Howard Eilberg-Schwartz

For the American folklorist, see Howard Schwartz.
Howard Eilberg‑Schwartz
Born1956 (age 69–70)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education
  • Duke University (B.A.);
  • Jewish Theological Seminary of America (rabbinic ordination);
  • Brown University (Ph.D.)
OccupationsScholar, Writer
OrganizationsIndiana University; Temple University; Stanford University; San Francisco State University
Known forAnthropological approach to Jewish texts; contributions to gender, sexuality, and cultural analysis in Jewish studies; controversial departure from academia
Notable workThe Savage in Judaism: An Anthropology of Israelite Religion and Ancient Judaism (1990); God’s Phallus and Other Problems for Men and Monotheism (1994)
Spouse(formerly) Amy Eilberg (divorced 1992)
Children1 (daughter)

Howard Eilberg-Schwartz (born 1956) is an American scholar of Judaism known for his anthropological approach to religious texts, his provocative scholarship on sexuality and gender in Jewish tradition, and his controversial departure from academia after a brief, turbulent tenure at San Francisco State University.

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