Labib, Zakka

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 the tafāsīr, or Arabic commentaries, on the book of Psalms, tracing the history of the different versions of the Arabic commentaries and prefaces on that book, including Judeo-Arabic and Christian Arabic commentaries.

zakka.labib@campus.lmu.de

lmu-munich.academia.edu/ZakkaLabib

Areas of Interest

Judeo-Arabic commentaries, Medieval Jewish and Christian biblical exegesis, Arabic commentaries on Psalms, Arabic Bible, Syriac Christianity

Historical Periods of Interest

9th through 19th centuries CE

Positions

2018

Lecturer in Classical Syriac Language and Syriac Christianity, The Anaphora Institute, Wadi al-Natroun, Egypt

2012

Lecturer in Biblical Hebrew, Coptic Orthodox Theological Seminary, Cairo, Egypt

Education

2020

PhD Candidate, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich (working thesis title: “The Arabic Commentaries on the Book of Psalms”; supervisor: Ronny Vollandt)

2015 – 2017

MA in Syriac Theology, Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Salzburg, Austria

2015

Intensive Course in Christian Arabic Manuscripts, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, USA

2006 – 2007

Courses in Talmud & Geniza Manuscripts, Center of Papyri and Inscriptions, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

2004 – 2006

Diploma in Coptic Language, Institute of Coptic Studies, Cairo, Egypt

2002 – 2005

Course on Classical Syriac Language, St Aphrem Theological Seminary, Ma’arrat Saydnaya, Damascus, Syria

2001 – 2005

BA in Theology, Coptic Orthodox Theological Seminary, Cairo, Egypt

Publications

Books

Articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and conference proceedings

Labib, Zakka, and Samuel Moawad. “St. Athanasius of Alexandria: The 39th Festal Letter, in 367 AD.” Alexandria School Journal, 2013, 257–87.

Labib, Zakka. “Works of Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, Preserved in Syriac, I (Arabic).” Alexandria School Journal, no. 1 (January 2013): 97–113.

Labib, Zakka. “Syriac Fraction Between Syriac Heritage & Coptic Liturgy (Arabic).” Al-Majalla al-Batriyarkiya (Damascus) 271–273 (2008): 89–107.

Labib, Zakka. “Works of Pope Theophilus of Alexandria, Preserved in Syriac, II (Arabic).” Alexandria School Journal, no. 2 (2013): 135–43.

Labib, Zakka. “The Two Popes ‘Peter’s’, Their Works Preserved in Syriac (Arabic).” Alexandria School Journal, February 2014, 149–65.

Labib, Zakka. “St. Cyril of Alexandria: The First Letter to the Monks, on the Faith of the Church (Arabic).” Al-Karma al-Jadida (Cairo), 2012, 243–48.

Labib, Zakka. “A Letter From Patriarch Michael II of Antioch to Pope John VI of Alexandria (Arabic).” Alexandria School Journal 26, no. 1 (2019): 173–90.

Labib, Zakka. “Timothy III of Alexandria: A Homily on ‘Jesus, Being Wearied From His Journey, Sat’ MS Vat. Syr. 104.” Alexandria School Journal 15, no. 1 (2015): 153–74.

Labib, Zakka. “Pope Timothy II: The Book of Histories.” Alexandria School Journal, 2014, 157–69.

Labib, Zakka. “A Short Syriac Version for the 3rd and 4th Homilies of St. Cyril Commentary on the Gospel of Luke (Arabic).” Theological and Patristic Studies Review (Cairo) 42 (2018): 88–94.