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 knowledge
Historical Periods of Interest
Late Antiquity through 13th Centuries, 19th Century CE
Positions
2015 –
Professor for Judaic Studies (Judaistik), tenured.
Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-
Universität (LMU), Munich, Germany
2013 – 2015
Senior Research Associate
Research Unit Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, Institute of Islamic
Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
2011 – 2012
Associated researcher (post-doc)
Section Hébraïque, Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes, CNRS, Paris,
France
Education
2011
PhD, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Semitic Philology,
University of Cambridge
2007
MA, Jewish Civilization, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Awards and distinctions
2019
ERC Consolidator Grant
2019
ARCHES Award for Research Cooperation and. High Excellence in Science
2019
Teaching grant, “Multiplikatoren-Programm”, Ludwig-Maximilians-
Universität (LMU), Munich (with Nathan Gibson)
2017
Alexander-Böhlig-Preis (for the book “Arabic Versions of the
Pentateuch. A comparative study of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Sources”)
Functions
2022 –
Director, Munich Research Centre of Jewish-Arabic Culture
2022
Dean of Studies, Faculty for the Study of Culture, LMU
2019 –
Member of Advisory Board, The Encyclopedia of Jewish-Christian Relations (EJCR)
2019 –
Chairman, German Association of Jewish Studies and Jewish Theology
2018 –
Member of Advisory Board, Early Manuscripts Electronic Library (EMEL)
2017 –
Editor-in-Chief, Judentum und Umwelt, series published by Peter Lang Publishing
2016 –
Member of Advisory Board, Jüdische Religion, Kultur und Geschichte, a series published by & Ruprech
2015 –
Member of Advisory Board, Collectanea Christiana Orientalia, a journal published by the University of Cordoba
2015 –
Member of Editorial Board, Biblia Arabica: Texts and Studies, a series published by Brill
2013 –
Member of Advisory Board, Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, a journal published by Brill
2009 –
Member of Advisory Board, Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies