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The Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures brings together projects of junior and senior researchers relating to Jewish-Arabic cultures. www.lmu.de/jewisharabiccultures

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
📜 Flax to Folio: The Global Diffusion of Early Paper and the History of Textiles  Join us for the 2026 Sandars Lectures in Bibliography delivered by Professor Marina Rustow. 17 & 18 November 2026 5-6pm In-person at Robinson College & online 🎟️ Book your free tickets: loom.ly/Du7jSUs
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We have a new JAC Blog online! Ella Christina Ayoub writes about "The Jews of Damascus:  A Complex Interplay of Presence and Absence": www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-jews-of-...
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For Spooktober, you might enjoy a recent publication by my colleague Ali Langroudi on Jesus and his bat in Arabic and Persian sources 🦇 ancientnarrative.com/article/view...
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Jesus’ Bat and Echoing Narratives | Ancient Narrative
Ancient Narrative – Open access journal published by University of Groningen Press.
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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📣 Call for Applications Moritz Steinschneider Research Prize 2026 for research on Jewish primary sources. – €1,000 De Gruyter Brill book voucher – publishing contract 📅 Deadline = 31 October 2026 👉 Full details attached #JewishStudies #ResearchPrize #CallForApplications #DeGruyterBrill
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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BIG NEWS! I am launching a new podcast together with colleagues from the Cluster of Excellence on Cross-Cultural Philology here at the LMU in Munich. It's called Pages of History and will appear once a month, following today's initial launch with three episodes. pagesofhistorypodcast.net
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We congratulate our Volkswagen Momentum Senior Fellow Dr. Avner Ofrath on his appointment as Visiting Professor of Transregional Jewish Cultures and Languages in the MENA Region and the Global Diaspora at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) in Marburg. 🎉
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We have a new JAC Blog online! Ella Christina Ayoub writes about "The Jews of Damascus:  A Complex Interplay of Presence and Absence": www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-jews-of-...
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Biblia Arabica @biblia-arabica.com · 11/09/2026
From Aug 3–7, Bucharest hosted the 14th World Congress of Syriac Studies & 12th International Conference on Christian Arab Studies. 🌍🇷🇴 Over 400 scholars presented 300+ papers. V. Zaki, H. Ibrahim & F. Frigo contributed to the programme, as well as N.Gibson who presented the Biblia Arabica project.
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#UpcomingEvent 27 October 2026 🗓️ Prof Dr Ronny Vollandt will speak about "What do we know about Jewish libraries in the Middle East?" www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/basiswissen/...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#CfA The VW Momentum Fellowship “From Pre-Modern to Modern Perspectives in Judaic Studies” is now open for applications for the academic year 2027/28. Application deadline: 2 November 2026. www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/volskwagen-m...
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Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#Chance | Volkswagen Momentum Fellowships: From Pre-Modern to Modern Perspectives in Judaic Studies | LMU, Munich | 🔗 Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... @lmu.de @volkswagenstiftung.de @jacculturelmu.bsky.social #jewishstudies #Jewsky #MizrahiStudies Deadline: November 2, 2026
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#CfA The VW Momentum Fellowship “From Pre-Modern to Modern Perspectives in Judaic Studies” is now open for applications for the academic year 2027/28. Application deadline: 2 November 2026. www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/volskwagen-m...
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#NewPublication 👀 #OpenAccess #EthiopicBible #Patristics @sophiademue.bsky.social "The Ethiopic Version of the Introduction to the Psalms by Eusebius of Caesarea (CAe 6719): Preliminary Remarks on its Manuscript Transmission and Vorlage"
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We warmly congratulate our member Dr Sophia Dege-Müller! She has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for a project on the manuscript tradition of the Ethiopian Jews (Beta Israel). @uni-hamburg.de @sophiademue.bsky.social
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Was definiert eine religiöse Handschrift?
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Universität Hamburg @uni-hamburg.de · 03/09/2026
Starting Grant für @sophiademue.bsky.social: Die Expertin für äthiopische Handschriften erhält vom @erc.europa.eu 2,5 Millionen Euro – eine Million Euro mehr als bisherige Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger. Sie erforscht Schriftstücke äthiopischer Juden, die Ende des 20. Jh. nach Israel emigrierten.
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Was definiert eine religiöse Handschrift?
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We warmly congratulate our member Dr Sophia Dege-Müller! She has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for a project on the manuscript tradition of the Ethiopian Jews (Beta Israel). @uni-hamburg.de @sophiademue.bsky.social
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Was definiert eine religiöse Handschrift?
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#UpcomingEvent 17 September 2026 🗓️ Poetry and Identity between Iran, Israel and the USA: Public reading and discussion with journalist, poet, and author Roya Hakakian on the intersections between poetry, migration, memory and Jewish identity www.juedisches-museum-muenchen.de/kalender/det...
