He is married to his colleague (and occasional coauthor)
Esther Benbassa.[1]
As an intellectual, Jean-Christophe Attias takes an active part in the French public debate. Especially involved in the fight against racism and discriminations, he cofounded the "Pari(s) du Vivre-Ensemble", an annual culture festival.
Research interests
History of the Jewish exegesis of the Bible in the Middle Ages, especially in the XVth-XVIth Century Mediterranean (Spain and Byzantium), exegesis as a literary genre.
History of culture and representations : the image of the proselyte in Jewish culture, Judaism and its « margins » (such as Karaism), the place of the « Land f Israel » in Jewish memory, etc.
Place and function of the Bible in Jewish culture and imagination.
Moses in Jewish and general culture.
Works
In English
Israel, the Impossible Land, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2003 (with Esther Benbassa)
The Jews and their Future. A Conversation on Jewish Identities, London, Zed Books, 2004 (with E. Benbassa)
The Jew and the Other, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2004 (with E. Benbassa)
The Jews and the Bible, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2014;
A Woman Called Moses. A Prophet for Our Time, Verso, 2020.
In French
Abraham Aboulafia. L'épître des sept voies, Paris, Éditions de l'Éclat, 1985 (translation and notes) ; new ed., Paris, Éditions de l'Éclat, 2008
Le Commentaire biblique. Mordekhai Komtino ou l'herméneutique du dialogue, Paris, Cerf, 1991
Isaac Abravanel, la mémoire et l'espérance, Paris, Cerf, 1992
Penser le judaïsme, Paris, CNRS Éditions, 2010 ; new revised and enlarged ed, Paris, CNRS Éditions, 2013
Les Juifs et la Bible, Paris, Fayard, 2012 ; new ed., Paris, Cerf, 2014
He is married to his colleague (and occasional coauthor)
Esther Benbassa.[1]
As an intellectual, Jean-Christophe Attias takes an active part in the French public debate. Especially involved in the fight against racism and discriminations, he cofounded the "Pari(s) du Vivre-Ensemble", an annual culture festival.
Research interests
History of the Jewish exegesis of the Bible in the Middle Ages, especially in the XVth-XVIth Century Mediterranean (Spain and Byzantium), exegesis as a literary genre.
History of culture and representations : the image of the proselyte in Jewish culture, Judaism and its « margins » (such as Karaism), the place of the « Land f Israel » in Jewish memory, etc.
Place and function of the Bible in Jewish culture and imagination.
Moses in Jewish and general culture.
Works
In English
Israel, the Impossible Land, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2003 (with Esther Benbassa)
The Jews and their Future. A Conversation on Jewish Identities, London, Zed Books, 2004 (with E. Benbassa)
The Jew and the Other, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2004 (with E. Benbassa)
The Jews and the Bible, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2014;
A Woman Called Moses. A Prophet for Our Time, Verso, 2020.
In French
Abraham Aboulafia. L'épître des sept voies, Paris, Éditions de l'Éclat, 1985 (translation and notes) ; new ed., Paris, Éditions de l'Éclat, 2008
Le Commentaire biblique. Mordekhai Komtino ou l'herméneutique du dialogue, Paris, Cerf, 1991
Isaac Abravanel, la mémoire et l'espérance, Paris, Cerf, 1992
Penser le judaïsme, Paris, CNRS Éditions, 2010 ; new revised and enlarged ed, Paris, CNRS Éditions, 2013
Les Juifs et la Bible, Paris, Fayard, 2012 ; new ed., Paris, Cerf, 2014