William Koblener

William Kolbrener is Associate Professor of English at Bar-Ilan University. He received his B.A. from Columbia College, his M.A. from University College, Oxford, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has written in major scholarly journals in literature, history, theology, psychoanalysis, and cultural criticism, on Jewish topics in Commentary, Azure,JQR, the AJS Review, Tradition and many other Jewish publications, and the Washington Post column, Letter from Israel. Professor Kolbrener is also author of the 2008 book,Milton’s Warring Angels: A Study of Critical Engagementsand the 2011, Open Minded Torah: Of Irony, Fundamentalism and Love.