Barry W. Holtz

BARRY W. HOLTZ is the Theodore and Florence Baumritter Professor of Jewish Education at The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. His recent books include Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud, Finding Our Way: Jewish Texts and the Lives We Lead Today and Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts.

Holtz received a National Jewish Book Award for Education for Textual Knowledge: Teaching the Bible in Theory and in Practice. He earned his undergraduate degree from Tufts University and his doctorate in English and American Literature from Brandeis University, and served as dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education from 2008 to 2013.

Barry lives in New York.

Barry W. Holtz’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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