Evyatar Marienberg
I am a historian of religions, having a particular focus on the study of beliefs and practices of lay Jews and Christians from various periods. I am a strong believer in the many intellectual and scholarly benefits of studying more than one religious culture, whether a comparison is intended or not. And of course, before you ask, I do not believe in any of these (or other) religions.
Born in Israel, I studied for several years at Yeshivat Ha-Kibbutz ha-Dati of Ein-Tzurim. Later, during a five-year stay in Paris, I studied Catholic theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris, and religious studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes en Sorbonne. I was then appointed a visiting fellow at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University in New York, and, a year-and-a-half later, an assistant professor (special category) in the Department of Jewish Studies at McGill University in Montreal.
My doctoral dissertation (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 2002) was devoted to the conceptualization of menstruation in Jewish and Christian cultures, with a particular interest in the Medieval and Early Modern periods. Its two parts were published as two separate books: Niddah, Lorsque les juifs conceptualisent la menstruation (Les Belles Lettres, 2003), and La Baraita de-Niddah: Un texte juif pseudo-talmudique sur les lois religieuses relatives à la menstruation (Brepols, 2012).
Another book of mine, an Introduction to the Contemporary Catholic Church, was published in March 2010 by Carmel Press in Israel, being the first-ever book on the matter in Hebrew. A thoroughly revised and adapted English version was published by Routledge in 2014.
Before coming to UNC, I spent four years teaching and doing research at Paideia Institute in Stockholm and Tel Aviv University, as well as a year as a Carey postdoctoral fellow at the Erasmus Institute at the University of Notre Dame, two years at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, and one semester at Harvard. I was also a fellow for one semester at the Frankel Institute at the University of Michigan.
One of my recent books is about Sting, the British rock star, the religious environment he grew up in, and how it might be reflected in his artistic work. An accompanying short book is about religion in England. My latest book is a book-long study of traditional Jewish guides to marital sexuality.
Address: The Department of Religious Studies,
The University of North Carolina,
128 Carolina Hall,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3225
USA
Born in Israel, I studied for several years at Yeshivat Ha-Kibbutz ha-Dati of Ein-Tzurim. Later, during a five-year stay in Paris, I studied Catholic theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris, and religious studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes en Sorbonne. I was then appointed a visiting fellow at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University in New York, and, a year-and-a-half later, an assistant professor (special category) in the Department of Jewish Studies at McGill University in Montreal.
My doctoral dissertation (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 2002) was devoted to the conceptualization of menstruation in Jewish and Christian cultures, with a particular interest in the Medieval and Early Modern periods. Its two parts were published as two separate books: Niddah, Lorsque les juifs conceptualisent la menstruation (Les Belles Lettres, 2003), and La Baraita de-Niddah: Un texte juif pseudo-talmudique sur les lois religieuses relatives à la menstruation (Brepols, 2012).
Another book of mine, an Introduction to the Contemporary Catholic Church, was published in March 2010 by Carmel Press in Israel, being the first-ever book on the matter in Hebrew. A thoroughly revised and adapted English version was published by Routledge in 2014.
Before coming to UNC, I spent four years teaching and doing research at Paideia Institute in Stockholm and Tel Aviv University, as well as a year as a Carey postdoctoral fellow at the Erasmus Institute at the University of Notre Dame, two years at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, and one semester at Harvard. I was also a fellow for one semester at the Frankel Institute at the University of Michigan.
One of my recent books is about Sting, the British rock star, the religious environment he grew up in, and how it might be reflected in his artistic work. An accompanying short book is about religion in England. My latest book is a book-long study of traditional Jewish guides to marital sexuality.
Address: The Department of Religious Studies,
The University of North Carolina,
128 Carolina Hall,
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3225
USA
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This evocative photograph and Sting's quick answer encapsulate the two pillars of this book: a microhistory of a specific British Catholic parish in the 1950s-60s, and the impact that growing up there had on Sting's artistic output. And beyond that, this book opens a window onto the influence of Catholic education and imagination on millions of less famous people who had similar upbringings.
www.stingandreligion.com
Dr. Evyatar Marienberg is an Associate Professor at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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of these versions reflects a certain historical moment in the life of Wallsend, from where, supposedly, the ‘last ship’ was launched.
This evocative photograph and Sting's quick answer encapsulate the two pillars of this book: a microhistory of a specific British Catholic parish in the 1950s-60s, and the impact that growing up there had on Sting's artistic output. And beyond that, this book opens a window onto the influence of Catholic education and imagination on millions of less famous people who had similar upbringings.
www.stingandreligion.com
Dr. Evyatar Marienberg is an Associate Professor at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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of these versions reflects a certain historical moment in the life of Wallsend, from where, supposedly, the ‘last ship’ was launched.
Abstract:
Ritual immersion of women following their menstrual bleeding is a major element in the Jewish laws of purity to this day. The immersion generally takes place in a special ritual bath, a “mikveh”. This article analyzes four 18th-century artistic renderings of Jewish women’s ritual purification practices of this kind. These depictions show various stages of the ritual in different settings. Using texts from rabbinic sources that describe and prescribe the purification ritual, the article highlights many details in these depictions, while also taking into account the artistic considerations of the artists who created them.
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Marienberg (UNC-Chapel Hill) offers a concise, accessible, and impressively comprehensive overview of the Catholic Church, particularly since its emergence from the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). This is a revised and updated version of a Hebrew edition that the author published in 2010. In both, Marienberg—a historian of religions who specializes in Jewish and Catholic lay beliefs and practices—writes with nonspecialists in mind. Accordingly, he confronts and rebuts common misconceptions about Catholicism, from the authority of the pope to the veneration of the Virgin Mary. He begins with a brief summary of Catholic history and then outlines the basic features of Catholic identity, belief, structure, and ritual. Unique to a book like this is a chapter on the Catholic calendar, demonstrating how a common sense of time binds together the faithful. In the conclusion, Marienberg addresses the many complicated challenges Catholicism faces today, such as the priest shortage, the status of women, the sexual abuse scandals, birth control, divorce and remarriage, contraception, and homosexuality. On each topic, Marienberg admirably describes the relevant themes, issues, and debates while avoiding partisanship himself.
Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and general readers.
--Arthur Remillard, Saint Francis University
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