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ERC Project HEPMASITE

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Dr. Yoav Meyrav

Yoav Meyrav

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Principal Investigator

Address

University of Hamburg
Institute for Jewish Studies
Jungiusstraße 11
20355 Hamburg

Contact

Tel: +49 40 42838-9835

Key aspects of activity

  • Medieval Hebrew and Arabic philosophy
  • Hebrew philology, manuscripts, and translation studies
  • History of metaphysics and philosophical theology
  • Philosophy of religion

Academic positions

2022–2027 Principal Investigator, ERC starting grant HEPMASITE (Hebrew Philosophical Manuscripts as Sites of Engagement).

Since 2022 Research Associate, Institute for Jewish Studies, University of Hamburg (tenured).

2018–2022 Research Associate, Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies—Jewish Scepticism, Department of Philosophy, Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion, University of Hamburg.

2009–2017 Ph.D., Tel Aviv University, School of Philosophy, Linguistics and Science Studies, 2017 (dissertation: Themistius’ Paraphrase of Aristotle’s Metaphysics 12).

2001–2006 M.A., Tel Aviv University, Department of Philosophy, 2006, summa cum laude (thesis: Alfarabi and the Harmony between Plato and Aristotle).

1998–2001 B.A., Tel Aviv University, Philosophy and General Studies, 2001, magna cum laude.