Jack N. Lightstone
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Jack N. Lightstone | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | University professor, University executive |
| Known for | Brock University presidency and scholarship in Hebrew literature |
| Spouse | Dorothy Markiewicz |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Carleton University, Brown University |
| Thesis | (1977) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Brock University |
Jack N. Lightstone is a
St. Catharines, Ontario
. He took office on July 1, 2006, to serve a five-year term as President and as a professor of history.
Background
Lightstone was born in
Ph.D. in 1977 at Brown University in Rhode Island
.
He is an expert on ancient and contemporary North American Judaism, has lectured extensively and written six books. He is fluent in three languages - English, French and Hebrew.[1]
Administrative career
Prior to Brock, he was
with leading an extensive academic planning overhaul while under budget constraints.Works
- Lightstone, Jack N. (1979). Yose the Galilean. Studies in Judaism in late antiquity. Vol. 31. Leiden: Brill. OCLC 715735403.
- ——— (1988). Society, the sacred, and scripture in ancient Judaism: a sociology of knowledge. Studies in Christianity and Judaism. Vol. 3. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. OCLC 243565360.
- ——— (1994). The Rhetoric of the Babylonian Talmud, Its Social Meaning and Context. Studies in Christianity and Judaism. Vol. 6. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. OCLC 477137125.
- ———; OCLC 753479530.
References
- ^ a b "Dr. Jack Lightstone appointed new President and Vice-Chancellor of Brock University". November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
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