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Position: Post Doctoral Researcher/Research AssociateLiverpool Hope University
Dept of Theology, Philosophy and Religious Studies
Hope Park
Liverpool
L16 9JD
United Kingdom
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Position: Visiting Lecturer
Teaches (T) and/or researches (R) in:
1. Bible and Related Literature: TR
1: Hebrew Bible: T
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: TR
Medieval exegesis: TR
8: Modern interpretation: R
2. History of the Jewish People: TR
Second Temple period: TR
Late Antiquity: TR
Medieval: TR
13: Early Modern: T
14: Modern: T
3. Religion and Religious Movements: TR
Jewish religion - general: TR
Rabbinic Judaism: TR
24: Sectarianism in antiquity, including Gnosticism and Samaritan studies: R
Sabbateanism: TR
27: Hasidism: T
31: Comparative Religion: T
4. Jewish Thought and Philosophy: TR
Ancient Philosophy, including Philo: TR
34: Medieval Philosophy: T
Modern Philosophy: TR
Jewish Mysticism: TR
5. Rabbinic Literature: TR
Early (including Talmud, Mishnah, Midrash): TR
6. Literature (other than Biblical and Rabbinic): R
43: Medieval (including scientific, poetry, Genizah studies): R
7. Languages: T
51: Hebrew: T
9. Contemporary Studies: TR
64: State of Israel: R
68: Jewish identity and assimilation: R
69: Anti-Semitism: T
Other subjects:
Black Judaism: Teach and Research
Description
Dr Michael T Miller is Post-Doctoral Researcher and Visiting Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Liverpool Hope University. His research focusses on Jewish mysticism and modern Jewish philosophy and he has published widely in peer-reviewed journals as well as presenting at conferences at Cambridge, Glasgow, St Andrews, CEU Budapest, and Hebrew University Jerusalem. His monograph, The Name of God in Jewish Thought (Routledge 2015) offers a philosophical examination of Jewish mystical traditions regarding the relationship of naming to identity, incorporating apocalyptic, rabbinic, and kabbalistic texts. He has been Religion and Theology editor for early career journal HARTs & Minds since 2014. His other academic interests include Black Judaism, and contemporary continental philosophy.