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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 

BOOKS 

1. Tova Ganzel. Destruction and Restoration in the Seer’s Prophecy: Studies in the Prophecies of Ezekiel. Alon Shevut: Tevunot–Herzog, 2012 [Hebrew].

2. Expanded English version: Ezekiel: From Destruction to Restoration. Jerusalem: Maggid, 2020.

3. Tova Ganzel. Ezekiel’s Visionary Temple in Babylonian Context. BZAW 539. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110740844

    

BOOKS EDITED

1. Tova Ganzel, Yehudah Brandes, and Chayuta Deutsch, eds. The Believer and the Modern Study of the Bible. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644690604  Expanded Hebrew version: Jerusalem: Beit Morasha, 2015; 2nd ed., 2016 [Hebrew].

2. Tova Ganzel and Shalom E. Holtz, eds. Contextualizing Jewish Temples: Opportunities and Challenges. Brill Reference Library of Judaism. Leiden: Brill, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004444799 

CHAPTERS IN COLLECTIONS

1. Tova Ganzel. “The Transformation of Pentateuchal Descriptions of Idolatry.” In Transforming Visions: Transformations of Text, Tradition, and Theology in Ezekiel, edited by William A. Tooman and Michael A. Lyons, 33–49. Princeton Theological Monograph Series 127. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2009.

2. Tova Ganzel. “‘He Who Restrains His Lips Is Wise’ (Proverbs 10:19): Is That Really True?” In Jewish Thought and Jewish Belief, edited by Daniel J. Lasker, 129–141. The Goldstein-Goren Library of Jewish Thought 15. Beer Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2012 [Hebrew].

3. Tova Ganzel. “God’s Name in Ezekiel.” In Zer Rimonim: Studies in Biblical Literature and Jewish Exegesis Presented to Professor Rimon Kasher, edited by Michael Avioz, Elie Assis, and Yael Shemesh, 206–219. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2013 [Hebrew].

4. Tova Ganzel. “Ezekiel.” In The Jewish Study Bible, edited by Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler, 1033–1123. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.

5. Tova Ganzel. “Between the Prophet and His Prophecy.” In The Believer and the Modern Study of the Bible, edited by Tova Ganzel, Yehudah Brandes, and Chayuta Deutsch, 463–480. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2019. Expanded version in the Hebrew edition: Jerusalem: Beit Morasha, 2015; 2nd ed., 2016, 425–438.

6. Tova Ganzel and Risa Levitt Kohn. “Ezekiel’s Prophetic Message in Light of Leviticus 26.” In The Formation of the Pentateuch: Bridging the Academic Cultures of Europe, Israel, and North America, edited by Jan C. Gertz, Bernard M. Levinson, Dalit Rom-Shiloni, and Konrad Schmid, 1069–1078. FAT 111. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016.

7. Tova Ganzel. “The Reworking of Ezekiel’s Temple Vision in the Temple Scroll.” In Law, Literature, and Society in Legal Texts from Qumran: Papers from the Ninth Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies, Leuven 2016, edited by Jutta Jokiranta and Molly Zahn, 230–252. Leiden: Brill, 2019.

8. Tova Ganzel. “Priests, Levites, and the Nasi: New Roles in Ezekiel’s Future Temple.” In The Oxford Handbook of Ezekiel, edited by Corrine L. Carvalho. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190634513.013.8 

9. Tova Ganzel. “Ezekiel.” In The SBL Study Bible, edited by Nicole L. Tilford, 1122–1190. New York: HarperOne, 2023.

10. Tova Ganzel. “4Q385 (Pseudo-Ezekiel) in the Context of Ezekiel’s Restoration.” In The Pentateuch and Its Readers, edited by Jeffrey Stackert and Joel S. Baden, 337–351. FAT 170. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023.

11. Tova Ganzel. “Office Holders in Jerusalem at the Beginning of the Second Temple Period.” In Mas’at le-Yoel: Studies in the Bible and Its Teaching in Honor of Rabbi Dr. Yoel Bin-Nun, edited by Yoav Barzilay, Jonhathan Grossman, Yosef Ofer, and Jehoshua Reis, 381–394. Megadim 63. Alon Shevut: Tevunot–Herzog College Press, 2025 [Hebrew].

