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 focus mainly on the history and literature of Jews and
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 am particularly interested in the formation of Islam in the
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 from contemporary Hebrew prose and poetry. With the complex configurations
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 Études, Paris and Goethe University, Frankfurt working on the medieval
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 diachronic developments in the orthography, morphology, and syntax of Middle
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 this project was to contribute to the history of the
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 the Coptic Theological Faculty (Egypt). I received my PhD in
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, publishing in journals in a wide range of fields. He
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 East. Although many of these interactions took place over a
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. Throughout my studies, I have thus occupied myself with the
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 that my interest is predominantly in two aspects of language:
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 of the Jewish Book in the Islamicate World”. Within the
Kloos, Caroline
Arabic language, History of religion, History of art
I am a Student Assistant on the project “Beyond Conflict and Coexistence. Entangled History of Jewish-Arab Relations”. As an undergraduate student of Religious Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich, my
Labib, Zakka
Judeo-Arabic commentaries, Medieval Jewish and Christian biblical exegesis, Arabic commentaries on Psalms, Arabic Bible, Syriac Christianity
I am a PhD candidate in Judaic studies, and my current research interests are medieval Jewish and Christian biblical commentaries, especially on the book of Psalms. My dissertation focuses on
Lemaire, Sarah
early poetry of the synagogue (pre-classical piyyutim), Aramaic Bible translation (targumim), Aramaic poetry in Late Antiquity
Yose ben Yose was the first poet to write in Hebrew whose name has come down to us since Ben Sirah. He began his piyyut “Atah konanta ᶜolam be-rov ḥesed”
Mazzola, Marianna
medieval Middle East (7th–13th centuries), Syriac Christianity and its relations with Byzantium and Islam, Eastern Christian political thought in the Islamicate world, Syriac historiography, philology and codicology (including excerpt collections in transcultural comparison)
Trained as an Oriental philologist at Pisa University, I earned a joint PhD in history from Ghent University and the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris. My research pertains
Poralla, Lea
languages (Arabic, Persian, Hebrew) and linguistics, history and politics of the Middle East, Iranian history and society
I am currently working as a student assistant on the ERC project "MAJLIS: The Transformation of Jewish Literature in Arabic in the Islamicate World" at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich. I began
Safiou, Bilal
Middle East and North Africa, the Mediterranean, West Africa, the Americas
I am a student and assistant at the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, where I'm currently enrolled for my master's program. My interests cover several areas, however I
Schmidt, Friederike
Judeo-Arabic literature, Qaraite history, Qaraite Bible exegesis, Cairo Genizah, Jewish communities in the Levant, Iraq, and Yemen (19th and 20th centuries), Arabic dialects, intercommunal relations, manuscript studies
An Arabist by training (with an MA in Arabic Studies with minors in religious studies and political science, and an MA in Conference Interpreting (Arabic, German)), I am now pursuing
Schmitt, Sophia
Jewish–Christian relations, history of anti-Judaism, history of violence, medieval urban spaces, legal history, environmental history, medieval Ashkenaz
I am a research associate in the unit of Judaic Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich, where I teach courses on pre-modern Jewish history and rabbinic literature. In addition, I serve
Schwarb, Gregor
Intellectual history of the Islamicate world; Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Kalām in Arabic; Muʿtazila; traditions of falsafa in (Judeo-)Arabic and Hebrew; Maimonides; Qaraite Judaism; Genizah studies; Firkovitch Collections; Arabic and Hebrew palaeography and codicology; Jewish and Samaritan Bible translations; scriptural exegesis and hermeneutics in Arabic; Copto-Arabic literature of the 13th and 14th centuries; interreligious polemics.
My research focuses on the history of trans-denominational intellectual thought in the pre-modern Islamicate world. As a matter of methodological preference and historiographical priority, my studies cut across established disciplinary
Tarras, Peter
philosophy in Arabic (Jewish, Christian, Muslim), Arabic Bible, history and manuscript heritage of Middle Eastern Jewish and Eastern (Oriental) Christian communities, manuscript studies
I am a research associate in the ERC project MAJLIS. Previously, I have worked for the Arabic and Latin Glossary (Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg). At the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern
Urbiczek, Nadine
intellectual history of the Islamicate world, Judeo-Arabic, orality and literacy, practices and politics of knowledge production and transfer, contemporary culture and politics of the Gulf states, Nabaṭī
I am a PhD candidate and research associate with the ERC research project "MAJLIS: The Transformation of Jewish Literature in Arabic in the Islamicate World”. In my research, I am
Vidro, Nadia
Qaraite Judaism, Jewish manuscripts, History of the Hebrew grammar, History of the Jewish calendar, Cairo Genizah
I am a cultural and intellectual historian of medieval Jews in Muslim lands, with a strong focus on Qaraite Judaism. All my research is manuscript based. I hold a PhD
Vollandt, Ronny
Bible translations into Arabic, Jewish literature in Arabic, Jewish Cultural Heritage
in the Near East, Arabic and Hebrew Palaeography and Codicology,
Intercommunal transmission of knowledge
ronny.vollandt@lmu.de https://lmu-munich.academia.edu/RonnyVollandt https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3701-9429 Areas of Interest Bible translations into Arabic, Jewish literature in Arabic, Jewish Cultural Heritage in the Near East, Arabic and Hebrew Palaeography and Codicology, Intercommunal transmission of
