Professional Service

  • Publications Committee, Yale Judaica Series, Yale University Press (1979- ).
  • Editorial Board, “Early Judaism and its Literature” Series, Society of Biblical Literature, Scholars Press (1995-2000, 2008-2016).
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Biblical Literature (2007-2010, 2010-2013).
  • Editorial Board, Religious Compass, Judaism Section (2007-).
  • Steering Committee, History and Literature of Early Rabbinic Judaism Section, Society of Biblical Literature (2008-2022).
  • External Review Committee, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures,University of California, Los Angeles, February 2009.
  • World Union of Jewish Studies, Ephraim Urbach Post-Doctoral Fellowships Committee (2011).
  • Affiliated Scholar, Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization, Cardozo Law School.
  • External Review Committee, Judaic Studies Program, Brown University (2012).
  • Co-director, Seminar for Advanced Graduate Students, sponsored by the American Academy for Jewish Research, at New York University (June 17-21, 2012).
  • Steering Committee, Qumran Section, Society of Biblical Literature (2012-18).
  • Israeli Council for Higher Education, Quality Assessment Division, Evaluation Committee for Departments of History and Jewish History, Chair (2021-22).