Thursday, July 20th 2023 09:00 - 09:10 Welcome Joseph Faragalla (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)   Christian-Arabic Bible Interpretation Session 1: Text and Manuscripts 09:10 - 09:40 BL, Arundel Or. 15 – A very modern mediaeval Bible project Miriam Hjälm (University College Stockholm) … Continued

We understand genres and disciplines of learning as dynamic structures that are never fixed and static, but continuously interact with the reading public, the social environment, the literary canon, and with other texts. The Society of Judaeo-Arabic Studies, therefore, invites to a conference on the nature, development and formation of genres and disciplines of knowledge in Judaeo-Arabic literature.

Auctor – Auctoritas – Authorship Claiming Authorial Agency in Rabbinic Literature and Medieval Midrash   The modern concept of the individual author as a creative genius plays an eminent role in literary studies. Its omnipresence and applicability to medieval texts … Continued