Education
Ph.D., Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2021
M.A., Divinity, University of Chicago, 2013
B.A., Philosophy, University of Chicago, 2011
Brian Hillman
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah)
Modern Jewish thought and philosophy
Religion and popular culture
The history of scriptural interpretation
Biography
Selected Publications
- “Lion Taming: R. Yitzhak Isaac Ḥaver’s Kabbalistic Defense of The Jewish Tradition,” Jewish Studies Quarterly, No. 1 (2025): 78-98
- "Protecting the Deli: Jewish Nostalgia and Social Justice in E. Lockhart's Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero." Journal of Jewish Identities, vol. 17 no. 2, 2024: 143-160.
- “The Oneness of God: Modern Judaism” in The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Receptions, 2024.
- Book Review of Jewish Comics and Graphic Narratives (Bloomsbury, 2023) by Matt Reingold, Reading Religion, 2023.
- Book Review of Ruth: A Migrant’s Tale by Ilana Pardes (Yale, 2022), Jewish Book Council, 2022.
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“Abortion as a Jewish Dilemma in Norma Rosen’s At the Center” Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal 20, No. 2 (2025): 1-34
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Book Review of A Fool's Kabbalah by Steve Stern (Melville House, 2025), Jewish Book Council
- “Help, Students Are Dropping My Class!” Wabash Center For Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion: Embodied Teaching Blog, 2025