Dolgopolsky Sergey(born Riga) – scholar

In 1991, Sergey Dolgopolsky graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at Rostov University; In 1996, he graduated from Moscow State University with a master's degree in Hebrew philology. In 1999, he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Cultural Studies and the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1999, he moved to the United States. In 2004, he received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Sergey Dolgopolsky specialises in the study of the Talmud, classical and contemporary Jewish thought, the rhetoric of religious discourse, and the anthropology of the post-Talmudic tradition. He is a member of many scientific societies and a recipient of scientific awards.

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