KATZ, Steven T(heodore)

KATZ, Steven T(heodore). American, b. 1944. Genres: Philosophy, Essays. Career: Cambridge University, England, lecturer, 1971-72; affiliated with Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1972-84, chairman of dept of religion, 1979-81; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, professor of Near Eastern studies, 1984-96; Boston University, director, Center for Judaic Studies and professor of religion, 1996-. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, visiting research fellow, 1969-70, member of visiting faculty, 1971-73, visiting professor, 1976-77; Rutgers University, Summer Institute in Israel, instructor, 1971; University of Lancaster, visiting senior lecturer, 1974-75; visiting professor: University of Toronto, 1978, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1981, and Yale University, 1982; Harvard University, Center of Judaic Studies and Center for World Religions, visiting scholar, 1981-84, 2001-02; College of William and Mary, Mason Visiting Professor, 1983; University of Pennsylvania, Meyerhoff Professor of Jewish History, 1989-90. Modern Judaism, editor. Publications: Post Holocaust Dialogues, 1983; The Holocaust in Historical Context, vol. 1, 1994, vols. 2 & 3, forthcoming; Mysticism and Language, 1992. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTOR: Jewish Philosophers: A History, 1975; Jewish Ideas and Concepts, 1977; Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis, 1978; Mysticism and Religious Traditions, 1983; The Essential Agus, 1997; Jacob Agus, American Rabbi, 1997; Mysticism & Sacred Scripture, 2000. EDITOR: Saadiah Gaon: Selected Essays, 1979; Collected Papers of Jacob Guttmann, 1979; Selected Writings of Julius Guttman, 1979; Studies by Samuel Horodesky, 1979; Maimonides: Selected Essays, 1979; Medieval Jewish Philosophy, 1979; Jewish Neo-Platonism: Selected Essays, 1979. FORTHCOMING: Cambridge History of Judaism, vol. 4; Comparative Mysticism Anthology. Address: Dept of Religion, Boston University, 745 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, U.S.A.