Lawrence Schiffman

Lawrence Schiffman
Born	Lawrence Harvey Schiffman 1948 (age 75–76) New York, US
Academic background
Alma mater	Brandeis University
Thesis	The Halakhah at Qumran (1974)
Academic work
Discipline	Biblical studies Jewish studies
Sub-discipline	Dead Sea Scrolls Judaism in Late Antiquity history of Jewish law Talmudic literature
Institutions	Yeshiva University New York University
Website	lawrenceschiffman.com

Lawrence Harvey Schiffman (born 1948) is a professor at New York University (as of 2014);^[1] he was formerly Vice-Provost of Undergraduate Education at Yeshiva University and Professor of Jewish Studies (from early 2011 to 2014).^[2] He had previously been Chair of New York University's Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and served as the Ethel and Irvin A. Edelman Professor in Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University (NYU). He is currently the Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University and Director of the Global Institute for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies.^[3] He is a specialist in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Judaism in Late Antiquity, the history of Jewish law, and Talmudic literature.