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Rao Benzhong

E-mail: raobenzhong@126.com

Research Interests

History of Jewish Culture

History of European Civilizations

Teaching Courses

History of World Middle Ages(undergraduate program)

Special Topics on Modern World History(master degree's course)

Jews and World Civilization (masterdegree's course)

Education

2013-present, Professor, Institution of European Civilization

2010-2013, Post-Doctoral Researcher, History and Culture College, Tianjin Normal

University

2005-2008, Ph D in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Nanjing University

2004, M.A in History, Department of History, Zhejiang University

1994, B.A in History, Department of History, Henan University

Professional Experience

Visiting scholar at Tel Aviv University in Israel in 2007. 02-2007. 07

Publications

Monographs

1. The Sources of Jewish Law, Beijing: Intellectual Property Press, 2010.

2. On Jewish Culture(coauthor), Beijing: Chinese Publishing Groups, 2013.

3. The Jews and European Civilization, Beijing: People's Publishing House, 2015.

Articles

1. “On the ‘Sin’ in Judaism”,Economic and Social History Review, No.2, 2016, pp.49-59.

2. “On the Jewish Factors in the Protestant Reformation”,Christian Religion Studies,No.10, 2015, pp.40-47.

3. “On the Jewish Origins of European Political Thoughts”, Journal of World Peoples Studies, No.1, 2015.

4. “The Jewish Sources of European Law Civilization”,The Northern Forum, No.1, 2014, pp.141-146.

5. “On the Jewish Influence on Medieval European Law”,Western Asia and Africa, No.1,2014, pp. 111-124.

6. “An Analysis of the Reasons Why Jews Reject in Jesus”,Jewish Studies, No.12, 2013.

7. “Main Features of the Jewish Law”,Academia Bimestrie,No.3, 2011, pp.80-84.

8. “On the Connotations and Characters of the Hebrew Laws”,Western Asia and Africa, No.3, 2011, pp.57-61.

9. “Analysis on Rabbi and Their Historical Role”,Western Asia and Africa, No.8, 2010, pp.38-43.

10. “On Israel’s Transplantation of the Western Model of Higher Education”,Modern University Education, No.3,2010, pp.62-66.

11. “On the Religious Nature of Jewish Culture”,Jewish Studies, No.5, 2007.

12. “On the Eschatology of Judaism”,Religious Studies, No. 3, 2007, pp.211-215.

13. “Analysis on the Roots of Rabbinic Judaism”,Academia Bimestrie, No.1, 2007, pp.103-109.

14. “An Analysis of Urbanization Problems and their Causes in Southeast Asia”,Southeast Asian Studies, No.4, 2005.

15. “The Centralization of Urbanization in Southeast Asian Countries”,Urban Problems, No. 5,2004, pp.69-71.

Funded Research Projects

l “A Study of the Jewish Elements in European Civilization”，Henan Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Projects（2012 -2014）；

l “A Study of the Jewish Elements in Western Civilization”, The Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Projects（2013-2016）；

l “A Study of the Separation of Christianity from Judaism”,Tianjin Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Projects（2016-2018）；

l “A Study of the Jewish Elements in Socialist Thoughts”, Social Science Fund Projects of China（2017 -2020）；

Awards and Honors

 “The Sources of Jewish Law” won second prize of social science outstanding achievements in Henan Province（2010）;

Jewish Culture ResearchAward of Nanjing University（2007）；

Fagu Humanities Award of Nanjing University（2008）

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