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