Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Bern
Contact details
Länggassstrasse 51Bern
3012
Switzerland
Tel: +41 31 631 37 91
Email: sarah-maria.hebeisen@theol.unibe.ch
https://http://www.judaistik.unibe.ch/content/index_ger.html
Contact person
Sarah-Maria Hebeisen
Email: sarah-maria.hebeisen@theol.unibe.ch
Head of Department/Director
Prof. Dr. René Bloch
Tel: +41 31 631 37 91
Email: rene.bloch@theol.unibe.ch
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentBA Jewish Studies (minor)
MA Ancient Judiasm
MA Jewish Studies (minor)
Offers courses in Jewish Studies
Provides supervision in Jewish studies for students working towards a research degree
Pursues academic research activities
Degrees offered
BA
MA
PhD
Main research activities
Lectures are given on the whole range of topics within the field of Jewish Studies.
Current research projects: "Lege Iosephum!" Ways of Reading Josephus in the Latin Middle Ages; The Use and Abuse of the Israel / Palestine Conflict; Philo of Alexandria; Kinneret Regional Project; The Material Culture of Tel Kinrot (Israel) – The Early Iron Age; Toledoth Yeshu.
The department head, Prof. René Bloch, is co-editor of the Journal for the Study of Judaism Supplements (JSJS).
There is a Jewish Studies library
Publishes a journal
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