12. Tova Ganzel. “Exploring Ezekiel’s Lexical Diversity: Synonyms, Context, and Literary Unity.” In Israel in the Latter Prophets. Forschungen zum Alten Testament. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, forthcoming.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

1. Tova Ganzel. “The Purification of the People in Ezekiel: The Pentateuchal Background.” Beit Mikra 53 (2008): 47–58 [Hebrew]. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23510758

2. Tova Ganzel. “The Defilement and Desecration of the Temple in Ezekiel.” Biblica 89 (2008): 369–379. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42614841

3. Tova Ganzel. “The Status of Functionaries in the Future Temple of Ezekiel.” Shnaton: An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 19 (2009): 11–25 [Hebrew]. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23414235

4. Tova Ganzel. “The Descriptions of the Restoration of Israel in Ezekiel.” Vetus Testamentum 60 (2010): 197–211. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853310X489098

5. Tova Ganzel. “The Fast of Gedaliah: Its Continued Observance and Significance in the Restoration Period.” Shnaton: An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 20 (2010): 51–69 [Hebrew]. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23412698

6. Tova Ganzel. “The Prophecies of Joel: A Bridge between Ezekiel and Haggai.” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 11 (2011): 1–22. Hungarian translation by Xaver Szabo in a collected volume of studies on prophecy in the biblical world, 2017. https://doi.org/10.5508/jhs.2011.v11.a6

7. Tova Ganzel. “Explicit and Implicit Polemics in Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Torah Commentary.” Hebrew Union College Annual 81 (2013): 171–191. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23509956

8. Tova Ganzel. “Ezekiel’s Restoration Oracles: A Terminological Consideration.” Beit Mikra 58 (2013): 62–74 [Hebrew]. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23790478

9. Tova Ganzel and Shalom E. Holtz. “Ezekiel’s Temple in Babylonian Context.” Vetus Testamentum 64 (2014): 211–226. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341148

10. Tova Ganzel. “Isaiah’s Critique of Shebna’s Trespass: A Reconsideration of Isa 22:15–25.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 39, no. 4 (2015): 469–487. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309089215590360

11. Tova Ganzel. “A Note on the Meaning of Ḥamas in Ezekiel.” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament: An International Journal of Nordic Theology 29 (2015): 197–203. https://doi.org/10.1080/09018328.2015.1039826

12. Tova Ganzel. “‘And the Name of the City from That Day On: YHWH Is There’ (Ezek 48:35): A New Interpretation.” Vetus Testamentum 70 (2019): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341396

13. Tova Ganzel. “‘The Rabbis Sought to Withdraw the Book of Ezekiel’: The Rabbinic Re-Authorization of the Book of Ezekiel.” Journal of Ancient Judaism 11 (2020): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.30965/21967954-12340009

14. Tova Ganzel. “First-Month Rituals in Ezekiel’s Temple Vision: A Pentateuchal and Babylonian Comparison.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 83, no. 3 (2021): 390–406. https://doi.org/10.1353/cbq.2021.0081

15. Tova Ganzel. “Ceremonial Celebrations Outside the Temple Compound in Ezra-Nehemiah in Babylonian Ritual Context.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 46, no. 2 (2021): 147–160. https://doi.org/10.1177/03090892211032266 

16. Tova Ganzel. “Ezekiel’s Nonverbal Language as Prophetic Message.” Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 134, no. 2 (2022): 179–192. https://doi.org/10.1515/zaw-2022-2002

17. Tova Ganzel. “The Influence of Mendelssohn’s Commentary on Qohelet on Nineteenth-Century Orthodox Jewish Commentators in Eastern and Western Europe.” Hebrew Union College Annual 92 (2022): 207–225. https://doi.org/10.15650/hebruniocollannu.92.5 

18. Tova Ganzel and Elli Fischer. “A Glimpse of Rabbi David Zvi Hoffmann’s Methods as a Decisor of Halakhah.” Jewish Studies Internet Journal (JSIJ) 22 (2022): 1–28 [Hebrew]. https://jewish-faculty.biu.ac.il/files/jewish-faculty/shared/JSIJ22/ganzel_fischer.pdf 

19. Tova Ganzel and Shalom E. Holtz. “Daniel 3 and 5 as Historiography.” Biblica 103, no. 4 (2022): 525–535. https://doi.org/10.2143/BIB.103.4.3291466

20. Tova Ganzel. “Ezra the Scribe-Priest against the Backdrop of Babylonian Temple Officials.” Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society 36 (2023): 90–103. https://janes.jtsa.edu/volumes/36/1/article-5/

21. Tova Ganzel. “Contextualizing Priestly Roles in the Formative Years of Jerusalem’s Second Temple.” Biblica 104, no. 2 (2023): 179–194. https://doi.org/10.2143/BIB.104.2.3292023

22. Tova Ganzel and Elli Fischer. “Rabbi David Zvi Hoffmann’s Position on Sesame Oil: A Diachronic Study in Light of New Sources.” Oqimta: Studies in Talmudic and Rabbinic Literature 10 (2024): 35–46 [Hebrew]. https://www.oqimta.org.il/oqimta/2024/ganzel-fischer10.pdf

