Jewish Studies, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Contact details
An der Universität 596045 Bamberg
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)951 863 2216
Email: judaistik@uni-bamberg.de
https://www.uni-bamberg.de/judaistik/
Contact person
Prof. Dr. Susanne Talabardon
Tel: +49 (0)951 863 2195
Email: Susanne.Talabardon@uni-bamberg.de
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentBA Jewish Studies: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible; Introduction to Jewish religious history and religious studies; Modern / Biblical Hebrew; Jewish religious history; theological discourses; Jewish Literature, Art & Culture.
MA Understanding Religion: Interfaith Studies focussing on the cultural and political relationships between Judaism, Christianity and Islam and interreligious dialogues; public theology; Biblical Studies - Old Testament; Modules from the BA Jewish Studies.
MA Cultural Studies of the Middle East: Diversity and historical change in the cultures of the Middle East are the focus of this broad MA program. The German- and English-language elite master’s program “Cultural Studies of the Middle East” is jointly run by the Universities of Bamberg and Erlangen-Nuremberg. In addition to consolidating and expanding language skills (Arabic, Persian, Turkish or Hebrew), students can choose from five profile areas: History, Art and Archaeology, Religion, Language and Literature, Linguistics. The professors of the nine departments involved, seven of them in Bamberg alone, are behind this course with their teaching and research profile: General Linguistics, Arabic Studies, Iranian Studies, Islamic Art History and Archaeology, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies and Turkology . At the University of Erlangen, the Chair for Oriental Philology and Islamic Studies and the Chair of History and Theology of the Christian East are responsible for the joint master's course.
Offers courses in Jewish Studies
Provides supervision in Jewish studies for students working towards a research degree
Pursues academic research activities
Degrees offered
BA Jüdische Studien
Main research activities
Teaching (BA- and MA-level)and Research in the following fields: History of Jewish Religion; Rabbinic Judaism, Kabbala, Jewish Thought; History of Jewish-Christian Relationship; Jewish Hagiography and legends; History of the Jews in Franconia; Hebrew Epigraphy; Biblical and Modern Hebrew; Israel Studies; Gender Studies.
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