I study the Hebrew Bible and history of the ancient Near East. I I focus particularly on questions in which the study of ancient Egypt intersects with the...
Jewish History and Culture Subfield: Legal Theory and Jewish Law Ph.D. candidate
As I immersed myself in Judaism and Jewish learning, I quickly recognized the centrality of Jewish law to all forms of Jewish identity. I found myself...
Histories and Cultures of Muslim Societies Ph.D. candidate
I am an Ad hoc PhD candidate (ABD) between the Departments of NELC and Philosophy studying Islamic intellectual history with a focus on ancient Greek and medieval Arabic logic and philosophy of language. Currently I am in Istanbul as an ANAMED Dissertation Research Fellow (2019-2020) conducting research on 13th century logical manuscripts. In my dissertation I diachronically trace discussions on the logical analysis of simple sentences in the Greco-Arabic tradition from Aristotle to 14th century Islamic philosophers.
