Robert H. Smith Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Maryland and co-editor of the Jewish Study Bible. Dr. Berlin has published seven books as well as several volumes of Bible commentary and is a fellow of the American Academy of Jewish Research.

Notable Scholars and topics covered:
Samuel C. Heilman--ORTHODOXY
Jay M. Harris--BERLIN, NAFTALI TSEVI YEHUDA
Paul Mendes-Flohr--BERGMAN, SAMUEL HUGO; BUBER, MARTIN; COHEN, HERMANN; FORMSTECHER, SALOMON; HOLDHEIM, SAMUEL; KLATZKIN, JACOB; ROSENZWEIG, FRANZ
Michael Meyer--HEBREW UNION COLLEGE-JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION; SCHINDLER, ALEXANDER M.
Tamar Ross--MUSAR MOVEMENT; SALANTER, YISRA'EL
Marc Saperstein--HOMILETICS
Jacob J. Schachter--SANHEDRIN: Tractate


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S. Zalman Abramov
Daniel Abrams
Shmuel Ahituv
Tamar Alexander
Marc D. Angel
Yaakov Ariel
Gershon Bacon
Steven Ballaban
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