Publications


Selected Bibliography

Nathan Katz

 

Books
Edited Journals, Catalogues, etc.
  • Western Religions and Tibet, editor and co-author (Dharamsala, Tibet Journal 16, 4 1992).
  • Tampa Bay’s Asian-Origin Religious Communities (Tampa, National Conference of Christians and Jews, “A Religious History of Tampa Bay” Research Reports no. 1, 1991).
  • Tibetan Social Philosophy, editor and co-author (Dharamsala, Tibet Journal 11, 4 1986).
  • Meanderings of the Wheel of the Dhamma: A Comparative Study of Some Buddhist Missions (Kandy, Buddhist Publication Society, Wheel Series 257, 1978).
  • Tibetan Buddhism (New Haven, CT, Yale Divinity School, Visual Education Series, 1974).
  • Afghan Legends: A Textbook in Reading English as a Second Language (Kabul, U.S. Information Service, 1972).

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Scholarly Articles in Refereed Journal
  • “The Contexts for the Torah and Science Conferences.” B’Or HaTorah (in press).
  • “An Orthodox Jewish-American Soldier in India during WWII.” (with Ellen S. Goldberg). Journal of Indo-Judaic Studies 16 (2018): 53-60.
  • “Response to Mr. Shashnak *Former Foreign Secretary of India.” FPRC Journal (Foreign Policy Research Center, New Delhi: “Focus: India-Israerl Relations,” ed. Dr. Mahendra Gaur) 5 (2011), pp. 23-27.
  • “The Jews of Cochin: Brahmin Pesah, Maharajah Simhat Torah, and Caste Behavior.” B’Or HaTorah (Dec. 2010): 88-105.
  • “The Ethics of Malabar’s Pepper Mart: A Rabbinic Responsa,” with Zvi Zohar. Journal of Indio-Judaic Studies 11 (2010): 121-144.
  • “Buddhist-Jewish Relations throughout the Ages and in the Future.” Journal of Indo-Judaic Studies 10 (2009): 7-23.
  • “Facetas de relaçcao entre Budismo e Judaismo” / “Facets of the Relationship between Buddhism and Judaism.” Revista de Estudos da Religão- REVER (São Paulo, Pós-Graduacão em Ciencias da Religião, número junho, 7, 2007), pp. 128-137,
  • “The Jews, Israel, and India,” with Manfred Gerstenfeld. Changing Jewish Communities 2 (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 15 November 2005).
  • “The Historical Traditions of the Jews of Kochi.” Studies in History 21,   2, n.s. (New Delhi, Thousand Oaks and London) (2005), pp. 127-145.
  • “The Identity of a Mystic: The Case of Sa’id Sarmad, a Jewish-Yogi-Sufi Courtier of the Mughals.” Numen: International Review for the History of Religions 47 (2000):142-160. Reprinted in Journal of  Indo-Judaic Studies 7-8 (2004-05): 84-99. Reprinted in Sufism: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies, ed. by Lloyd Ridgeon (London, Routledge, 2008), vol. 2, pp. 142-160.
  • “From Legend to History: India and Israel in the Ancient World,” Shofar:  An Interdisciplinary J. of Jewish Studies 17, 3 (1999):7-22.
  • “How the Hindu-Jewish Encounter Reconfigures Interreligious Dialogue.” Shofar: An Interdisciplinary J. of Jewish Studies 16, 1(1997): 28-42. Popular version: “The Hindu-Jewish Encounter and the Future.” In The Fifty-eighth Century: A Jewish Renewal Sourcebook [Zalman Schachter Festschrift], ed. by Shohama Wiener (Northvale, NJ, Jason Aronson, 1996):331-343.
  • “Understanding Religion in Diaspora: The Case of the Jews of Cochin.”  Religious Studies and Theology 15, 1 (1996):5-17.
  • “Leaving Mother India: Reasons for the Cochin Jews’ Migration to Israel,” with Ellen S. Goldberg. Population Review 39, 1 & 2 (1995):35-53.