Roya Hakakian, Foto: Masih Alinejad
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#UpcomingEvent 16-17 September 2026 🗓️ Masterclass with the Volkswagen Momentum Senior Fellow Dr. Avner Ofrath: Judeo-Arabic Journalism in the Maghreb: Texts, Genres and Language Choices, c. 1870–1920 www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosami...
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Center for Digital Humanities @princetoncdh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The essay, by @suttonkoeser.bsky.social and @marinarustow.bsky.social, presents for the first time, a full account of the data behind the Princeton Geniza Project (PGP) — one of the richest digital resources for the study of the medieval Islamic and Jewish Mediterranean world.
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Journal of Cultural Analytics publishes data essay on Cairo Geniza, bridging medieval Middle East with data science and AI
Journal of Cultural Analytics publishes data essay on Cairo Geniza, bridging medieval Middle East with data science and AI
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#RecentlyPublished 📝 One of the most important Persian novels of the last 50 years, written by an author in exile, Reza Ghassemi. The German translation by our member Sarah Kiyanrad recently came out with @chbeckliteratur.bsky.social: www.chbeck.de/ghassemi-nae...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#RecentlyPublished 📝 One of the most important Persian novels of the last 50 years, written by an author in exile, Reza Ghassemi. The German translation by our member Sarah Kiyanrad recently came out with @chbeckliteratur.bsky.social: www.chbeck.de/ghassemi-nae...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#UpcomingEvent 17 September 2026 🗓️ Poetry and Identity between Iran, Israel and the USA: Public reading and discussion with journalist, poet, and author Roya Hakakian on the intersections between poetry, migration, memory and Jewish identity www.juedisches-museum-muenchen.de/kalender/det...
Roya Hakakian, Foto: Masih Alinejad
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#UpcomingEvent 16-17 September 2026 🗓️ Masterclass with the Volkswagen Momentum Senior Fellow Dr. Avner Ofrath: Judeo-Arabic Journalism in the Maghreb: Texts, Genres and Language Choices, c. 1870–1920 www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosami...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
NEW BLOG online: Gregor Schwarb writes about "Exegetical Crossroads: Tracing the Profound Qaraite Footprint in Samaritan Arabic Bible Interpretation" 👇 www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/exegetical-c...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
NEW BLOG online: Gregor Schwarb writes about "Exegetical Crossroads: Tracing the Profound Qaraite Footprint in Samaritan Arabic Bible Interpretation" 👇 www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/exegetical-c...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#UpcomingEvent 9 July 2026 🗓️
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
We are looking forward to this year’s Gershom Scholem Lecture. Prof. Dr Katrin Kogman-Appel (University of Münster) will be speaking on "Visualisations of the Divine". Find out more: www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosami...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
JAC Newsletter #6 is out! Lots of exciting news, projects, blogs, publications, events and more! Check it out: shorturl.at/cEGRg
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
You can subscribe to our newsletter here:
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Newsletter – Munich Research Centre
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
JAC Newsletter #6 is out! Lots of exciting news, projects, blogs, publications, events and more! Check it out: shorturl.at/cEGRg
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
We're delighted to be hosting an intro workshop on Judeo-Persian with Prof. Ludwig Paul in early May: www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosami...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New blog post: "Biblia Arabica becomes an Academies project: Q&A with Nathan P. Gibson and Ronny Vollandt" biblia-arabica.com/biblia-arabi...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#UpcomingConference next week: "The Materiality of Jewish-Arab Relations" with a keynote lecture by Prof. Orit Bashkin (University of Chicago) Programme ⬇️ www.naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de/wasistlosami...
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Leibniz-Institut für jüdische Geschichte & Kultur - Simon Dubnow @dubnow.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Call for Participation Workshop Jewish Literature under Muslim Rule: Textual Transformations and Inter-Religious Encounters 14 to 16 April 2026, Munich Application deadline: 20 January 2026 www.dubnow.de/ausschreibun...
SharePic in Orange, Grün und Gelb, darauf die gleichen Infos wie im Post in englischer Sprache: "Call for Participation
Workshop
Jewish Literature under Muslim Rule: Textual Transformations and Inter-Religious Encounters
14 to 16 April 2026, Munich
Application deadline: 20 January 2026"
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
#CfP Together with LMU's Judaic Studies unit and the Dubnow Institute Leipzig @dubnow.bsky.social our Centre will host a workshop in April in Munich on "Jewish Literature under Muslim Rule: Textual Transformations and Inter-Religious Encounters". The call is now open:
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Leibniz-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur - Simon Dubnow
Das Leibniz-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur – Simon Dubnow (DI) erforscht interdisziplinär und epochenübergreifend jüdische Lebenswelten im mittleren und östlichen Europa.
