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Professor Peter Schäfer FBA

Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
1987
Subjects
Religion
Sections
Theology and Religious Studies
Website
http://www.princeton.edu/~pschafer/

Current post

Director, Jewish Museum, Berlin; Emeritus Professor of Jewish Studies and Religion, Princeton University

Past appointments

Princeton Director, Jewish Museum, Berlin; Emeritus Professor of Jewish Studies and Religion

2015 -

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Professor Robert P Gordon FBA

The Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: the ancient near eastern context; the Hebrew text and the ancient versions; exegesis and theology; the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament in Jewish and Christian tradition.

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Professor Susanna Elm FBA

Social, economic, and cultural history of the late antique Mediterranean; the transformation of the Roman empire into a predominantly Christian one; slavery, “Augustine the Economist,” imperial representation, war and resilience

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Professor David Shulman FBA

Pre-modern South Asian history and cultural history; languages and literatures of southern India (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada); Sanskrit language and literature; Carnatic music; history of religion in South India; Tamil Islam; South Asian poetics; Sri Lankan Tamil

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