Biography.guide
Home › People › Literary theorist › Ilana Pardes
Portrait of Ilana Pardes

Ilana Pardes

b. 1956

Biblical scholar

Literary theoristComparative literature academicLiterary scholar
Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Ilana Pardes

Born 1956. Ilana Pardes is an Israeli literary theorist, comparative literature academic, literary scholar, university teacher and biblical scholar.

Ilana Pardes (; born 1956 ) is a biblical scholar. She is Katharine Cornell Professor of Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Pardes attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied under Robert Alter. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature in 1990, and taught at Princeton University from 1990 to 1992. She has been at the Hebrew University since then.

In 2022, she was elected a member of the Academia Europaea.

Books

Countertraditions in the Bible: A Feminist Approach (Harvard University Press, 1992) The Biography of Ancient Israel: National Narratives in the Bible (University of California Press, 2000) Melville's Bibles (University of California, 2008) Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers: The Song of Songs in Israeli Culture (The Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies, University of Washington Press, 2013) The Song of Songs: A Biography (Princeton University Press, 2019) Ruth: A Migrant’s Tale (Yale University Press, 2022). Ilana Pardes and Itamar Lurie, Joseph and His Dreams: Bible, Literature, Psychoanalysis (Bialik Institute, 2023)

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Literary theorist, comparative literature academic, literary scholar, university teacher, biblical scholar
Nationality
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Employers
Princeton University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

People in Ilana Pardes's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ilana Pardes's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ilana Pardes?

Biblical scholar

When was Ilana Pardes born?

Ilana Pardes was born on 3 January 1956.

What is Ilana Pardes's occupation?

Ilana Pardes is a literary theorist, comparative literature academic, literary scholar, university teacher and biblical scholar.

What nationality is Ilana Pardes?

Ilana Pardes is Israeli.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ilana Pardes

· Wikidata: Q16131189

· DBpedia: Ilana Pardes

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ilana Pardes. https://biography.guide/ilana-pardes/

MLA: "Ilana Pardes." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ilana-pardes/.

Chicago: "Ilana Pardes." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/ilana-pardes/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:20 UTC