Notes on Contributors
Bat-Sheva Albert has studied under Avrom Saltman, who was renowned for his work on Carolingian biblical Exegesis. She has written many articles on Visigothic Spain, its culture, legislation and liturgy. Professor Albert was granted a research grant by France in order to assist her research on Carolingian Pilgrimage and her book on this topic was published by La Revue dâHistoire Ecclesiastique. She is also the author of the chapter on âChristians and Jewsâ in The Cambridge History of Christianity, Vol. III (Cambridge University Press, 2008). She has been invited to deliver papers in many conferences, and has written many reviews for La Revue dââ¯Hhistoire Ecclesiastique, Speculum and La Revue des Etudes Juives.
Luba Rachel Charlap Ph.D. (1995), Bar-Ilan University, is a Professor of Jewish studies and Hebrew language at Lifshitz College in Jerusalem, now in a position of Head of The Centre of Textual Studies. Charlapâs main areas of interest are: the consolidation of the Hebrew grammar in the Middle Ages (Rabbanite and Karaite schools), philological biblical interpretation, Hebrew style and norm, and the acquisition of additional language. From her recent publications see: Language and Textuality in Byzantine KaraismâGrammatical Concepts, Biblical Text Traditions, and Hermeneutic Aspects, in the Constantinople Center (Late 11thâFirst Half of 14th Centuries) (AKM series, 116; Harrassowitz Verlag, 2019); âLexical Root vs. Substantive RootâThe Status of the Hebrew Alphabet as a Precursory System for Menaḥem ben Saruqâs Root Conceptâ, Journal of Semitic Studies 65,2 (2020), 419â434.
Celia Chazelle Ph.D. (1985), Yale University, is Professor of History at The College of New Jersey. She is the author of The Crucified God in the Carolingian Era: Theology and Art of Christâs Passion (Cambridge University Press, 2001), The Codex Amiatinus and its âSisterâ Bibles: Scripture, Liturgy, and Art in the Milieu of the Venerable Bede (Commentaria, Brill, 2019), and numerous articles and essays on aspects of late antique and early medieval religion and art. She has also edited or co-edited five collections of essays on topics in medieval studies, among them the co-edited volume, Why the Middle Ages Matter: Medieval Light on Modern Injustice (Routledge, 2012). She is currently working on a new monograph provisionally titled, Gregory the Great and the Construction of English âWhitenessâ.
Alfonso Hernández RodrÃguez completed his doctoral thesis âAnthropologie et ecclésiologie dans lââ¯exégèse biblique carolingienne selon le Commentaire sur le prophète Osée dââ¯Haymon dââ¯Auxerreâ under the supervision of Dominique Iogna-Prat. He has dedicated his academic career to the study of Carolingian biblical exegesis. He has published works in different academic journals such as Revue dââ¯Histoire de lââ¯Ãglise de France, Studi Medievali and Studia Monastica, among others.
Johannes Heil Ph.D. (1994), Goethe University Frankfurt, Habilitation for Medieval History at the TU Berlin (2003). He has been Friedrich Solmsen Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities UW Madison and at the Erasmus-Institute, Notre Dame. Since 2005, he holds the Ignatz Bubis Memorial Chair at the Center for Jewish Studies Heidelberg where he served from 2008â2019 as rector. He has written Kompilation oder Konstruktion? Die Juden in den Pauluskommentaren des 9. Jahrhunderts (Forschungen zur Geschichte der Juden, A 6; Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung Hannover, 1998), GottesfeindeâMenschenfeinde. Die Vorstellung von jüdischer Weltverschwörung (13.â16. Jh.) (Antisemitismus: Geschichte und Strukturen, 3; Klartext Verlag 2006), and edited, among others, together with Janus Gudian et al. ErinnerungswegeâKolloqium für Johannes Fried (Frankfurter Historische Abhandlungen, 49; Franz Steiner Verlag, 2018).
