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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

 

Current Research

Dr Aaron D. Hornkohl
Ancient Hebrew philology and linguistics, Ancient Hebrew periodization, exegesis

Dr Benjamin Kantor
Biblical Hebrew; Medieval (and Late Antique) Hebrew Reading/Vocalisation Traditions; Medieval Hebrew and Arabic Grammarians; Judaeo-Arabic; Medieval Arabic Bible Translation; Semitic Philology; Greek of Judaea-Palestine; Jewish Translations of the Bible into Greek (e.g., LXX, Aquila)

Professor Geoffrey Khan
Semitic philological and linguistic studies, particularly of Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic. Also endangered dialects of Neo-Aramaic and the history of Judaeo-Arabic, including modern spoken varieties.

Professor Yaron Peleg
Modern Hebrew literary history; Israeli cinema and culture; the creation and legacy of a native Hebrew culture at the beginning of the 20th century