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Yaakov Ariel is a graduate of the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem and the University of Chicago. His research focuses on
Evangelical Christianity and its attitudes towards the Jewish people
and the Holy Land; on Christian-Jewish relations in the late modern
era; and on the Jewish reaction to modernity and postmodernity.
Professor Ariel
has published numerous articles and two books on these subjects. His
latest book, Evangelizing the Chosen People, was awarded
the Albert C. Outler prize by the American Society of Church History.
Currently, Professor Ariel is completing a book on Evangelical-Jewish relationship
throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
The courses Professor Ariel teaches at UNC include:
- Messianic Movements in American History
- The Evangelical Tradition
- Contemporary Evangelicalism
- Introduction to Judaism in the Modern Era
- Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Judaism
- Readings in Religion in America since 1865
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