Jonathan Kearney Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages (2006), University College Dublin, is a Lecturer in the Study of Religion in Dublin City University. Among his publications are Rashi: Linguist Despite Himself (LHBOT, 532; T & T Clark, 2010) and (ed. with Bradford A. Anderson) Ireland and the Reception of the Bible: Social and Cultural Perspectives (Scriptural Traces: Critical Perspectives on the Reception and Influence of the Bible, T & T Clark, 2018).
Marc Kiwitt Dr. Phil. (2010), Heidelberg University, is a Policy Officer at the European Commission, where he deals with Roma equality and inclusion. He has worked on Old French texts in Hebrew script, publishing partial editions of the medical treatise Fevres (Königshausen & Neumann, 2001) and the Hebrew-French glossary B.N. hébr. 301 (Universitätsverlag Winter, 2012).
Ingeborg Lederer-Brüchner Ph.D. (2014), Center for Jewish Studies Heidelberg, graduated in Jewish Studies as well as in Library and Information Science. She studied in Heidelberg, Jerusalem and Berlin, accomplished internships in New York City, Munich and Copenhagen. At the Center for Jewish Studies Heidelberg, she was Scientific Assistant at the Department of Bible and Jewish Bible Exegesis. Then, at the Judaica Department of the University Library Frankfurt/Main, she completed her librarian practical professional training in 2016 (âBibliotheksreferendariatâ). Her doctoral thesis about Josef Karaâs commentaries on the book of Ruth was published in 2017 entitled Kommentare zum Buch Rut von Josef Kara (Hebrew editions, German translations and contextualizing interpretations). Since 2018, she is mother, planning and undertaking projects. Her research focus is the Hebrew Bible, Biblical Studies and Exegesis.
Hanna Liss Ph.D. (1995), Free University Berlin, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Bible and Jewish Exegesis at the Center for Jewish Studies Heidelberg, Germany. She has published various monographs and articles on Medieval Jewish Exegesis and Jewish Bible Studies, including Jüdische Bibelauslegung (Mohr Siebeck, 2019); Creating Fictional Worlds: Peshat Exegesis and Narrativity in Rashbamâs Commentary on the Torah (Brill, 2011).
Frans van Liere Ph.D. (1995), Groningen University, is currently Professor of History and Director of the Medieval Studies Minor at Calvin University. He studied theology and medieval studies at the University of Groningen, taught religion and history at the College of Charleston, and is a member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His area of research is medieval intellectual history, the history of the Bible in the Middle Ages, and the abbey of Saint Victor in the twelfth century. His publications include An Introduction to the Medieval Bible (Cambridge University Press, 2014), several editions and translations of the work of Andrew of Saint Victor for the Corpus Christianorum series (Brepols), and (together with Franklin Harkins) Victorine Texts in Translation (Brepols), vols 3, 6, and (together with Juliet Mousseau), vol. 9.
Guy Lobrichon Ph.D. (1979) EHESS, Paris, was a lecturer at the Collège de France, then professor at the University of Avignon (now emeritus). Amongst many publications, he has written La Bible au Moyen Ãge (Picard, 2003), and collaborated on The New Cambridge History of Christianity. Early medieval Christianity, c. 600âc. 1100 (Cambridge University Press, 2008), The New Cambridge History of the Bible. From 600 to 1450 (Cambridge University Press, 2012), and Cultures of Eschatology. Vol. 1: Empires and Scriptural Authorities in Medieval Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist Communities (De Gruyter, 2020).
Gianfranco Miletto Ph.D. (1991), University of Turin, is university private lecturer (âPrivatdozentâ) at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. He has published on Biblical Philology and on the Jewish culture in Italy at the time of the Renaissance and Counter-Reformation: LâAntico Testamento Ebraico nella tradizione babilonese: i frammenti della Genizah, (Silvio Zamorani Editore, 1992); Die Heldenschilde des Abraham ben David Portaleone, 2 vols. (Peter Lang Verlag, 2003); Glauben und Wissen im Zeitalter der Reformation: Der salomonische Tempel bei Abraham ben David Portaleone (1542â1612) (De Gruyter, 2004). Currently he works in Heidelberg at the âAbraham Berliner Centerâ of the âHochschule für Jüdische Studienâ for a research on the Biblical manuscripts with Babylonian vocalization.
