The Redaction of the Books of Esther: On Reading Composite Texts (Monograph Series / The Society of Biblical Literature)

    (Book by Fox, Michael V.)

Connections

Since September 4, 1961, he has been married to Jane Schulzinger. They have two children: Joshua and Ariel.

Father:

Leonard W. Fox

Mother:

Mildred (Vass) Fox

Spouse:

Jane Schulzinger

child:

Joshua Fox

child:

Ariel Fox