Person Benjamin Sommer

Dr. Bemjamin D. Sommer has been Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, since 2008. Previously, he served as director of the Crown Family Center for Jewish Studies at Northwestern University, where he had taught since 1994. He holds a B.A. with distinction in Philosophy and Judaic Studies from Yale University (1986); an M.A. in Bible and Ancient Near East from Brandeis University (1991); and a PhD with distinction in Religion/Biblical Studies from the University of Chicago (1994).

Benjamin Sommer ist Kunsthistoriker und evangelischer Theologe. Seine bevorzugten Forschungs- und Interessengebiete sind die mittelalterliche Kunst, die christliche Ikonografie und die museale Vermittlung.