Christopher Ocker Ph.D. (1991), Princeton Theological Seminary, is Professor and Director of Medieval and Early Modern Studies in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry of the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. His publications include Biblical Poetics before Humanism and Reformation (Cambridge 2002), Church Robbers and Reformers in Germany, 1525â1547 (Brill, 2006), Luther, Conflict, and Christendom: Reformation Europe and Christianity in the West (Cambridge University Press, 2018), and numerous articles on religious conflict, biblical interpretation, and theology in the medieval and early modern periods. He is also Editor of Brillâs Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, a co-editor of Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte (De Gruyter), and a co-editor of the Journal of the Bible and Its Reception (De Gruyter).
Jordan S. Penkower Ph.D. (1983), Hebrew University, is Professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University. He has published several books and numerous articles in the fields of (1) the transmission of the Hebrew Bible and the Masorah in the manuscripts and the printed editions; (2) the Bible in Rabbinic Interpretation (the Talmudim and the Midrashim); (3) Jewish Medieval Biblical Exegesis in the Middle Ages, especially the Commentary of Rashi. Among his publications, see: Masorah and Text Criticism in the Early Modern MediterraneanâMoses Ibn Zabara and Menahem de Lonzano (Magnes Press, 2014).
Devorah Schoenfeld Ph.D. (2007), Graduate Theological Union, is Associate Professor of Judaism at Loyola University Chicago. She has published on medieval Bible commentaries, comparative theology and Jewish-Christian relations, including Isaac on Jewish and Christian Altars: Polemic and Exegesis in Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria (Fordham University Press, 2012).
Sumi, Shimahara Ph.D. (2006), Université Paris Sorbonne, is Maître de conférences (Medieval History) at the Sorbonne UniversitéâFaculté des Lettres. She had published a monograph, books and many articles on Carolingian culture, including Haymon dââ¯Auxerre, exégète carolingien (Brepols, 2013) or Imago libri. Les représentations carolingiennes du livre, ed. with Charlotte Denoël and Anne-Orange Poilpré (Brepols, coll. Bibliologia, 2018).
Steven A. Stofferahn Ph.D. (2003), Purdue University, is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana (USA). Specializing in intellectual and political culture, he has authored numerous articles in Early Medieval Europe, Réflexions Historiques, Enarratio, The Historian, Magistra, The History Teacher, and other journals, and has co-edited Discovery and Distinction in the Early Middle Ages: Studies in Honor of John J. Contreni (Medieval Institute Publications, 2013). His current research focuses on monastic missionary endeavors on the American Great Plains.
Burton Van Name Edwards Ph.D. in History (1990), University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation was titled: The Two Commentaries on Genesis attributed to Remigius of Auxerre: with a Critical Edition of Stegmüller 7195. After teaching for almost 30 years, most recently at Bridgewater State University and Bryant University, Dr. Edwards retired in December, 2019. He continues to do research, especially creating critical editions and translations of 9th-century Bible commentaries. Dr. Edwards is best known for coediting with Celia Chazelle, The Study of the Bible in the Carolingian Era (Brepols, 2003). His most important publication is: Remigii Autissiodorensis Expositio In Genesim. Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaevalis, 136 (Brepols, 1999).
Marzena Zawanowska Ph.D. in Oriental Studies (2008), Warsaw University (in cooperation with Tel Aviv University), is Assistant Professor in the Mordechai Anielewicz Center for the Study and Teaching of the History and Culture of Jews in Poland (Faculty of History, University of Warsaw) and Curator of Manuscripts in the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute. She has chiefly published on medieval Karaite Bible exegesis, but her reserach interests also include history of Jewish thought and literature. Her authored book, The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben Ê¿Eli the Karaite on the Abraham Narratives (Genesis 11:10â25:18), appeared in Brill within the series âKaraite Texts and Studiesâ (Brill, 2012).