Stefan Reif

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Stefan Reif is professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge.[1][2] He was born in Edinburgh on 21 January 1944.

He has a PhD from University College London and a Doctor of Literature from Cambridge. He held the following positions at Cambridge:

  • Fellow of St. John's College
  • Professor of Medieval Hebrew, Faculty of Oriental Studies
  • Founder Director (1973–2006) of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit (researching manuscripts from the Cairo Geniza)
  • Former Head of the Oriental Division of the University Library.

He was president of the Jewish Historical Society of England in 1991-1992, of the British Association for Jewish Studies in 1992 and of the Cambridge Theological Society in 2002-2004.

He was previously lecturer in Hebrew and Semitics at the University of Glasgow, 1968-1972 then assistant professor of Hebrew at Dropsie College, 1972-1973.

He has written a pamphlet on prayer called "Mitsur Devash Asbi'echa"

See also

  • List of Scottish Jews

References

  1. ↑ Glickman, Rabbi Mark (2010-10-27). Sacred Treasure, the Cairo Genizah: The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic. Jewish Lights Publishing. pp. 169–173. ISBN 9781580234313. Retrieved 1 May 2011. 
  2. ↑ Bivens, Matt (5 August 1993). "Medieval Jewish manuscripts stolen from Russian collection". The Telegraph. p. 5. Retrieved 1 May 2011. 
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