Mariam Touma

Department of Arabic Language and Literature

Subject:  Translation of the Holy Bible into Arabic in the nineteenth century compared to the translation of Saadya Gaon and the Karaite Yefet ben Eli.

Supervisor:  Prof. Meir Hatina, Dr. Iyas Nasser

Abstract: I will be working on Al-Qirqisani's commentary on the Book of Exodus which is still in manuscript. So I will do an edition of his commentary on this book and analyze it. 

Bio: I am Mariam Touma, a PhD student in the Department of Arabic literature at the Hebrew university. My research field is Judeo- Arabic. I am interested in religions, especially in small sects that are different from the majority. 

 

President Scholarship 2020/21