Eric J. Harvey

Dr. Eric J. Harvey is a current Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and a recent Postdoctoral Fellow of Digital Humanities at Stanford University’s Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis. University. He writes on material factors in the transmission of Hebrew Psalms and on blindness across the ancient Near East. He also maintains a blog on blindness, academia, and Bible at www.blindscholar.com.

Last Updated: April 17, 2026

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Hallel: How Many Psalms?

The answer depends on the manuscript and tradition we read: Psalms are segmented differently from as early as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint and continuing through the medieval Hebrew manuscripts of the Masoretic Text.

The Bible’s Blind Old Men

The patriarchs Isaac and Jacob are both described as blind from old age when they give blessings to the next generations. Eli the priest and Ahijah the prophet are also blind. How did the biblical authors use disability as a narrative device?

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