David M. Stern is an American scholar of Hebrew literature.
He is the Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Hebrew and Jewish Literature at Harvard University.
[2] He taught at the University of Pennsylvania and was the Berg Professor of Classical Hebrew Literature before joining Harvard's faculty in 2015.
[3][4] His work has focused on interpreting works of Jewish literature in their historical and cultural contexts as well as the material history of Jewish literary works, with a specialization in Classical Rabbinic and Medieval Hebrew literature.
[5] He is married to Kathryn A. Hellerstein, professor of Jewish studies at the University of Pennsylvania.