Literary Construction of Identity in the Ancient World
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Hanna Liss is Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Bible and Jewish Biblical Interpretation at the Heidelberg Center for Jewish Studies and University of Heidelberg, Germany. Her main research areas are Medieval Jewish Exegesis and Medieval Jewish Thought, Research on the Masorah in Western European Bible and Commentary Literature, Modern Jewish Bible Exegesis, and Hermeneutics. Recent book publications include Jüdische Bibelauslegung. Jüdische Studien 3). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2020, and Tanach. Lehrbuch der jüdischen Bibel. Fourth edition. Winter: Heidelberg 2019.
Jonas Leipziger studied Protestant Theology and Jewish Studies in Neuendettelsau, Heidelberg, Hanover (New Haven, USA) and Jerusalem. He earned his PhD with a dissertation on reading practices in ancient Judaism (CRC 933, University of Heidelberg). His research interests include Second Temple Judaism, Greek Bible, and the history of reading. Recent publication: Material Aspects of Reading in Ancient and Medieval Cultures. Materiality, Presence, and Performance (eds. A. Krauß/J. Leipziger/F. Schücking-Jungblut; Material Text Cultures 26; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020).