Profile

Prof Guy Stroumsa

Qualifications:

BA Hebrew, MA PhD Harvard

Subject:

Theology; Oriental Studies

Role:

Professor of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions; Professorial Fellow

Where I can usually be found:

1 Fyfield, Flat 2

Contact number:

01865 274374

Prof Guy Stroumsa, Martin Buber Professor of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, was appointed to the Professorship of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions in 2009.

Professor Stroumsa is a prolific author with a wide range of expertise in the Abrahamic traditions and has also made important contributions to the Study of Religion in general as a human phenomenon.

See his article in Annual Report 2012 (page 11).

Research interests:

• the history of religions in the Near East and the Mediterranean world, in particular in Late Antiquity
• theoretical, epistemological and historical issues in the History of Religions as a discipline

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