Dr. Ariel Kopilovitz

Email:

ariel.kopilovitz@biu.ac.il

Website/s:

https://biu.academia.edu/ArielKopilovitz

CV
Publications
Courses
Research

CV

Education

2018	Ph.D., the Department of Bible, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Dissertation title: “Israel’s Future in Ezekiel’s Restoration Oracles (Ezekiel 33–37).” Advisor: Prof. Baruch J. Schwartz.
2011	M.A. with distinction, the Department of Bible, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Master thesis title: “The Legislation of War: A Study of the Priestly War Legislation Reflected in the Story of the Israelite War against Midian (Numbers 31)”
2006	B.A. with distinction, the Faculty of Law and the Department of Bible, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Fellowships and Awards

For Post-doctoral Research:

2022–2025	Alon Fellowship, the Planning and Budgeting Committee in the Israeli Council for Higher Education fellowship for excellent young faculty members.
2020–2022	Kreitman Post-doctoral Scholarship, Kreitman School for Advanced Graduate Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2020–2021	The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Fellowship
2019–2020	Fulbright Post-doctoral Fellowship, the United States-Israel Educational Foundation.
2019	Gorgias Press Prize for Biblical Studies.
2018–2019	Post-doctoral Fellowship, the Zalman Shamir Department of Bible at Bar-Ilan University.

For Ph.D. Studies:

2017–2018	The Nioshaka Hidiaki Award and the Department of Bible of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Fellowship for outstanding doctoral students.
2014–2017	Prof. Nathan Rotenstreich Fellowship, the Planning and Budgeting Committee in the Israeli Council for Higher Education fellowship for outstanding doctoral researchers in the humanities.
2014–2015	Irene and Stephen Lipper Prize for excellence in Judaic studies, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2013	Joseph Trink Award for outstanding doctoral students in the Faculty of Humanities, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2013–2016	President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Fellowship for outstanding doctoral students in the Faculty of Humanities.

For M.A. Studies:

2011	Segal Master Thesis Award for the thesis “The Legislation of War: A Study of the Priestly War Legislation Reflected in the Story of the Israelite War against Midian (Numbers 31),” from the Department of Bible, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2011	Seeligmann Award for the essay “Ezekiel’s Theology of Holiness and Impurity as a Key to Understanding the Description of the Departure of the Glory of YHWH from the Temple (Ezekiel 8–11),” from the Seeligmann family and an intervarsity committee of senior Israeli Bible scholars.
2008	Hausner Award for outstanding master students, from the Department of Bible, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2007–2008	Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies Fellowship for outstanding master students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

For B.A. studies:

2006	Kaufmann Award for outstanding bachelor students, from the Department of Bible, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2004, 2005	Paskan Award for outstanding bachelor students, from the Department of Bible, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2003, 2005	Dean’s List Honors, Faculty of Law, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Academic Appointments

Tenure Track Positions:

2021-

Senior lecturer, the Zalman Shamir Department of Bible, Bar-Ilan University

Research Appointments:

2020–2021	Post-doctoral fellow, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Project title: “Jewish Identity in Transition: Competing Jewish Identities in the Exilic Period.” Advisor: Prof. Eran Viezel.
2019–2020	Post-doctoral fellow, the University of Chicago Divinity School. Project title: “Shedding New Light on Ancient Writings: The Āl-Yāhūdu Tablets and Exilic Period Biblical Literature.” Advisors: Prof. Jeffrey Stackert and Prof. Simeon Chavel.
2018–2019	Post-doctoral fellow, the Zalman Shamir Department of Bible, Bar-Ilan University. Project title: “Ezekiel and His Mesopotamian Environment.” Advisors: Prof. Michael Avioz and Prof. Shawn Zelig Aster.

Research Assistantships:

2013–2018	To Dr. Shimon Gesundheit, the Department of Bible, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2012–2013	To the research group “Convergence and Divergence in Pentateuchal Theory: Bridging the Academic Cultures of Israel, North America, and Europe” at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem (Group members: Prof. Bernard M. Levinson, University of Minnesota; Prof. Konrad Schmid, University of Zurich; Prof. Baruch J. Schwartz, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Prof. Sara Japhet, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Dr. Shimon Gesundheit, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Prof. Jan Christian Gertz, University of Heidelberg; Prof. Dalit Rom-Shiloni, University of Tel-Aviv; Prof. Benjamin D. Sommer, the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York).
2011	To Prof. Menahem Kister and Dr. Ruth Clements, Orion Center for the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2009-2011	To Prof. Shemaryahu Talmon z”l, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2007-2009	To Prof. Shemaryahu Talmon z”l, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2007-2008	To Prof. Esther Chazon, Scholion – Interdisciplinary Research Center in the humanities and Jewish Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Other Appointments

Legal Experience:

2007–2009 Lawyer, Puris, HaEtzni, Rosenberg & Co. Law Firm, Jerusalem.

2007 Member, the Israel Bar Association.

Publications

Refereed Book:

2022	A Scout Looking Forward: Ezekiel’s Exile Theology and Its Impact on His Restoration Program (accepted for publication and under contract with Magnes Press [in Hebrew]).
2022	A Scout Looking Forward: Ezekiel’s Exile Theology and Its Impact on His Restoration Program (accepted for publication and under contract with Gorgias Press).

