Room 5306, The Faculty of Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Office hours: Monday, 13:00-14:00

meir.bar-asher@mail.huji.ac.il

02-5883700

Meir M. Bar-Asher is a Max Schloessinger Professor of Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the department of Arabic Language and Literature at this university. His research interests include Quran exegesis and religious communities in Islam (especially Twelver Shi’ism and Nusayri- ‘Alawi religion), as well as religious and historical contacts between Judaism and Islam.

            Among his publications are Scriptures and Exegesis in Early Shi’ism (Leiden and Jerusalem, 1999) and The Nusayri- ‘Alawi Religion: An Enquiry into Its Theology and Liturgy (Leiden, 2002 [with A. Kofsky]). He is the editor of several books, among which is Le Shi’isme Imamite: Quarante ans Après: Hommage à Etan Kohlberg (Turnhout, 2009 [with M.A. Amir-Moezzi and S. Hopkins]); Islam: History, Religion and Culture (Jerusalem, Magness Press, 2017 [with Meir Hatina]). His recent book is Les Juifs et le Coran (Paris: Albin Michel, 2019) and in an English version – The Jews and the Qur’an (Princeton University Press – forthcoming).