Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, University of Gothenburg
Contact details
Humanisten (plan 6)Renströmsgatan 6
412 55 Göteborg
Sweden
Tel: +46 31-786 00 00
Email: lir@lir.gu.se
https://www.gu.se/en/literature-history-of-ideas-religion
Head of Department/Director
Prof. Katarina Leppänen
Email: katarina.leppanen@lir.gu.se
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentOffers courses in Jewish Studies
Provides supervision in Jewish studies for students working towards a research degree
Pursues academic research activities
Degrees offered
BA
MA Theology
PhD
Main research activities
Courses taught in Biblical Hebrew; Hebrew bible; Rabbinic texts; the Qumran literature; and Jewish-Christian relations. There are two current research projects that relate to Jewish studies: 1) Scapegoat Mechanisms Revealed: Serekh ha-Yahad (1QS) read in Dialogue with the Mimetic Theory; 2) How come the exclusively Jewish Urkirche became anti-Jewish? An historical investigation of the different steps that fundamentally transformed the early church.
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