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
#CfA #OpenPosition The new long-term Academy project "Critical edition and comprehensive digital inventory of Arabic Hebrew Bible/Old Testament manuscripts and their paratexts" is looking for applicants for the position of Research Fellow (PhD):
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Open Position: Research Fellow for Biblia Arabica - Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten - LMU München
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
#CfA LMU's (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) Judaic Studies Unit and De Gruyter Brill (@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social) teamed up and call for applications for the Moritz Steinschneider Prize, honouring exceptional achievements in Judaic Studies by junior researchers. Find out more here:
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Moritz Steinschneider-Forschungspreis - Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten - LMU München
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Are you interested or do you know someone who's interested in doing a PhD on Arabic translations of the Bible? The new #BibliaArabica long-term project is looking for candidates! (tbh, that would have been my dream position a few years back) Spread the word!
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Open Position: Research Fellow for Biblia Arabica - Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten - LMU München
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Don't miss out on the chance to win a €1,000 voucher and a book contract!
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
#CfA LMU's (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) Judaic Studies Unit and De Gruyter Brill (@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social) teamed up and call for applications for the Moritz Steinschneider Prize, honouring exceptional achievements in Judaic Studies by junior researchers. Find out more here:
naher-osten.uni-muenchen.de
Moritz Steinschneider-Forschungspreis - Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten - LMU München
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Some more information about the new #BibliaArabica project:
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Digitale Erschließung arabischer Bibeltexte geplant
Mehrere tausend historische Bibelübersetzungen ins Arabische sollen in den nächsten Jahren digital erschlossen werden. Das Projekt „Biblia Arabica“ widmet sich erstmals umfassend der Erforschung der a...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Some more information about the new #BibliaArabica project:
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Forscher planen digitale Gesamterschließung arabischer Bibeltexte
Erstmals sollen arabische Bibel-Übersetzungen umfassend erfasst und im Internet präsentiert werden. Deutsche Forschungseinrichtungen haben sich dafür zusammengetan. Sie wollen jahrhundertealtes Wissen...
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Some more information about the new #BibliaArabica project from @goetheuni.bsky.social, which will partner with @lmumuenchen.bsky.social, the project will be based @badw.de and @adwmainz.bsky.social.
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Research project “Biblia Arabica” approved | Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Long-term project of the Academy of Sciences: Critical edition and comprehensive digital inventory of Arabic Old Testament manuscripts and their paratexts. The research project “Biblia Arabica: Critic...
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Big and very exciting news! We will soon have a long-term project in Munich @badw.de on the Jewish and Christian Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament #ArabicBible. Not only a wonderful topic, but the funding will enable otherwise impossible in-depth exploration.
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Drei neue Projekte der BAdW im Akademienprogramm
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
We have big news to share: Our head Prof Ronny Vollandt, together with Prof Nathan Gibson (Frankfurt), will receive funding for a 21-year long-term project on Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It will be based at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and the Academy in Mainz.
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New Academy Project “Biblia Arabica: Critical edition and comprehensive digital inventory of Arabic Old Testament manuscripts and their paratexts” – Biblia Arabica
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
NEW BLOG online: Our recent VW-fellow Lipika Pelham writes about "The Vamp of Baghdad: How Jewish actresses shaped early 20th century Indian cinema" www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-vamp-of-...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
NEW BLOG online: Our recent VW-fellow Lipika Pelham writes about "The Vamp of Baghdad: How Jewish actresses shaped early 20th century Indian cinema" www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-vamp-of-...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
We congratulate our member Anna Busa on the publication of her book: Anna Busa, The Art of Compilation: Midrash Pirqa de-Rabbenu ha-Qadosh in Popular Anthologies from the Cairo Genizah, Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 17 (Leiden: Brill, 2025) brill.com/display/titl...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
#NewPublication #OpenAccess Teresa Bernheimer: Retracing the Reception of Greek Ideas on the Rainbow: Transformations in Pre-Modern Hebrew and Arabic Sources
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Retracing the Reception of Greek Ideas on the Rainbow: Transformations in Pre-Modern Hebrew and Arabic Sources
What colours do we see in the rainbow? Pre-modern discussions are often based on translations and commentaries of ancient Greek texts, in particular Aristotle’s Meteorology. This study traces how A...
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Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures @jacculturelmu.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
#NewPublication #OpenAccess Vevian Zaki: The Life and Legacy of Tūmā al-Ṣafī ibn al-Ṣāʼigh: A Coptic Scribe in the Turbulent Mamluk Times
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