Daniel H. Weiss took up his post in the Divinity Faculty in 2010, after previously teaching at the University of Virginia and at Oberlin College. He earned his PhD at the University of Virginia, after having received his Bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a Masters of Theological Studies degree from Harvard Divinity School.

Research Interests

My research interests fall into three main areas:

• Philosophy of religion and ethics, with a focus on the modern period and on Jewish and Christian traditions. Thinkers on whom I have published include Wittgenstein, Levinas, Kierkegaard, Hermann Cohen, Rosenzweig, Aquinas, Spinoza, Mendelssohn, Maimonides, Kant, Hegel, Benjamin, Derrida.

• Aspects of ethics, hermeneutics and theopolitics in biblical and classical rabbinic literature, and relations between early Christianity and classical rabbinic Judaism.

• Theories and practices of dialogue and communication (particularly in relation to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), with a focus on the role that scriptural texts can play and have played.

In addition, I am actively involved in the Cambridge Interfaith Programme (where I serve as Deputy Director) and in Scriptural Reasoning. I am also co-leader of the Scripture & Violence Project, which explores common assumptions about the relationship between scriptural texts and real-world acts of violence.