Medieval Hebrew Terminology in the Making (Reunion Conference)
Mon, 19/12/2011 to Tue, 20/12/2011
Transmission and Appropriation of the Secular Sciences and Philosophy in Medieval Judaism
Judith Schlanger
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École Pratique des Hautes Études
Judith is a professor in the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne. Her research interests are: Medieval Hebrew palaeography; history of Hebrew linguistics; Cairo Geniza studies; and Karaite studies.
Ruth Glasner
FELLOW
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ruth is a professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of the Sciences at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research interests are Arabic and Hebrew Science in the Middle Ages.
Resianne Fontaine
FELLOW
University of Amsterdam
Resianne is a professor in the Juda Palache Institute at the University of Amsterdam. Her research interests are Medieval Jewish philosophy and science.
Mauro Zonta
FELLOW
Sapienza University of Rome
Mauro is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Epistemological Studies at Sapienza University of Rome.
Joseph Yahalom
FELLOW
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Joseph is a professor in the Department of Hebrew Literature at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are Medieval Hebrew poetry, and poetics and cultural backgrounds of secular and liturgical poetry.
Kenneth Stow
FELLOW
University of Haifa
Kenneth is a professor in the Department of Jewish History at the University of Haifa. His research interests are Jewish life in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Avner Ben-Zaken
FELLOW
Harvard University
Avner is a member of the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. His research interest is the early modern history of science.
Gad Freudenthal
FELLOW
CNRS
Gad Freudenthal is Senior Research Fellow Emeritus with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. He has written on the reception of science and philosophy in Jewish cultures, mainly in the Middle Ages and in the eighteenth century, and has focused his research on Greek philosophies of matter.
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He is the editor of the journal Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism.
2018-2019 Fellow: The Reception and Impact of Aristotelian Logic in Medieval Jewish Culture
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