Jonathan Kirsch is an American attorney, writer, and a columnist for the ''
Los Angeles Times
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''. He is a bestselling author of books on
religion
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, the
Bible
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, and
Judaism
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.
Biography
Life
Kirsch earned a
B.A.
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degree in Russian and Jewish history from the
University of California, Santa Cruz
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and a
J.D. degree from
Loyola University School of Law. He serves as adjunct Professor on the Faculty of
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
’s Professional Publishing Institute and has contributed to ''
Newsweek
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'', ''
The New Republic
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'', ''
Los Angeles
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'' magazine, and ''
Publishers Weekly
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'' among other publications. He is also the author of ten books, and a critic.
His son,
Adam Kirsch
Adam Kirsch (born 1976) is an American poet and literary critic. He is on the seminar faculty of Columbia University's Center for American Studies, and has taught at YIVO.
Life and career
Kirsch was born in Los Angeles in 1976. He is the son of ...
, is an American poet and literary critic.
Books
* ''Bad Moon Rising'' (1977)
* ''Lovers in a Winter Circle'' (1978)
* ''Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales of the Bible.'' Ballantine Books (1998)
* ''Moses: A Life.'' Ballantine Books; New Ed edition (1999)
* ''King David: The Real Life of the Man who Ruled Israel.'' Ballantine Books (2001)
* ''The Woman who Laughed at God: The Untold History of the Jewish People.'' Penguin Reprint edition (2002)
* ''God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism.'' Viking Adult (2004)
* ''A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization.'' HarperOne (2006).
* ''The Grand Inquisitor's Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God'' HarperOne (2008).
* ''
The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris'' Liveright (2013).
References
External links
*
Author pageon Jewish Journal
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American biographers
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21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
American lawyers
American literary critics
American male novelists
Historians of Jews and Judaism
Loyola Marymount University alumni
University of California, Santa Cruz alumni
20th-century American male writers
American male biographers
American male non-fiction writers