University / institution contact details
Position: Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies
University of CambridgeWest Road
Cambridge
CB3 9BS
United Kingdom
Second university / institution contact details
Position: Emeritus Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies , University of CambridgeDepartment of Middle Eastern Studies
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
United Kingdom
Teaches (T) and/or researches (R) in:
2. History of the Jewish People: R
15: Regional and National (i.e. in North Africa, Greece, Eastern Europe, Germany, Middle East, Spain, India, South America, United States, etc): R
7. Languages: R
58: Judeo-Greek: R
Description
Researching mainly in the area of Byzantine Judaism. Current research projects include the use of Greek biblical translations by Jews in Byzantium (see the website gbbj.org) and a corpus of Hebrew inscriptions from the territories of the Byzantine empire. See also the interactive maps of Byzantine Jewry: www.byzantinejewry.net.