  • “The Judaisms of Kaifeng and Cochin: Parallel and Divergent Styles of Religious Acculturation.” Numen: International Review for the History of Religions 42 (1995):118-140. Abridged in Jonathan Goldstein, ed., The Jews of China (2 vols., Armonk NY, M. E.    Sharpe, 1999):120-138. Revised in Roman Malek, ed., From Kaifeng… to Shanghai – Jews in China (Sankt Augustin, Germany, Monumenta Serica Monograph Series ]XLVI, 2000):173-192.
  • “The Sephardi Diaspora in Cochin, India.” Jewish Political Studies Review 3, 3-4 (1993):97-140.
  • “Jewish ‘Apartheid’ and a Jewish Gandhi,” with Ellen S. Goldberg. Jewish  Social Studies 50, 3-4 (1988/1993):147-176. Reprinted: Ethnic  Studies Report 10, 2 (July 1992):18-35
  • “Perfection without God: A View from the Pali Canon.” Studies in Formative Spirituality 14, 1 (1993):11-22.
  • “The Synagogues of South India.” Arts of Asia 23, 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1993):131-134.
  • “Contacts between Jewish and Indo-Tibetan Civilizations through the Ages: Some Explorations.” Tibet Journal 16, 4 (1991):90-109. Reprinted: “Contacts between Jewish and Indo-Tibetan   Civilizations through the Ages.” Judaism 43, 1 (Winter 1994):46-60. Reprinted: “Contacts Between Jewish and Indo-Tibetan  Civilizations.” Points East 8, 1(1994):1, 5-10.
  • “The Jewish Secret and the Dalai Lama – A Dharamsala Diary.” Conservative Judaism 43, 4 (1991):33-46. Revised: “A Meeting of Ancient Peoples: Western Jews and the Dalai Lama of Tibet.” Jerusalem Letter 113 (1 March 1991):1-8.
  • “The Ritual Enactments of the Cochin Jews: The Powers of Purity and Nobility.” with Ellen S. Goldberg. J. of Ritual Studies 4, 2  (1990):199-238. Revised: “The Ritual Enactments of Indian Jewish Identity of the Cochin Jews.” In Nathan Katz, ed., Studies of Indian Jewish Identity (New Delhi, Manohar, 1995):15-51.
  • “Asceticism and Caste in the Passover Observances of the Cochin Jews” with Ellen S. Goldberg. J. of the American Academy of Religion 57, 1(Spring 1989):53-82. Reprinted: Southeast Council Association of Asian Studies Annals 10 (1989):99-113. Also reprinted: Ethnic Studies Report 7, 1 (1989):58-70.
  • “The Last Jews in India and Burma” with Ellen S. Goldberg. Jerusalem Letter 101 (15 Apr. 1988):1-8.
  • “Social and Political Attitudes of Sri Lankan Monks: An Empirical Study” with F. Robert Stiglicz. South Asia Research 6, 2 (Nov. 1986): 159-180.
  • “Prolegomena to the Study of Tibetan Social Philosophy.” Tibet Journal   11, 4 (Winter 1986):3-7.
  • “The Golden Rock Temples of Dambulla” with Ellen S. Goldberg. Arts of Asia 16, 4 (July-Aug. 1986):69-76. Expanded: “The Golden Rock Temples of Dambulla: Their Role in Sinhalese Buddhism and Nationalism” with Ellen S. Goldberg. Southeast Conference Assn. for Asian Studies Annals 7 (1986):85-93.
  • “Tamils en Sinhalezen” Inforiënt Dossier (Katholieke Universeteit  Leuven),trans. into Flemish by P. Willems. 4, 2 (1984):12-17.
  • “Prasanga and Deconstruction: Tibetan Hermeneutics and the Yana.” Philosophy East and West 34, 2 (1984):185-204. Alternate version: “Tibetan Hermeneutics and the Yana Controversy,” Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde 11,2 (1983):107-30
  • “Boeddhisme en politiek in Sri Lanka” Inforiënt Dossier (Katholieke Universeteit, Leuven), trans. into Flemish by L. de Brabandere, 3, 2 (1983).
  • “‘Academic Neutrality’ and Contemporary Tibetan Studies.” Tibet Journal 8, 4 (1983):6-9.
