Marc Michael Epstein, Professor on the Mattie M. Paschall (1899) & Norman Davis Chair in Religion and Visual Culture at Vassar College was Vassar’s first Director of Jewish Studies. He is a graduate of Oberlin College, received the PhD at Yale University, and did much of his graduate research at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
He has written on various topics in visual and material culture produced by, for, and about Jews. His last book, "The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, and Religious Imagination" (Yale, 2011) was selected by the London Times Literary Supplement as one of the best books of the year. His most recent book is “Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Manuscript Illumination," (Princeton, 2015,) a magisterial large-format survey of the genre with over 300 illustrations in brilliant digital color.
During the 80s, Epstein was Director of the Hebrew Books and Manuscripts division of Sotheby's Judaica department, and continues to serve as consultant to various libraries, auction houses, museums and private collectors throughout the world.
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