Daniel Boyarin is the Her­mann P. and Sophia Taub­man Pro­fes­sor of Tal­mu­dic Cul­ture Emer­i­tus at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia at Berke­ley, where he held joint appoint­ments in the Depart­ment of Near East­ern Stud­ies and the Depart­ment of Rhetoric.