Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge
Contact details
Sidgwick AvenueCambridge
CB3 9DA
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 335106
Email: enquiries@ames.cam.ac.uk
https://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/subjects/hebrew-studies
Head of Department/Director
Prof. Yaron Peleg
Email: yp240@cam.ac.uk
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentBA Middle Eastern Studies (Hebrew Studies)
MA Hebrew and Pre-Modern Jewish History and Culture
MA Hebrew and Semitic Studies
MA Modern Middle Eastern Studies
MA Muslim-Jewish Relations
MPhil Asian and Middle Eastern Studies by Research
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; MPhil
PhD
Main research activities
Current research areas include Grammar of Biblical Hebrew; Diplomatic Edition of Mishna-Codex Kaufmann (A50); Medieval Karaite Transcriptions of the Hebrew Bibles into Arabic Script; Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew; A cultural history of Zionism, 1880-1948; Critical Edition of the Piyyutim of Eleazar be-rabbi Qallir.
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