Ravza Aydın received her BA from Marmara University, Faculty of Theology and completed both her MA and PhD on History of Religions at Sakarya University. Her master’s thesis focused on “The Principles of Faith According to Maimonides”, while her doctoral dissertation examined the concepts of God, the universe, and the human being in the Sefer ha-Zohar.
She is currently a research assistant in the Department of History of Religions at Sakarya University. Her research interests include medieval Jewish philosophy, Kabbalistic cosmology, and the intersections between Jewish and Islamic thought.
She is presently conducting her postdoctoral research at the Research Centre for Jewish Arabic Cultures, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), with the support of a TÜBİTAK fellowship. Her current project, titled “The Sefirot System as the Theory of the Universe in Sefer ha-Zohar and its Similarities with Wahdat al-Wujud (Unity of Existence) in Islamic Thought”, explores the metaphysical parallels between Kabbalistic and Islamic mystical cosmologies.
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Areas of Interest
Comparative history of Religions, Jewish History and Philosophy, Kabbalah, Jewish-Ottoman-Turkish publications
Historical Periods of Interest
Middle Ages, Ottoman Period
Positions
2010-Present
Research Fellow, History of Religions, Sakarya University, Faculty of Theology
Apr. 26 – May 10, 2011
Secretary, IP Erasmus: “Translating God(s): Islam and Christianity in Southeast Europe”, Marmara University Faculty of Theology-Dublin, Irish School of Ecumenics
Education
2021
PhD, History of Religions, Sakarya University
2012
MA, History of Religions, Sakarya University
2009
BA, Faculty of Theology, Marmara University
Awards and distinction
2025
TÜBİTAK 2219- International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program for Turkish Citizens
2014
MEB Overseas Government Scholarships, Israel, University of Haifa (Intensive Ulpan)
2011
