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Yairah Amit

Yairah Amit (Hebrew: יַעֲרָה עָמִית; born 19 October 1941 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli biblical scholar. Amit studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before doing a PhD at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Meir Sternberg. She is currently Professor of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University. In 2012 a ''Festschrift'' was published in her honor. ''Words, Ideas, Worlds: Biblical Essays in Honour of Yairah Amit'' () included contributions from Athalya Brenner, Cheryl Exum, and Yael Feldman. Provided by Wikipedia