Andrew Berns
Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
aberns@sas.upenn.edu
Education
BA, Reed College (2002); MPhil, University of Cambridge (2004)
Fields
Early Modern Jewish History; European Intellectual History 1300-1600; Medieval and Modern Jewish History
Dissertation Topic
My dissertation explores the study of Jewish antiquities in sixteenth-century Italy. I am particularly interested in representations of Solomon's Temple in biblical exegesis, historical works, and Renaissance commentaries on classical texts. By examining the efforts of both Jewish and Christian scholars to apply an antiquarian approach to the study of the ancient Jewish past, the project attempts to identify and describe the contours of Jewish antiquarianism in Renaissance Italy.
