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Ayoub, Ella
Arabic versions of the Pentateuch, biblical exegesis, Jewish historiography (Sefer Yosippon), Christian historiography in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish Bible
I am studying for a master’s degree at the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich. I
Bernheimer, Teresa
Early history of Islam, Muslim-Jewish intellectual history, history and theory of colour, the rainbow
I am a historian of the medieval Middle East, that is the period from around 600 to 1200 CE. I
Brill, Yossi
Contemporary Mizrahi literature, Jewish communities in the East, German post-war literature
My teaching focuses on literature written by Mizrahim (Sephardi Jews) in the 20th and 21st centuries. I use representative examples
Busa, Anna
Manuscript studies, Book history, Social history, Medieval midrash, Hebrew and Aramaic grammar
Initially trained in Hebrew/Aramaic grammar and rabbinic literature, I earned a bi-nationally supervised PhD from the École Pratique des Hautes
Connolly, Magdalen
Arabic, Judeo-Arabic, historical linguistics, Cairo Genizah collections, codicology and palaeography of manuscripts
My research centres on pre-modern “non-standard” Arabic writing. The focus of my work is primarily linguistic; I am interested in
de Molière, Maximilian
book history, epistolography, digital humanities, Kabbalah, Christian Hebraism
In 2021, I completed my dissertation on the library of the 15th-century Christian Hebraist Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter. The goal of
Faragalla, Joseph
Christian Arabic and Syriac literature, history of Oriental Christians, biblical exegesis, Arabic translation of patristic literature, manuscripts and codicology
I graduated from the English Department in the Faculty of Arts of Menia University (Egypt) in 2000, and then from
Figeac, Petra
Wissenschaft des Judentums, Judaic studies in Germany in the 19th century, history of European Jews in the Middle Ages
I am currently researching the Jewish polymath Moritz Steinschneider (1816–1907), who wrote approximately 1,400 articles and books in several languages,
Gibson, Nathan
Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations, Syriac communities, social encounters, network analysis, polemics and argumentation, digital humanities
In my research, I focus on communication and knowledge exchange among Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities in the medieval Near
Gzella, Lea
Ibn Ǧanāḥ, Judeo-Arabic, (medieval) Hebrew lexicography, Hebrew palaeography, Hebrew codicology, biblical exegesis
After initially studying Arabic, I was so intrigued by its language system that I switched to Semitic studies soon afterwards.
Haffner, Simon
grammar, rhetoric, linguistic thought, Qaraite Judaism
Almost since I can remember I have been fascinated by language. Retrospectively, it becomes more and more apparent to me
Ioppolo, Fabio
history and economy of books, Muslim and Jewish codicology, Arabic and Hebrew palaeography, history of manuscript acquisition and collection history
I am a research associate in an international collaborative project funded by the DFG and the AHRC entitled “The History