  • “Buddhism and Marxism on Alienation and Suffering.” Indian Philosophical Quarterly 10, 3 (1983):255-261. Translated into Serbo-Croatian by M. Milanovic: “Buddhism and Marxism.” Knijisevna Rec (Belgrade, “The Literary Word”) 207 (March 3, 1983).
  • “Scholarly Approaches to Buddhist Studies: A Political Analysis.” Eastern\ Buddhist 15, 2 (1982):116-121.
  • “Some Methodological Comments on the Use of the Term ‘Hinayana‘ in the Study of Buddhism.” Religious Traditions 3, 1 (1980): 52-58.
  • “Does the ‘Cessation of the World’ Entail the Cessation of the Emotions? The Psychology of the Arahant.” Pali Buddhist Review 4, 3 (1979):53-65.
  • “Anima and mKha’ ‘gro ma: A Critical, Comparative Study of Jung and  Tibetan Buddhism.” Tibet Journal 2, 3 (1977):13-43. Revised: “On the Phenomena of ‘the Feminine’ According to Tantric Hagiographical Texts and Jungian Psychology.” In Nathan Katz, ed., Buddhist and Western Psychology (Boulder, Prajña Press/ Shambhala, 1983):241-262. Revised, expanded: “Dakini and Anima: On Tantric Deities and Jungian Archetypes.” In Daniel J. Meckel and Robert L. Moore, eds., Self and Liberation: The Jung/Buddhism Dialogue (Chicago, Paulist Press, 1992):302-329.    Translated into Polish by J. Sieradzan, T. Sikory and M. and P. Zowislow, “Anima i Khadoma. Krytyczene Porównawcze Junga i Buddyzmu Tybetanskiego,” NOMOS Kwartalnik Religioznawczy 18/19 (1997):137-167.
  • “An Appraisal of the Svatantrika-Prasangika Debates.” Philosophy East and West 26, 3 (1976):253-267.
Film

“Is There Room at the Inn? Muslims, Jews and the Holy Land” www.isthereroom.org

Chapters in Books, Encyclopedia Entries, Etc.
  • “The Study of Indian Jewish Communities.” Keynote paper in Proceedings of the International Coference on Jewish Communities in Asia, Haifa University. (in press)
  • “An Introduction to Judaism for Hindus.” In Meenaz Kassam, ed., The Religions of India: A Microcosm of World Religions (New Delhi, Manohar, 2017), pp.201-230
  • “The Jewish Museum of Florida (FIU),” with Tudor Parfitt. Chapter Nine in Memory and Ethnicity: Ethnic Museums in Israel and the Diaspora. Ed. By Emanuela Trevisa Seri, Dario Miccoli, and Tudor Parfitt. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2014, pp. 223-238.
  • “Religious Practices and Communal Identity of the Cochin Jews; Models Metaphors and Methods of Diasporic Religious Acculturation.” Steven Ramey, ed., Critical Developments in Religious Studies: A Decade of Aronov Lecturers. (2014 in press).
  • “Jewish-Buddhist Dialogue.” Catherine Cornille, ed. Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Interreligious Dialogue (Chichester, U.K., John Wiley & Sons, 2013), pp. 394-409..
  • “Judaisms of South Asia: Beliefs and Practices.” Karen Pachelis, ed., Religions of South Asia: Practicing Tradition Today (London, Routledge, 2011 – forthcoming)
  • “Religious Practices and Communal Identity of the Cochin Jews: Models, Metaphors, and Methods of Diasporic Acculturation,” in M. Avrum Ehrlich, ed., Negotiating Identity Amongst the Religious Minorities of Asia (Leiden, Brill, 2008, in press).
  • “Buddhist-Jewish Relations.” In P. Schmidt-Leukel, ed., Buddhist Attitudes to Other Religions, (St. Ottilien, Germany, EOS, 2008), pp. 269-293.
  • “Jewish-Indian Contacts over the Ages.” In M. Avrum Ehrlich, ed.,  Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora (Santa Barbara, ABC-Clio, 2008), entry 304.
