Marc Saperstein served as professor of Jewish Studies from 1977 to 2006 at Harvard Divinity School, Washington University in St Louis, and George Washington University in DC before moving to the UK for five years as Principal of Leo Baeck College in London. He continued teaching one course at LBC each autumn semester after moving to Cambridge. Author of 10 books and more than 100 academic articles, his primary interest is on the sermon as substance for Jewish history, literature and thought.
When a respected scholar with a career at three major American universities moves to a position as principal of an important institution in UK, there is likely to be considerable interest in what he has to say not only to his students, but to many others as well. The two most important formats for s...
