In Rabbinic Body Language Catherine Hezser examines the literary representation of non-verbal communication within rabbinic circles and in encounters with others in Palestinian rabbinic documents of late antiquity.

Catherine Hezser. Dr. theol. (1986) University of Heidelberg; Ph.D. (1992) Jewish Theological Seminary of America; Habilitation (1997) Free University Berlin, is Professor of Jewish Studies at SOAS, University of London. Her most recent monograph is Jewish Travel in Antiquity (Tübingen, 2011).