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Leora Batnitzky joined the faculty in 1997. Her teaching and research interests include philosophy of religion, modern Jewish thought, hermeneutics, and contemporary legal political theory. In 2002, she received Princeton’s President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching. She is the author of 'Idolatry and Representation: Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig Reconsidered' (Princeton, 2000), 'Leo Strauss and Emmanuel Levinas: Philosophy, Politics, and Revelation' (Cambridge, 2006), and 'Judaism Became Religion: An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought' (Princeton, 2011). Currently, she is completing a book on Ecclesiastes for Princeton University Press’s Lives of Great Religious Books series. Her ongoing projects include a comparative study of conversion controversies in Israel and India, tentatively titled 'What Religious Freedom? A Case Study of Conversion in Israel and India', as well as a work on the Jewish apostate and Catholic saint Edith Stein, tentatively titled 'The Continued Relevance of Edith Stein for Jewish-Christian Self-Understanding'. She is in the final stages of co-editing the 'Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies' with Steven Weitzman and Eve Krakowski. Additionally, she has co-edited several works in Jewish Studies and served as Chair of the Department of Religion from 2010 to 2019. She currently serves as the Director of Princeton’s Program in Judaic Studies.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.