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Interview Date
6-6-1999
Abstract
Is there someone who has had a major influence on your work?
Dr. Martin Jaffee discusses his appreciation for his doctorate advisor Jacob Neusner and the impact he has had on Jaffee’s present scholarship.
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Jaffee, Martin and Benney, Alfred. Created by Alfred Benney. "Dr. Martin Jaffee Engages with the Question: Is There Someone Who Has Had a Major Influence on Your Work?" June 1999. DigitalCommons@Fairfield. Web. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/asrvideos/63
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About the Interviewee:
Dr. Martin Jaffee is the Samuel & Althea Stroum Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Washington. He has served on a variety of editorial boards and works in the area of Talmudic and Rabbinic studies. His academic interests include issues in modern Jewish thought, Jewish Mysticism and Jewish cultural history.
About the Interviewer:
Dr. Alfred Benney is a professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. He has a Ph.D in Theology from the Hartford Seminary Foundation and teaches courses in Non-Traditional American Religions and Christian Religious Thought. His research interests include "how people learn"; "the appropriate use of technology in teaching/learning" and "myth as explanatory narrative". He has published work on teaching with technology.