  • “The State of the Art of Hindu-Jewish Dialogue.” In N. Katz, et. al., eds., Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century: A View from the Margin (New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), pp. 113-126.
  • “Introduction: Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century – A   1-1-DSC_0009Perspective from the Margin.” In N. Katz, et. Al., eds., Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century: A View from the Margin (New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), pp. 1-15.
  • “Indians in Israel.” In Peter Reeves, Brij V. Lal and Rajesh Rai, eds., The   Encyclopedia of the Indians Overseas (Singapore, Éditions Didier Millet, 2006), pp. 236-239.
  • “India.” Encyclopedia Judaica, F. Skolnik, et. Al., eds, (2nd. Ed, Farmington Hills, MI, Thomson Gale, New York, Macmillan Reference, and Jerusalem, Keter, 2006), vol. 9, pp. 771-776.
  • “Kochi.” Encyclopedia Judaica, F. Skolnik, et. Al., eds, (2nd. Ed, Farmington Hills, MI, Thomson Gale, New York, Macmillan Reference, and Jerusalem, Keter, 2006), vol. 12, pp. 247-250.
  • “Mota, Nehemia.” Encyclopedia Judaica, F. Skolnik, et. Al., eds, (2nd. Ed, Farmington Hills, MI, Thomson Gale, New York, Macmillan Reference, and Jerusalem, Keter, 2006), vol. 14, p. 569.
  • “The Jews of Asia.” In The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions, ed. by Mark Juergensmeyer (New York, Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 231-241.
  • “Rabbinic Views of Hinduism and Buddhism.’ In Alon Goshen Gottstein, ed., Toward a Jewish Theology of World Religions – An Inaugural Conference (Jerusalem: Elijah Interfaith Institute; and Scranton, PA: University of Scranton, 2005), pp. 34-36.
  • “Judaism: Judaism in Asia.” In Lindsay Jones, et. al., eds., Encyclopedia of Religion, Second Edition (Farmington Hills, MI, and New York: Macmillans Reference, 2005), vol. 7, pp. 5004-5011.
  • “Bhavaviveka.” In Lindsay Jones, et. al., eds., Encyclopedia of Religion, Second Edition (Farmington Hills, MI, and New York: Macmillans Reference, 2005), vol. 2, pp. 860-861.
  • “Foreword” to Chaman Lal Raina, ed. and trans., Facets of Shri Chandni-Nava Durga (New Delhi, Sharada Publishing House, 2003), p. ix.
  • “Judaism in Asia.” In The Columbia Companion to Eastern Religions, ed. by Robert A. F. Thurman (New York, Columbia University Press, forthcoming.)
  • “The Modernization of Singhalese Buddhism as Reflected in the Dambulla Cave Temples.” In Buddhism in the Modern World: Adaptations of an Ancient Tradition, ed. by S. Heine and C. S. Prebish (New York, Oxford University Press, 2003), pp. 27-44.
  • “Maurice Friedman’s Dialogue with Asian Religions.” In Dialogically Speaking: Maurice Friedman’s Interdisciplinary Humanism, ed. by Kenneth P. Kramer (Eugene OR, Pickwick Publications, 2011), pp.    142-160
  • “Hinduism and Interfaith Dialogue: Hindu-Jewish Relations.” In Encyclopedia of Hinduism, ed. by K. L. Seshagiri Rao (Columbia, SC, Univ. of South Carolina Press, 2004, in press). Revised, expanded: “Hindu-Jewish Relations,” American Vedantist 7, 2  (2001):18-24. Trans. into Kannada in Viveka Prabha (Yadavagiri, India, Ramakrishna Order, in press).
  • “From JuBu to OJ.” In Beside Still Waters: Jews, Christians, and the Buddha’s Way. ed. by H. Kasimow, J. P. Keenan, and L. K. Keenan (Boston, Wisdom Publications, 2003), pp. 31-44.
  • “Jewish Folklore” and “Judaism.” In South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia, ed. by Peter J. Claus, Margaret A. Mills, and Sarah Diamond, eds. (New York and London, Routledge, 2003), pp. 309-310 + 313-314.
