Norman J Cohen

Biographic Data

ID1503859
NAMENorman J Cohen
GIVEN NAMESNorman J
FAMILY NAMECohen
SIGNATURECOHEN N J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Illinois System
ORCID0000-0001-5556-0417
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS12
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1980
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX1

  • Remembering and Voting

    Open AccessJason C Coronel, Michael C Duff et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Political…2012Cited by: 11References: 36

    One of the most prominent claims to emerge from the field of public opinion is that citizens can vote for candidates whose issue positions best reflect their own beliefs even when they cannot remember previously learned stances associated with the candidates. The current experiment provides a unique and powerful examination of this claim by determining whether individuals with profound amnesia, whose severe memory impairments prevent them from re…

  • Judaism and Christianity

    Norman J CohenARTICLEThought1992

  • The Fundamentalist Phenomenon

    Margaret M Poloma, Norman J CohenARTICLESociological Analysis1991

    Journal Article The Fundamentalist Phenomenon: A View from Within; A Response from Without, edited by Norman J. Cohen. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1990, 266 pp. $14.95 Get access Margaret M. Poloma Margaret M. Poloma University of Akron Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 52, Issue 1, Spring 1991, Pages 135–136, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710729 Published: 01 March 1991

  • Analysis of an Exegetic Tradition in the Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael

    Open AccessNorman J CohenARTICLEAJS Review The Journal of the…1984Cited by: 1References: 2

    In the past few years, a number of works have appeared which have tried to utilize different methods in the analysis of midrashic and aggadic texts. These recent efforts include the application of literary structural analysis, formula comparison, linguistic tools, and form and redaction criticism, in addition to concern for the sitz im leben of particular passages, i.e., sociohistorical studies

  • The London Manuscript of Midrash Pesiqta Rabbati

    Norman J CohenARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1983

  • Shekhinta Ba-Galuta

    Norman J CohenARTICLEJournal for the Study of Judaism1982

  • Structural Analysis of a Talmudic Story

    Norman J CohenARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1982

    Analyse structurale du conte bien connu de: Talmud de Babylone, Shabbat 119a. Texte, traduction, commentaire

  • Structure and Editing in the Homiletic Midrashim

    Open AccessNorman J CohenARTICLEAJS Review The Journal of the…1981

    Since Leopold Zunz's comments regarding the highly artistic form of the classic rabbinic homily, those involved in the critical study of midrash have concerned themselves with the structure of the derashah . Some nineteenth and early twentieth century scholars recognized that the individual pisqa'ot and parashiyyot of the homiletic midrashim contain a series of petiḥtot (sermonic proems), followed by interpretative comments upon the first few ver…

  • Leviticus Rabbah, Parashah 3

    Norman J CohenARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1981

  • Preserved Learning and Retention of Pattern-Analyzing Skill in Amnesia

    Open AccessNorman J Cohen, Neal J Cohen et al.ARTICLEScience1980

    Amnesic patients acquired a mirror-reading skill at a rate equivalent to that of matched control subjects and retained it for at least 3 months. The results indicate that the class of preserved learning skills in amnesia is broader than previously reported. Amnesia seems to spare information that is based on rules or procedures, as contrasted with information that is data-based or declarative—"knowing how" rather than "knowing that." The results …