Meir Shahar
Meir Shahar (Hebrew: מאיר שחר, born in 1959 in Jerusalem, Israel) is a professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at Tel Aviv University.
After studying at the University of Jerusalem, he studied Chinese in Taipei. He obtained a PhD in Asian languages and civilizations at Harvard University in 1992.
His current research focuses on interactions between Chinese religions, the Chinese literature, and Chinese martial arts.
Books
The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts, 2008, The University of Hawai'i Press.
Wu Cheng'en, translation Meir Shahar, Monkey and the Magic Gourd. (Hebrew)
Crazy Ji: Chinese Religion and Popular Literature, Harvard University Asia Center, 1998
The Chinese Religion ("Ha-Dat ha-Sinit"), The Broadcast University Series Press, 1998. (Hebrew)
with Robert Weller, Unruly Gods: Divinity and Society in China, University of Hawai'i Press, 1996.
External links
Official website