In the Valley of the Shadow: Illness and the Meaning of Life
Program: In the Valley of the Shadow: Illness and the Meaning of Life
JAMES KUGEL was born in New York. From 1982-2003 he was Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard University. He retired from Harvard to become Director of the Institute for the History of the Jewish Bible at Bar Ilan University in Israel, where he also served as chairman of the Department of Bible.A specialist in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Kugel is the author of more than sixty research articles and twelve books, including The Idea of…