Prof. Vered Tohar
Research
My research focuses on Jewish traditional narratives from a diachronic and comparative perspective. I am interested in the development, transmission, distribution and reception of the Jewish story and its cross-cultural references.
Research Interests:
Diachronic aspects of Hebrew literature.
Reception aspects of Hebrew literature.
The study of the Jewish story and its international affinities.
Jewish and international folk story.
Israeli children's literature: poetic and historic aspects.
Personal narrative analysis.
Courses
Romantic and Gothic Hebrew Literature (Seminar)
Hebrew Children's Literature - Introduction (BA class)
Close Reading in Classic Israeli Literature for Children and Youth (BA class)
Representations of Children and Youth in Hebrew Literature
Gender Studies and Hebrew Literature
History of the Hebrew Book and Hebrew Printing Press
Dialogues Between Modern Hebrew Literature and the Bible
Publications
Books as author (refereed):
Tohar Vered. Abraham in the Furnace: A Rebel in a Pagan World. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press, 2010.
Tohar Vered. Moralizing the Folktale: The Hebrew Story in Pre-Modern Ethical Literature. 200 pages. Accepted for publication at Wayne State University Press. 2023.
Tohar Vered. The Hebrew Physiologus: Animals and Creatures in Tsemah Tsaddik by Leon Moderna. University of Wales Press, 2025.
Books as editor (refereed):
Tell Me About It: Aspects of Narrative Analaysis. Asaf Merav, Heller Erga, Tohar Vered and Kainan Anat (eds.). Beer-Sheva: Ben-Gurion University Press, 2010.
Religious Stories in Transformation: Conflict, Revision and Reception, Jewish and Cristian Perspectives Series vol. 31, Houtman Alberdina, Kadari Tamar, Poorthius Marcel and Tohar Vered (eds.). Leiden: Brill 2016.
Jerusalem and Other Holy Places as Foci as Multireligious and Ideological Confrontation, Peter Barry Hartog, Shulamit Lederman, Vered Tohar and Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen (eds.). Leiden: Brill 2020.
Hebrew Literature for Children and Youth: Language, Poetics and Culture. Tohar Vered and Tamar Wolf-Monzon (eds.). Criticism and Interpretation series vol. 46. Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press 2020.
Criticism and Interpretation series vol. 47. Tamar Wolf-Monzon and Tohar Vered (eds.). Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press 2021.
Criticism and Interpretation series vol. 49. Tamar Wolf-Monzon and Tohar Vered (eds.). Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press 2021.
Blurred Boundaries in Pre-Modern Texts and Images: Aspects of Audiences and Readers-Viewers Responses. Nissim Dafna and Tohar Vered (eds.). Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture series, Berlin And New York: Walter de Gruyter.
Books as Author (non-refereed):
Wolfson Adi and Tohar Vered. Dan Pagis: Myth and Science. Haifa: Pardes. 2023.
Books as author, Poetry and Prose:
Tohar Vered. Snow and Cherries, Ramat-Gan: Bitaon Shira 2018. [Hebrew and Romanian].
Tohar Vered. Roam No More, Haifa: Pardes 2020. [Hebrew].
Tohar Vered. A Cat in Salem, Tel-Aviv: Tarsat 2021. [Hebrew].
Last Updated Date : 28/05/2026
