dr. R. (Ronit) Nikolsky
Assistant Professor Culture and Cognition

Research
Publications
Parables in the Service of Emotional Translation
Nikolsky, R., 19-Dec-2019, Parables in Changing Contexts. Poorthuis, M. & Ottenheijm, E. (eds.). Brill Academic Publisher, p. 37–56 20 p. (Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series; vol. 35).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Are Parables an Interpretation?
Nikolsky, R., 28-Jun-2018, Sources and Interpretation in Ancient Judaism: A volume for Tal Ilan at sixty. Piotrkowski, M., Herman, G. & Dönitz, S. (eds.). Brill Academic Publisher, Vol. 104. 30 p. (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
אהב (to love) in the Bible: a Cognitive Evolutionary Approach
Nikolsky, R., 25-Sep-2019, Language, Cognition, and Biblical Exegesis: Interpreting Minds. Nikolsky, R., Czachesz, I., Tappenden, F. S. & Biró, T. (eds.). 1st ed. Bloomsbury Academic, p. 70-87 18 p. (Language, Cognition, and Biblical Exegesis).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Language, Cognition, and Biblical Exegesis: Interpreting Minds
Nikolsky, R. (ed.), Czachesz, I. (ed.), Tappenden, F. S. (ed.) & Biró, T. (ed.), 7-Mar-2019, 1st ed. Bloomsbury Academic. 300 p. (Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic › peer-review
De functie van parabels (mesjalim) in de Tanchuma
Nikolsky, R., May-2017, In : NTT: Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion. 71, 2, p. 151-168 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
מהתם להכא , from There to Here (bSanh 5a), Rabbinic Traditions between Palestine and Babylonia: An Introduction
Nikolsky, R., 2014, Rabbinic Traditions between Palestine and Babylonia. Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, p. 1-31 31 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
From Palestine to Babylonia and Back: Parallel Narratives in the Babylonian Talmud and in Tanhuma
Nikolsky, R., 2014, Rabbinic Traditionsbetween Palestine and Babylonia. Nikolsky, R. & Tal, I. (eds.). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, p. 284-305 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
Rabbinic Traditions between Palestine and Babylonia
Nikolsky, R. (ed.) & Tal, I. (ed.), 2014, Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff/Brill. 380 p. (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity; vol. 89)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Academic
Press / Media
The Mystery of Abraham's Circumcision
27/07/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Professional
What came first, culture or religion? (in Hebrew)
27/03/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research › Popular
Member of the editorial board, editor and contributor
01/01/2016
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research › Popular
Activities
EABS-SBL International Meeting 2018
Ronit Nikolsky (Organiser)
1-Aug-2018 → 2-Aug-2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event › Academic
EABS-SBL International Meeting 2018
Ronit Nikolsky (Participant)
1-Aug-2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference › Academic
EABS-SBL International Meeting 2018
Ronit Nikolsky (Speaker)
31-Jul-2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference › Academic
The XIth Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies
Ronit Nikolsky (Participant)
18-Jul-2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference › Academic
Personal and Social Emotions in Rabbinic Literature
Ronit Nikolsky (Organiser) & Daniel Boyarin (Keynote/plenary speaker)
24-May-2018 → 25-May-2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event › Academic
The Reception of Biblical Women and Gender in Rabbinic Literature
Ronit Nikolsky (Invited speaker)
4-Dec-2017 → 5-Dec-2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference › Academic
The last REECR workshop:
Ronit Nikolsky (Participant)
24-May-2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference › Academic
Movies That Matter
Ronit Nikolsky (Keynote speaker)
9-May-2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Professional
Narratives We Live By - a series of lectures in Folkingetraat Synagogue in Groningen
Ronit Nikolsky (Keynote speaker)
1-Feb-2016 → 15-Mar-2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Professional
Parables - A Cognitive Approach
Ronit Nikolsky (Keynote speaker)
10-Dec-2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Professional
Expert seminar "Parables in Late Midrash"
Ronit Nikolsky (Invited speaker)
21-Oct-2015 → 22-Oct-2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference › Academic
First International Workshop on the Cognitive Study of Religious Texts
Ronit Nikolsky (Organiser)
6-Apr-2006Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference › Academic
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