Dr. Ido Hevroni

Ph.D., Bar Ilan University
B.A., Bar Ilan University

Dr. Ido Hevroni is a senior lecturer at Shalem College. He is a scholar of rabbinic literature and teaches Talmud and Midrash, classical literature and theories of depth psychology. Hevroni was the founding educational director of Shalem College.

Selected Publications

Books

Holy Beings: Wild Creatures in the Rabbinic Academy (Tel Aviv: Yedioth Ahronoth Books, 2016). (Hebrew)

Articles in Journals and Books

"R. Elʿazar Son of R. Šimʿon the Thief Catcher (b. Bava Metsiʿa 83a-84a)," Journal of Jewish Studies 74(1) (2023), pp. 5-29.

"Wilderness as Wonderland: Talmudic Stories and Modern Israeli Fantasy," in: Danielle Gurevitch and Elana Gomel (eds.), International Fantasy: A Reader (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023), pp. 205–221.

"Turning the Hearts of the Children to their Parents: The Education of R. Elazar Son of R. Shimon (Pesiqta de Rab Kahana 11)," Jerusalem Studies in Hebrew Literature 33 (2023), pp. 67-91 (Hebrew).

"The Story of R. Yohanan and Resh Laqish and its Place in the Story Cycle of R. Elazar b R. Shimon (bBM 83a–84a)," JSIJ 22 (2022). (Hebrew)

"Why Are You Engaged: Yalta and the Sages," Reshit: Studies in Judaism 6 (2022), pp. 119-147. (Hebrew)

"Yalta – The Third Rib: Redaction and Meaning in Bavli Berakhot, Chapter 7,” Hebrew Union College Annual 91 (2020), pp. 1-52.

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