Stefan Reif

Stefan Reif

Stefan Reif is an academic at the University of Cambridge. He was born in Edinburgh on January 21, 1944.

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

* Fellow of St. John's College
* Professor of Medieval Hebrew, Faculty of Oriental Studies
* Director of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit (researching manuscripts from the Cairo Geniza)
* 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.

ee also

* List of Scottish Jews


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