Michael E. Stone taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1966 to 2007, where he was Gail Levin de Nur Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of Armenian Studies. He was awarded the earned, senior doctoral degrees, Doctor of Letters by the University of Melbourne and Doctor of Armenian Studies by the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, and he holds an honorary doctorate from Hebrew Union College. He has been awarded the major Israeli national prize, the Landau Prize for Contribution to the Humanities. Now retired, he continues an intensive program of research and writing.