Refereed Articles:

2022	“Israel’s Ancient Priesthood and Its Historiography,” in Essays in Honor of Baruch J. Schwartz (FAT 157; J. Baden and J. Stackert eds.; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022), (forthcoming).
2022	“From Vassal to Empire: The Metamorphosis of Israel’s Leadership and Statehood in Ezekiel 17,” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 84 (2022), (forthcoming).
2022	“Regalia Deformed and Restored: Ezekiel’s View of Israel’s Future Leadership,” Shnaton: An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 27 (2022), (forthcoming) [in Hebrew].
2020	“A Murderous, Captured Lion: Ezekiel’s Negative Approach toward Jehoiachin,” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 20 (2020), 1–16.
2020	“Land for the Landless: Assigning Land to Non-Israelites in Ezekiel’s Restoration Program,” Biblica 101 (2020), 352–372.
2016	“What Kind of Priestly Writings did Ezekiel Know?,” in The Formation of the Pentateuch – Bridging the Academic Cultures of Europe, Israel and North America (FAT 111; J.C. Gertz et al. eds.; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016), 1041–1054.
2014	“The Legislation of War: A Study of the Story of the Israelite War against Midian (Numbers 31),” Shnaton – An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 23 (2014), 17–53 [in Hebrew].

Encyclopedia Articles:

2017	“Samuel Ephraim Loewenstamm,” Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2017).
2017	“Magdiel,” Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2017).

Articles Submitted to Refereed Journals:

2021	“An Uprooted, Withered Cedar: Ezekiel’s Negative Approach toward Jehoiachin,” submitted to the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament.

Articles in Preparation:

2021	“Socio-Economic Class Differences in Āl-Yāhūdu,” submitted to the Revue d’Assyriologie et d’archéologie orientale
2021	“A New Suggestion for the Etymology of יקוסס (Ezek 17:9).”
2021	“The Social and Historical Background of Ezekiel’s Prophecy to the Flock (Ezek 34:17–22).”

Other Publications:

2020	“The War against Midian: A Study for How the Priestly Torah was Compiled,” in The Torah.com
2018	“The Closer, the Finer,” in From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey: A Commentary on Food in the Torah (D. Lipton ed.; New York: Urim Publications, 2018), 132–134.

Papers Presented at Academic Conferences (including scheduled):

May 2022	the Zalman Shamir Department of Bible, Bar-Ilan University Annual Conference in Biblical Studies.
Jan. 2021	“Competing Jewish Identities in the Exilic Period: The Āl-Yahūdu Tablets,” the Department of Religious Studies seminar, University of California, Davis.
Aug.2020	“Under the Empire’s Shadow: Jewish Identity in Reaction to Babylonia’s Rule,” the Sally and Ralph Duchin lecture, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, the University of Arizona.
Jan. 2020	“The Āl-Yahūdu Tablets and Exilic Period Biblical Literature,” The Hebrew Bible seminar of the University of Chicago Divinity School.
Nov. 2019	“Land for the Landless – Assigning Land to Non-Israelites in Ezekiel’s Restoration Program,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Diego, United States.
June 2019	“Ezekiel and the Judean Exiles in New Jerusalem,” the Department of Bible symposium, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem [in Hebrew].
March 2019	“How Can Ezekiel’s Mesopotamian Environment Reshape Our Understanding of His Message?,” the Zalman Shamir Department of Bible symposium, Bar-Ilan University [in Hebrew].
Nov. 2018	“Ezekiel and Neo-Babylonian Imperial Propaganda,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Denver, United States.
May 2018	“Captured Murderous Lion – On Ezekiel’s Approach toward Jehoiachin in Ezekiel 19,” the Department of Bible studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East symposium, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev [in Hebrew].
Nov. 2017	“Ezekiel’s Negative Approach toward Jehoiachin as a Reflection of His Exile Theology,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Boston, United States.
Aug. 2017	“Uprooted and Dried Cedar – On Ezekiel’s Approach toward Jehoiachin in Ezekiel 17,” The Seventeenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel [in Hebrew].
Nov. 2016	“A New Study of Ezekiel’s Prophecy to the Flock (Ezek 34:17–22) in Light of the Āl-Yahūdu Tablets,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio, United States.
May 2014	“What Kind of Priestly Writings did Ezekiel Know? - The Case of Leviticus 26,” The Pentateuch within Biblical Literature: Formation and Interaction, International Conference at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem, Israel.
Dec. 2013	“A Watchman Looking Forward: The Opening of Ezekiel’s Restoration Oracles” Conference in Memory of Professor Shemaryahu Talmon, Jerusalem, Israel [in Hebrew].
Nov. 2013	“The Legislation of War – A Study of the Story of the Israelite War against Midian (Numbers 31),” Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Baltimore, United States.
July 2013	“The Legislation of War: A Study of the Priestly War Legislation Reflected in the Story of the Israelite War against Midian (Numbers 31),” The Sixteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel [in Hebrew].

Editing and Conference Organization:

2013-2014	Organization of “Bikurei Mechkar”, the eleventh and twelfth annual conferences of the research students at the Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (co-organized with Oren Roman [2013], and Nadav Berman-Shifman [2014]).
2009	Editorial secretary, Textus 24 – Studies of the Hebrew University Bible Project.

Courses

01152-01	History vs. Narrative: Ancient Israel's Great Polemics and Their Reflections in the Bible	Fall Semester	credits equal 1 Annual course hours
01154-01	From Jacob to Israel: A Study of Jacob's Story Cycle	Spring Semester	credits equal 1 Annual course hours

Research

Ezekiel; Prophetic Literature; Pentateuch; The Bible in its Ancient Near Eastern Context

Last modified: 4/07/2022