People

Research interests: Classical Hebrew with a focus on Mishnaic Hebrew, Palestinian Aramaic, Linguistic traditions and The Sharh of the Jews of North-Africa, Hebrew of the Jews of South-Western France.

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Prof. Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal

Department Chair

ebas@mail.huji.ac.il

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Ms. Livnat Barkan

livnat.barkan@mail.huji.ac.il

Office Hours: By appointment

Prof. Yochanan Breuer

yochanan.breuer@mail.huji.ac.il

Room 2202

Research interests: Mishnaic Hebrew, Babylonian Aramaic, Masoretic accentuation and vocalization, Midrash, the language of S. Y. Agnon.

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Prof. David M. Bunis

david.bunis@mail.huji.ac.il

Room 2109

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Research interests: Judezmo (Ladino/Judeo-Spanish) in historical context and including its regional, social, and stylistic variants; Comparative study of Jewish languages.

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Prof. Steve Fassberg

steven.fassberg@mail.huji.ac.il

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Research interests: Biblical Hebrew; The languages of the Dead Sea Scrolls; Aramaic dialectology; Northwest Semitic; Semitic philology (Caspar Levias Chair in Ancient Semitic Languages).

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Research interests: The historical development of Hebrew and its relationship with other Semitic languages during biblical and post-biblical periods; Northwest Semitic; Epigraphy; Aramaic dialectology; the Dead Sea Scrolls; Linguistic studies in the realm of biblical criticism.

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