Daniel Sperber
Prof. Rabbi
Prof. Rabbi Daniel Sperber is the incumbant of the Milan Roven Chair of Talmudic Research at Bar-Ilan University and President of Bar-Ilan’s Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studies. He is also the rabbi of the Menachem Zion Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. He holds a Ph.D. from University College London in Classics, Ancient History and Hebrew Studies, and rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Kol Torah. Sperber is the winner of the Israel Prize for his research in Talmud and the history of Jewish Customs, and is the author of the 8 volume series, Minhagei Yisrael [Hebrew] as well as many other books such as, The City in Roman Palestine and On Changes in Jewish Liturgy: Options and Limitations.
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Books by the Author
On Changes in Jewish Liturgy: Options and Limitations
The Jewish Life Cycle Lore and Iconography Jewish Customs from the Cradle to the Grave
A Dictionary of Greek and Latin Terms in Rabbinic Literature (Dictionaries of Talmud, Midrash, and Targum)
Why Jews Do What They Do: The History of Jewish Customs Throughout the Cycle of the Jewish Year
Magic and Folklore in Rabbinic Literature
Roman Palestine, 200-400: Money and prices
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