Representation in Religion Studies in Honor of Moshe Barasch

Jan Assmann, D.Phil. (1965) and D.Habil. (1971), is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg and member of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Heidelberg. He is the author of several books and essays on Ancient Egypt, religion and cultural theory. Albert I. Baumgarten, Ph.D. (1972), Colombia University, is Professor of Jewish History; Director, Jacob Taubes Minerva Center for Religious Anthropology, Bar Ilan University. He has published "The Flourishing of Jewish Sects in the Maccabean Era: An Interpretation" (Brill, 1997), "Self, Soul and Body in Religious Experience "(Brill, 1998) and "Apocalyptic Time" (Brill, 2000).