Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic

Aug
19

Dr Sandra Jacobs

Dr Sandra Jacobs is currently the lecturer in Hebrew Bible, and is responsible for teaching Critical Approaches to the Hebrew Bible, together with Before the Canon: Second Temple Texts and Early Judaism, to include study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Her introductory class in Aramaic Language and Grammar covers epigraphic sources, Elephantine, Qumran, and Targumic […]

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Aug
19

Rabbi Colin Eimer

Academic background:
1963-1966    London University, London School of Economics, B.Sc (Econ)
1966-1971    Leo Baeck College – Rabbinic ordination
2005-2007   Sussex University – MA (European Jewish History, Thought and Culture)
 
Professional Background:
1971-1974    Rabbi, Union Libérale Israélite Universelle, Paris
1974-1977    Rabbi, Bushey & Radlett Reform Synagogue
1977-2015    Rabbi, Sha’arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue
2015-            […]

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Aug
19

Dr Chani Smith

DR CHANI Haran SMITH
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Chani (Haran) Smith (PhD) studied musicology and Kabbalah at the Hebrew University. She later received an MA from Leo Baeck College and a PhD from UCL in Jewish Studies and holds professional qualification from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she studied flute and composition. She teaches reading and […]

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Oct
27

Dr Laliv Clenman

Laliv is a specialist in Rabbinics and Hebrew and Aramaic language and literature, she is particularly interested in the multiplicity, diversity and development of rabbinic law and in the complex relationships between halakhah and aggadah as well as between Palestinian and Babylonian sources. Her research explores themes talmudic and midrashic discourse including violence and the […]

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Sep
03

Dr Benjamin Williams

Dr Benjamin Williams teaches Hebrew Bible and Rabbinics at Leo Baeck College and the University of Oxford. Within the field of the history of Rabbinic Judaism and its classical texts, his research focuses on the development of rabbinic Bible interpretation, including the dating of late antique exegetical traditions; the transmission of midrash in manuscript and […]

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