  • “Religious Pluralism and Chongsan’s ‘Ethics of Triple Identity’ with Perspectives from the Buddha and Ashoka Maurya,” in Religions in Our Future Society (Iksan City, Korea, Wonkwang University, 2000), pp. 515-527; Korean trans. by Young-Ju Kim, pp. 205-    214.
  • “Introduction” to Concepts of Transmigration. Steven J. Kaplan, ed. (Lewiston, NY, Edwin Mellen Press, 1995)
  • “Introduction” In Nathan Katz, ed., Studies of Indian Jewish Identity (New Delhi, Manohar, 1995):1-12.
  • “Sri Lankan Monks on Ethnicity and Nationalism.” In K. M. de Silva, P. Duke, E. S. Goldberg and N. Katz, eds., Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma (London, Frances Pinter,  and Boulder, Westview Press, 1988): 138-152.
  • “Bhavaviveka.” In Mircea Eliade, ed., The Encyclopedia of Religion (New York, Free Press/ Macmillan, 1987): vol. 3, pp. 134-135.
  • “Jewish Perspectives on Equality.” In R. Siriwardene, ed., Equality and the Religious Traditions of Asia (London, Frances Pinter, 1987):135-143.
  • “Buddhism and Politics in Sri Lanka and other Theravada Nations since 1945.” In Charles Wei-hsun Fu and Gerhard E. Spiegler, eds., Movements and Issues in World Religions: An Analysis and Sourcebook of Developments Since 1945 (New York, Westport,  CT and London, Greenwood Press, 1987): 157-176.
  • “Theravada Buddhism and Marxism in the Post-War Era” with Stephen D.Sowle. In Fu and Spiegler, eds. Movements and Issues in World Religions, (New York, Westport, CT and London, Greenwood Press,1987):417-462.
  • “Summary and Conclusions.” In Padmasiri de Silva, ed., Two Concepts of Peace (Colombo, Lake House, 1985):44-48.
  • “Foreword” to Songs of Spiritual Change by Gyalwa Kalzang Gyatso, the Seventh Dalai Lama, tr. by Glenn H. Mullin. (Ithaca, NY, Snow Lion Publications, 1985):viii-x.
  • “Nagarjuna and Wittgenstein on Error.” In Nathan Katz, ed., Buddhist and Western Philosophy (New Delhi, Sterling, and Atlantic Highlands, NJ, Humanities Press, 1981):306-327. Translated into Korean: “Wittgenstein-gwa Yongsoo-ui Oryu-ron” in Philip H. Hwang, ed. And trans., Boonsuk Chulhak-gwa Jonggyo (Analytical Philosophy and Religion) (Seoul, Jongro Publishing Co., 1984): 270-296. Reprinted: Sudesika: Festschrift Bhikkhu Ñanajivako (Cedomil Veljacic), ed. by Sinisa Dokic (Zagreb, Antibarbarus, 1997), pp. 81-97.
Translations
  • “A Tibetan-language History of Israel by Jamyang Norbu.” J. of Indo-Judaic Studies 1 (1998):83-91.
  • “Indrabhuti’s ‘Confession of Errors in the Roots and Branches of the Vajrayana’: A Critical Edition, English Translation and Discussion.” J of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 2, 2 (1979): 31-44. Abridged version: “Indrabhuti’s rDo rje theg pa’irtsa ba dang yan lag gi ltung ba’i bshags ba: A Tantric Confessional Text.” In Michael V. Aris and Aung San Suu Kyi, eds.,   Tibetan Studies in Honour of Hugh Edward Richardson  (Warminster, Aris & Philips, 1980):169-176.
  • “The Hagiography of Nagarjuna.” with Kelsang Yeshi. Kailash: A Journal of Himalayan Studies 5, 4 (1977):269-276.
  • “A Translation of the Biography of the Mahasiddha Indrabhuti with   Notes.”Bulletin of Tibetology 12, 1 (1975):25-29.
Review Essay
  • “What Jews Can Learn from Buddhism.” Review of Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist, by Sylvia Boorstein. Tikkun 12, 3 (Mar.-Apr. 1997):67-70.
