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May 2017
Yefet ben Eli’s Exegesis of the Books of Ezra
Mr. Yair Zoran הזמנה-למפגש-הרביעי-של-חוג-בנעט-קיסטר-תשעז
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A Reexamination of Saadia Gaon’s Dictum “Humankind is more sublime than angels”
Dr. Nabih Bashir (Biblia Arabica Project) Invitation
Find out more »Jewish Arabic Biblical Folk Tales from the Firkovich Collection
Dr. Rachel Hasson Kenta (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) הרצאה-דר-רחל-חסון-קנת
Find out more »July 2017
Jewish Tragedy and Islamic Identity: The Image of the Jews as Portrayed in Muslim Narratives Dealing with the Destruction of Jerusalem
Yolanda Yavor (Tel Aviv University)
Find out more »‘And Esther found Favor in the eyes of all who saw her’: ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in Medieval Jewish Commentaries on the Character of Esther
Sivan Nir (Tel Aviv University)
Find out more »September 2017
Biblia Arabica Series, volume 5
Volume 5 of the Biblia Arabica series is now available online and in print from Brill: Hjälm, Miriam L. Senses of Scripture, Treasures of Tradition: The Bible in Arabic among Jews, Christians and Muslims. Biblia Arabica 5. Leiden: Brill, 2017. DOI: 10.1163/9789004347403. ISBN: 9789004347403 (online), 9789004347168 (print). From the publisher: Senses of Scripture, Treasures of Tradition offers recent findings on the reception, translation and use of the Bible in Arabic among Jews, Samaritans, Christians and Muslims from the early Islamic…
Find out more »November 2017
The Binding of Isaac: Isaac or Ishmael?
Iqbal Abd El-Raziq with Prof. Ishay Rosen-Zvi (Tel Aviv University)
Find out more »April 2018
Scholarship Ceremony in Memory of Dr. Ilana Sasson Z”L
The Department of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University cordially invites you to the ceremony of granting a scholarship in memory of Dr. Ilana Sasson Z”L on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 2–4 PM, at the Rosenberg Building, Hall 01. Please see details in the attached flyer. PDF: Ilana Sasson Memorial Scholarship Ceremony
Find out more »A Status Quaestionis of Research in the Arabic Bible
A Status Quaestionis of Research on the Arabic Bible can be found here https://www.academia.edu/36384637/The_Status_Quaestionis_of_Research_on_the_Arabic_Bible Published in Semitic Linguistics and Manuscripts : A Liber Discipulorum in Honour of Professor Geoffrey Khan, eds. Nadia Vidro, Ronny Vollandt, Esther-Miriam Wagner, Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, Studia Semitica Upsaliensia 30. Available to download (open access): http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1192909/FULLTEXT01.pdf A paperback version will also be available soon for purchase: http://acta.mamutweb.com/Shop/List/-Studia-Semitica-Upsaliensia-ISSN-0585-5535/74/1
Find out more »July 2018
SBL/EABS 2018 Program
The Research Group "The Bible in Arabic in Judaism, Christianity, Islam" will be hosting sessions on commentary literature and translation and interpretation at the European Association of Biblical Studies/Society of Biblical Literature International conference. The sessions will be hosted jointly with The Biblia Arabica Consultation (SBL) and members of the International Qur’anic Studies Association (IQSA). Program The Bible in Arabic in Judaism, Christianity, Islam (EABS) Joint Session With: The Bible in Arabic in Judaism, Christianity, Islam (EABS), Biblia Arabica: The…
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