University / institution contact details
Position: Retired
Department of Languages and Cultures of the Middle East (Faculteit der Letteren), Universiteit Leiden (Leiden University)
Talen en culturen van het Midden-Oosten ( Department of Languages and Cultures of the Middle East)
Witte Singel 25
Leiden
Netherlands
Second university / institution contact details
Position: Lecturer/Professor
Faculteit Godgeleerdheid, Vrije Universiteit (Vrije Universiteit)
De Boelelaan 1105
Amsterdam
1081 HV
Netherlands
Teaches (T) and/or researches (R) in:
1. Bible and Related Literature: TR
Medieval exegesis: TR
2. History of the Jewish People: T
10: Second Temple period: T
11: Late Antiquity: T
12: Medieval: T
13: Early Modern: T
3. Religion and Religious Movements: TR
22: Jewish religion - general: T
Rabbinic Judaism: TR
4. Jewish Thought and Philosophy: T
34: Medieval Philosophy: T
36: Jewish Mysticism: T
5. Rabbinic Literature: TR
Early (including Talmud, Mishnah, Midrash): TR
Medieval: TR
6. Literature (other than Biblical and Rabbinic): T
43: Medieval (including scientific, poetry, Genizah studies): T
44: Early modern (including scientific, poetry): T
7. Languages: T
51: Hebrew: T
Description
Being foremost a Hebraist, I combined teaching and research of rabbinic and early modern Hebrew literature with introducing and explaining Jewish religion and culture to a mainly non-Jewish and Christian audience.
Beginning 2005 I retired from my post in Hebrew at Leiden University.
Mid-2007 I retired from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.