Asher Biemann

Fellow

Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies, Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of History

Asher D. Biemann is Professor of Religious Studies and a core faculty member in the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Virginia. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of History and is the Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies. He earned his PhD jointly from Karl‑Franzens University of Graz and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has held visiting or adjunct positions at institutions including Goethe University Frankfurt (as Martin Buber Visiting Professor), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Forchheimer Visiting Professor), Harvard, University of Vienna, and Karl‑Franzens University of Graz.

Asher Biemann’s research focuses on modern Jewish thought and intellectual and cultural history. Rooted in Jewish and Continental philosophical traditions, his work frequently engages religious and aesthetic questions. Historically, his research concentrates on Jewish life in Central Europe, Italy, the Yishuv and modern Israel. In addition to the Martin Buber Werkausgabe, he is also involved in the edition of the works of Isaac Breuer and in collaborative projects on modern Jewish Orthodoxy and culture.

Michelangelo und die jüdische Moderne. Vienna University Press, 2016.

Dreaming of Michelangelo: Jewish Variations on a Modern Theme. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012.

Inventing New Beginnings: On the Idea of Renaissance in Modern Judaism. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009.

Martin Buber: Sprachphilosophische Schriften. Werkausgabe 6. Munich: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2003.

The Martin Buber Reader: Essential Writings. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002.