In Popular Journals and Newspapers
  • “Why we should care about Indian Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Israel.” Jewish Journal (Ft. Laudedale, FL, Sun-Sentinel, July 5, 2017), p 17.
  • “By Us This Is Forbidden – A Tale of Jewish Ethics and Indian Spices,” with Zvi Zohar, Havruta: A Journal of Jewush Conversation, special issue on “The Business of Ethics,” 4 (Jerusalem, Shalom Hartman Institute, Winter 2010), pp. 34-41.
  • “Jerusalem in Benares.” Tikkun (May/June 2007), pp. 23-25, 68-70.
  • “The Last Jews of Cochin.” One (New York, July 2006), pp. 32- 37.
  • “Following the spiritual impulse.” In A Chorus of Wisdom, ed. by Sorah Dubitsky (Ulysses Press, 2005), pp. 27-31.
  • “The Buddhist Flutist – A Conversation with Nestor Torres.” Loft 34 (Miami, May 2005), pp. 46-49.
  • “Angel & Ape: Revered religious authority Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz discusses the material, the spiritual, and the divine.” Loft (Miami, March 2005), pp. 50-53.
  • “Yom Kippur: Dalai Lama’s Lesson on ‘Returning’ to G-d,” Miami Herald (Sept. 24, 2004): 29A.
  • “Adapting Asian Values,” Forum: The Magazine of the Florida Humanities Council (Fall 2000):26-27.
  • “Zen and the Art of Jewish Maintenance,” Dimensions (Apr.-May 1999): 66-69.
  • “On the Other Side – The absence of anti-Jewish sentiment is a matter of pride for both Jews and Gentiles in India,” Dimensions (Winter 1997):91-92.
  • “Jews and Gurus.” Midstream (Aug.-Sept. 1996):15-17.
  • ‘Aw, shucks! A journey in Jewish Savannah through history, and oysters.” Phila. Jewish Exponent (Aug. 5, 1994):1X, 4X.
  • “Jewish-Hindu Dialogue.” Hinduism Today 16, 7 (July 1994):1, 5.
  • “The Synagogues of South India.” Echoes of Sepharad 2 (Oct. 1991):     17-21.
  • “India’s Schwarzkopf is a Jew.” National Jewish Post & Opinion (June 19, 1991):11, 16.
  • “Also chosen people.” Jerusalem Post (May 21, 1991).
  • “A monk’s ‘Shabbat Shalom’.” Jerusalem Post (May 7, 1991).
  • “A bracha for the Dalai Lama.” Jerusalem Post (April 30, 1991).
  • “The Dalai Lama and the ‘Jewish secret’.” Jerusalem Post ( April 23, 1991).
  • “A Dharamsala Diary.” Points East: J. of the Sino-Judaic Institute 6, 1 (March 1991):1, 10-12.
  • “The Jewish Secret and the Dalai Lama: A Dharamsala Diary.” Jewish Press of Tampa 3, 9 (Nov. 23-24, 1990):1, 12-13.
  • “The Jews of Cochin” with Ellen S. Goldberg. Midstream 34, 2 (Feb./Mar. 1988):41-44.
  • “Interview with Abbie Hoffman” with Bill Hamilton and Ellen Goldberg. Splash: Art and Contemporary Culture 5 (1986):32-33 & 44-45.
  • “Minorities in Buddhist Polities: Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand,” with Sirima Kiribamune. (Kandy, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Workshop Reports No. 10, 1985).
  • “The Jews of Cochin–Why Are They Leaving India?” with Ellen S. Goldberg, St. Petersburg Times (November 23, 1985).
  • “After 2,000 years in India, a Jewish community nears extinction.” with Ellen S. Goldberg, Christian Science Monitor (October 19, 1984)
  • “Bhikkhus and Development: A Sri Lankan Experiment.” Young Buddhist  (1984):217-221.
  • “Tibet’s exiled leader talks of homeland now ruled by China,” with E. S. Goldberg. Christian Science Monitor (July 30, 1984).
  • “Commentary on the Use of the Term ‘Hinayana ‘” Young Buddhist 80, 2 (1980):135-138.
  • “Ananda Coomaraswamy and Religionswissenschaft .” Dialogue 4, 3  (1977).