Neta Stahl

Neta Stahl is a Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature and Head of the Hebrew and Yiddish Subdivision at Johns Hopkins University. She specializes in modern Hebrew literature, religion and literature, narrative theory, and genre theory. Her research explores intersections of Jewish identity, theological representation, and literary form. She directs the Stulman Program in Jewish Studies (since 2017) and co-edits Lyre: Studies in Poetry and Lyric (since 2020). Stahl holds a PhD from Tel Aviv University’s Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.

Her work analyzes how modern Hebrew writers depict the divine, Jesus in Jewish literature, and formal innovations in authors like Yoel Hoffmann. Key publications include The Divine in Modern Hebrew Literature (2020) and Other and Brother: The Figure of Jesus in the 20th-Century Jewish Literary Landscape (2013). She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, along with the Koret Publication Prize for her first book in Jewish Studies.

Her articles span topics like narrative theory, bilingual Hebrew-Yiddish literary contacts, and theological themes in modern Hebrew poetry. Stahl’s research often bridges literary analysis with cultural and historical context, emphasizing how form and content interact in Jewish literary traditions.