Meira Polliack, Department of Bible 


 

Dr Meira Polliack, Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Tel-Aviv University. Specialized areas of research and teaching include: Medieval Bible exegesis and translation, Karaism, Judaeo-Arabic Literature and Judaeo-Arabic sources in the Cairo Genizah.

Short Curriculum Vitae (highlights):

Meira Polliack, born 2nd of April 1964 in Jerusalem, graduated (B.A._cum laude_) in Biblical Studies and Hebrew Literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1987); received M. Phil in Oriental Studies (Bibl ical Hebrew), University of Cambridge (1989); awarded the Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation scholarship (1989-1992); received Ph.D. in Oriental Studies (Arabic and Hebrew), University of Cambridge (1993); served as Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, Cambridge University Library (1992-1995); awarded the Lady Davis Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Department of Arabic, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1996); awarded the Yigeal Allon Scholarship for a Lectureship in Biblical Studies, Te l-Aviv University (from 1997).

 

Recent publications:

Books: The Karaite Tradition of Arabic Bible Translation, A Linguistic and Exegetical Study of the Karaite Translations of the Pentateuch from the Tenth to the Eleventh Centuries CE, E. J. Brill (Leiden, 1997).

 Articles:

  1. “Alternate Renderings and Additions in Yeshu`ah ben Yehudah’s Arabic Translation of the Pentateuch”, JQR 84 (1993-94), pp. 209-226.

  2. “Medieval Karaite Views on Translating the Hebrew Bible into Arabic”, JJS 47 (1996), pp.64-84.

  3. “The Medieval Karaite Tradition of Translating the Hebrew Bible into Arabic: Its Sources, Characteristics and Background”, JRAS 6 (1996), pp.189-196.

  4. “Bible Translations and Word-Lists in the Cairo Genizah”, Bulletin of the Israeli Academic Center in Cairo 21 (1997), pp. 31-34.

  5. “Arabic Bible Translations in the Cairo Genizah Collection", in U. Haxen et. al. (eds.), The Proceedings of the EAJS Copenhagen Congress 1994 (Copenhagen, 1998), pp. 35-61.

Professional associations/learned bodies

Member of the World Union of Jewish Studies; Society for Judaeo-Arabic Studies; The American Association for Jewish Studies; The Society of Biblical Literature; The American Academy of Religion; The European Association for J ewish Studies.

Additional points of contact:

Dr Meira Polliack, Department of Biblical Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 69978.

Fax (at the School of Jewish Studies): 972-3-6407031

Tel (work): 972-3-6406057

e-mail: meirap@post.tau.ac.il