SIMON, Uriel 1929-

PERSONAL: Born July 29, 1929, in Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel); son of Ernst Akibah (a professor of education) and Toni (Rappaport) Simon; married Shulamith Munk, 1960; children: Itamar, Michal Simon Genack. Ethnicity: "Jewish." Education: Attended City University of New York, 1947; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, M.A., 1953, Ph.D., 1961. Religion: Jewish.

ADDRESSES: Home—17 Hatayassim St., Jerusalem 92507, Israel.

CAREER: Educator of new immigrants in the transitional camps Har-Tuv and Beer-Sheva, Israel, 1954-58; Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, lecturer, 1962-73, associate professor, 1973-82, professor of Bible, 1982-98, professor emeritus, 1999—, head of department, 1964-75, director of Institute for the History of Jewish Bible Research, 1974-98. Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY, visiting associate professor, 1970-71; Tel-Aviv University, visiting senior lecturer, 1972-73; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, fellow of Institute for Advanced Studies, 1982-83, 1988-89; Yale University, visiting professor, 1991-92, 1996-97; Harvard University, visiting professor, 1994-95. Military service: Israeli Army, 1948-49.

WRITINGS:

Arba' gishot le-Sefer Tehilim, Bar-Ilan University Press (Ramat-Gan, Israel), 1982, translation of revised edition by Lenn J. Schramm published as Four Approaches to the Book of Psalms: From Saadiah Gaon to Abraham Ibn-Ezra, State University of New York Press (Albany, NY), 1991.

(Author of commentary) Yonah, Magnes Press (Tel-Aviv, Israel), 1992, translation by Lenn J. Schramm published as Jonah: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation, Jewish Publication Society (Philadelphia, PA), 1999.

Reading Prophetic Narratives, translation by Lenn J. Schramm, Indiana University Press (Bloomington, IN), 1997.

Yosef ve-ehav, sipur shel hishtanut, translation by David Louvish published as Joseph and His Brothers: A Story of Change, Lookstein Center (Ramat-Gan, Israel), 2002.

books published in hebrew

(Editor) The Bible and Us, Devir (Tel-Aviv, Israel), 1979.

(Editor, with others) 'Iyune Mikra u-farshanut (title means "Studies in Bible and Exegesis"), six volumes, Bar-Ilan University Press (Ramat-Gan, Israel), 1980-2002.

Shene perushe R. Abraham Ibn 'Ezra le-Tere-'a′sar: Ha-perush ha-mekubal 'al-pi ketav-yad Montifyori ve-'shitah aheret' she-'adayin lo ra'atah or; Belivyat hilufe girsa'ot mi-kol kitve-ha-yad vehadefus ha-rishon, mar'e-mekomot, be'ur u-mavo (title means "Abraham Ibn Ezra's Two Commentaries on the Minor Prophets: An Annotated Critical Edition"), Volume 1: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Bar-Ilan University Press (Ramat-Gan, Israel), 1989.

(Editor, with Yosef Kohen) Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra, Yesod mora ve-sod Torah (title means "The Foundation of Piety and the Secret of the Torah"), University of Bar-Ilan Press (Ramat-Gan, Israel), 2002.

Bakesh shalom ve-rodfehu: She'elot ha-sha'ah be-or ha-Mikra, ha-Mikra be-or she'elot ha-sha'ah (title means "Seek Peace and Pursue It: Topical Issues in the Light of the Bible, the Bible in the Light of Topical Issues"), Sifre hemed (Tel-Aviv, Israel), 2002.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Catholic Biblical Quarterly, April, 2000, Roland E. Murphy, review of Jonah: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation, p. 340.

Interpretation, October, 2000, Irene Nowell, review of Jonah, p. 431.

Journal of Law and Religion, winter-summer, 2002, David L. Lieber, review of Four Approaches to the Book of Psalms: From Saadiah Gaon to Abraham Ibn-Ezra, pp. 167-170.