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Jewish Studies Faculty

David Blumenthal (Ph.D. Columbia University, 1972) Jay and Leslie Cohen Professor of Judaic Studies. Judeo-Arabic philosophy; Jewish mysticism; Jewish theology. reldrb@emory.edu .

Benjamin Hary (Ph.D. University of CA, Berkeley, 1987) Associate Professor. Judeo-Arabic languages and literature; Jewish linguistics. bhary@emory.edu

Roxani Margariti (Ph.D. Princeton University, 2002) Assistant Professor. Medieval Middle Eastern history; Indian Ocean studies; Judeo-Arabic studies. rmargar@emory.edu

Gordon Newby (Ph.D. Brandeis University, 1966) Professor, Early Islam; Muslim-non-Muslim relations. gdnewby@emory.edu.

Marina Rustow (Ph.D. Columbia University, 2004) Assistant Professor. Medieval Middle Eastern history; the Cairo Geniza; Jewish history; Judeo-Arabic studies". mrustow@emory.edu

Related Faculty

Abdullahi An-Na`im (Ph.D. University of Edinburgh, 1976) Professor of Law and Fellow in the Law and Religion Program. Islamic law and human rights.

Vincent Cornell (Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 1989) Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Middle East and Islamic Studies. Islamic mysticism and philosophy. vcornel@emory.edu

Richard Martin (Ph.D. New York University, 1975) Professor. Islamic theology; Religion and social conflict. richard.c.martin@emory.edu

Devin Stewart (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1991) Associate Professor. Persian and Islamic studies; Shi`ism. dstewar@emory.edu

 

Current students

Nate Hofer Course of study: Arabic language, Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed, Abraham Abulafia, Methods and Issues in Islamic Studies, Geniza Letters, Methods in Comparative Religion, Judeo-Arabic Translations of the Bible, Sufism, Popular Medieval Jewish Culture, Talmud, Islamic Theology, Modern Academic Hebrew, Teaching Islam. nhofer@emory.edu

 

Visiting Scholars
Dr. María Ángeles Gallego García (Fullbright recipient), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, “Maqre Dardeqe in Judeo-Arabic and Judeo-Spanish,” 1997-1999. Resulted in several academic co-presentations and two publications:
 
B. Hary and M. Gallego. “La Versión Española de Maqre Dardeqe,” Jewish Studies at the Turn of the Century , Volume 1, J. T. Borrás and A. Sáenz-Badillos [eds.], Leiden: Brill, 1999: 57-64.
 
B. Hary and M. Gallego. “Lexicography and Dialectology in Spanish Maqre Dardeqe,” Esoteric and Exoteric Aspects in Judeo-Arabic Culture, B. Hary and H. Ben-Sammai [eds.]. Leiden and Boston: E. J. Brill, 2006: 227-256.
 
Professor Ali Atina , Ein Shams University, Cairo, Egypt was a visiting scholar in Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew in the early nineties for one semester. Resulted in several academic co-presentations.