Department of Comparative Religion
Subject: The Scriptural Process: Canon formation and narratives in the Pāli tradition
Supervisor: Prof. Eviatar Shulman and Prof. Charles Hallisey
Abstract: My research focuses on the relation between the Pāli canon of the Buddhist-Theravādin tradition, and its traditional commentary- the Aṭṭhakathā. Focusing mainly on narratives and their unique commentarial value, this research introduces the commentarial technique as a creative literary process, and offers a model of dialogical relation between the two texts.
Bio: A PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University. Eshel received her B.A. in social work and the multidisciplinary program, and her M.A. in Comparative Religion from the Hebrew University.
Azrieli Scholarship 2023/24