23. Tova Ganzel. “Sheshbazzar and Nehemiah: Local Administrative Authority during the Persian Period.” Vetus Testamentum 74, nos. 4–5 (2024): 603–618. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-bja10146

24. Tova Ganzel and Jan Safford. “The Sabbath in Judean Communities during the Mid-Fifth Century BCE: Onomastic Evidence.” Journal of Ancient Judaism 16, no. 1 (2025): 29–42. https://doi.org/10.30965/21967954-bja10067

25. Tova Ganzel. “The Judean Community within the Persian Imperial Framework: Insights from Biblical and Extrabiblical Sources.” Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 25 (2025): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.5508/jhs29774 

26. Tova Ganzel. “Reconstructing the Remnant: Judean Identity under Babylonian and Persian Rule.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 88, no. 2 (2026): 236–257. https://doi.org/10.1353/cbq.2026.a990696

27. Tova Ganzel and Shalom E. Holtz. “Imperial Support and Its Limits: Temple Rebuilding in Ezra–Nehemiah within the Persian Imperial Context.” Vetus Testamentum, forthcoming.

28. Tova Ganzel. “Between Temple and Province: Jerusalem and the Administrative Landscape of Persian-Period Yehud.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, forthcoming.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Encyclopedia Entries 

1. Tova Ganzel. “Law in the Prophets.” In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Bible and Law, edited by Brent A. Strawn, 479–484. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.

2. Tova Ganzel. “Ezekiel.” In Routledge Dictionary of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, edited by Michael Satlow, 332. New York: Routledge, 2015.

3. Tova Ganzel. “Ezekiel, Book of” and “Joel.” In the Hebrew Encyclopedia, forthcoming [Hebrew].

BOOK REVIEWS

4. Tova Ganzel. Review of Stephen L. Cook, Ezekiel 38–48, Anchor Bible 22B. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018. Review of Biblical Literature.

5. Tova Ganzel. Review of John F. Evans, You Shall Know that I Am Yahweh: An Inner-Biblical Interpretation of Ezekiel’s Recognition Formula, BBRSup 25. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2019. Review of Biblical Literature.

6. Tova Ganzel. Review of Ronit Na’aman-Ir-Shai, “Woman” or “Eve”? Abortion in Orthodox Halakhic Discourse in the Twentieth Century from a Gender Perspective. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2022. Published as “The Issue of Abortion in Rabbinic Literature from a Gender Perspective,” Kriot Yisra’eliot 5 (February 2024): 413–417 [Hebrew].

7. Tova Ganzel. Review of Rosanne Liebermann, Exile Incorporated: The Body in the Book of Ezekiel. New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. The Journal of Theological Studies (2025). https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/flaf071 

HALAKHIC ARTICLES

1. Tova Ganzel and Deena Zimmerman. “‘Veset ha-Guf’: A Halakhic and Medical Approach.” Techumin 20 (2000): 363–375 [Hebrew].

2. Tova Ganzel and Deena Zimmerman. “Halakhic Infertility.” Asia 85–86 (2009): 63–82 [Hebrew].

3. Tova Ganzel. “Ha-Posek, ha-Rav, ve-ha-Yo’etzet.” In Rabbis and Rabbinate: The Challenge, edited by Yedidia Z. Stern and Shuki Friedman, 2:611–625. Jerusalem: The Israel Democracy Institute, 2011 [Hebrew].

4. Tova Ganzel and Deena Zimmerman. “Ethical Issues in the Use of Hormonal Intervention for Religious Concerns.” Nashim 21 (Spring 2011): 114–129. https://doi.org/10.2979/nashim.21.114

5. Tova Ganzel and Deena Zimmerman. “Women as Halakhic Professionals: The Role of Yo’atzot Halakhah.” Nashim 22 (Fall 2011): 162–171. https://doi.org/10.2979/nashim.22.162

6. Tova Ganzel, Deena Zimmerman, and Tirza Kelman. “Continuing Research on Halakhic Infertility.” Asia 91–92 (2012): 53–65 [Hebrew].

7. Tova Ganzel. “Chatzitza in Long, Polished, and Gel/Acrylic Fingernails.” Techumin 35 (2015): 300–311 [Hebrew].

8. Tova Ganzel and Deena Zimmerman. “Halakhic and Ethical Issues in the Use of Hormonal Intervention for Religious Concerns.” Tzohar 39 (2016): 165–179.

9. Tova Ganzel. “Family in Ruin: A Study of Halakhic Questions during and after the Holocaust.” In The Burning Question: The Holocaust and Its Memory in Jewish Religious-National Perspective, edited by Itamar Levin, 143–158. Rishon LeZion: Miskal – Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books, 2023 [Hebrew].