פרופ' סטפן רייף
תפקיד: ראש הפרויקט תפילה, ספרי תפילה והתרבות היהודית ע"ש הארי וגרטרוד לאנדי
דואר אלקטרוני: scr3@cam.ac.uk
תחומי מחקר:
Genizah and other Medieval Hebrew manuscripts; development of Jewish biblical exegesis; history of Jewish prayer
רקע אקדמי:
BA, PhD, University of London; MA, DLitt, University of Cambridge; Hon PhD University of Haifa; Lecturer at University of Glasgow, 1968-72; Assistant Professor at Dropsie College, 1972-73; Director of the Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library, 1973-2006; Professor of Medieval Hebrew, University of Cambridge, 1998-2006; Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge, 1998-present, Visiting Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Pennsylvania, George Washington University; Liturgical Project Director, Tel Aviv University; President, Jewish Historical Society of England, 1991–92, Cambridge Theological Society, 2002–04, British Association for Jewish Studies,1992; ISDCL, International Advisory Committee; Honorary Fellow, Mekize Nirdamim Society for the Publication of Ancient Hebrew Manuscripts, Jerusalem.
רשימת פרסומים:
Books written or edited:
Shabbethai Sofer and his Prayer-book, 1979
Interpreting the Hebrew Bible: Essays in Honour of E I J Rosenthal, 1982
Published Material from the Cambridge Genizah Collections: a Bibliography 1896–1980, 1989, Genizah Research after Ninety Years, 1992
Judaism and Hebrew Prayer, 1993
Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library: A Description and Introduction, 1997
A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo: The History of Cambridge University’s Genizah Collection, 2000
Why Medieval Hebrew Studies, 2001
The Cambridge Genizah Collections: Their Contents and Significance, 2002
Problems with Prayers: Studies in the Textual History of Early Rabbinic Liturgy, 2006
Charles Taylor and the Genizah Collection: A Centenary Seminar and Exhibition, 2009
Ha-Tefillah Ha-Yehudit: Mabaṭ Ḥadash ‘al Toledot Ha-Liṭurgiyah Ha-Yehudit, 2010
Death in Jewish Life: Burial and Mourning Customs in Medieval Ashkenaz and later communities, 2014
Elements of Jewish Religious Identity in the Second Temple Period, 2015
Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions, 2015
Jewish Prayer Texts from the Cairo Genizah, 2016
Jews, Bible and Prayer: Essays on Jewish Biblical Exegesis and Liturgical Notions