Appointed Positions

  • Steering Committee, North American Conference on Afroasiatic (Hamito-Semitic) Linguistics, 1975-80
  • Yeshiva University Presidential Planning Committee, Chairman of Committee to Evaluate Biblical and Hebraic Studies, 1976-77
  • Columbia University Seminar on the Hebrew Bible, 1979-88
  • Editorial Board, Hebrew Annual Review, 1981-87
  • Academic Advisory Committee, National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1986
  • Columbia University Seminar on Israel and Jewish Studies, 1986-88
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Afroasiatic Languages, 1986-1992
  • American Academy for Jewish Research, 1995-
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2005-2008
  • Academy of the Hebrew Language (Honorary Member), 2005-
  • Mekize Nirdamim Society (Honorary Member), 2012-