Dr. M.D. Aloni
Languages, Humanities, Formal semantics and pragmatics, philosophy of language, logic
Prof. Dr. Hagit Amirav
Nominated by
- European Research Council (ERC)
- AcademiaNet member since 08.09.2015
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- University Amsterdam
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Arts and humanities
Field
Humanities
Area of specialisation
Early Christianity and Late Antiquity
Research interests
ancient biblical interpretation
ancient rhetoric
church councils and ancient ritual
ancient magic
Greek papyrology
history of Christianity and Judaism in the earlier periods
the interface between history and the social sciences
reception in early-modern Europe
Distinctions and Awards
Project Subsidy, Thyssen Foundation (2014-2016)
Dutch Research Council (NW0) PhD in the Humanities Grant (2014-2019)
Dutch Research Council (NWO) Internationalization in the Humanities Grant (2011-2015)
Visiting Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford ((2010-2011)
Visiting Scholar, Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (2009)
ERC Starting Grant (2008-20014)
Sir Isaiah Berlin Junior Research Fellowship, Wolfson College, Oxford (2002)
Life Member, Senior Common Room, Brasenose College, Oxford
Interested in
- Management position, Membership in scientific bodies
Languages
ancient Greek, ancient Hebrew, Dutch, English, French, Hebrew, Latin, modern Hebrew
Doctorate
- 2002: Rhetoric and biblical interpretation: John Chrysostom
Short CV/Education and training
- 1996BA (magna cum laude) in classical languages, Tel Aviv University
- 1998MSt in Greek and Roman History, University of Oxford
- 2002D.Phil. in Greek and Roman History and Literature, University of Oxford
- 2003PostDoc (Tel Aviv University): Jerome's commentary on Daniel
- 2004 – 2008PostDoc (Protestant Theological University, Kampen)): The Emperor Marcian and the Council of Chalcedon
- 2008 – 2014Principal Investigator (ERC Starting Grant, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): The Christian Appropriation of the Jewish Scriptures
Current position: Professor of Patristics and Late Antiquity, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Selected publications
authored books:
Rhetoric and Tradition: John Chrysostom on Noah and the Flood (TEG 12; Leuven: Peeters, 2003), 269pp.
Theodore Bibliander. De ratione communi omnium linguarum et literarum, edited (with H.-M. Kirn) and translated with annotations (THR 475: Geneva: Droz, 2011), 683pp.
Authority and Performance: Sociological Perspectives on the Council of Chalcedon, 451 AD (Hypomnemata 199, Gottingen: V&R, 2015), 233pp.
Membership in scientific bodies/juries
Member, ERC Strating Grants Evaluation Panel SH5 (2014-)
Member, Young Academy of Europe (2013-2017)
President, Committee for the Dutch Annual Lectures in Patristics (2010-)
Additional qualifications
General Editor: Late Antique History and Religion Monographs Series (Peeters Publishers, Leuven).
Soft Skills/Other activities and achievements
Other activities and achievements/family
Married to Prof Dr Bas ter Haar Romeny; two daughters: Yael (11) and Noa (7)
Playing the viola (mainly chamber music)
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