Gianfranco Miletto

Gianfranco Miletto (born March 4, 1960 in Turin ) is a Judaist , author and lecturer in Jewish studies .

biography

Miletto studied Classical Philology and Hebrew / Semitic Studies at the University of Turin and received his doctorate in 1991. Between 1996 and 1999, he carried out research and teaching at the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne . In 1999 he completed his habilitation at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg with a research grant from the German Research Foundation . The subject of his habilitation thesis was “The world of knowledge, the knowledge of the world and the wisdom of Israel. Motives, cultural-historical background and means for the integration of profane knowledge into the Jewish tradition of Abraham ben David Portaleone (1542–1612) ” . In 2003 Miletto received the license to teach Jewish studies / Jewish studies at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Since 2003 he has also taught Jewish studies at the universities of Düsseldorf, Munich, Heidelberg and currently in Cologne (substitute professors).

Works (selection)

• L 'Antico Testamento Ebraico nella tradizione babilonese: i frammenti della Genizah. Torino: Silvio Zamorani Editore, 1992.
• The hero shields of Abraham ben David Portaleone . Frankfurt a. M .: Peter Lang, 2003.
• Faith and knowledge in the age of the Reformation: The Solomonic Temple at Abraham ben David Portaleone (1542–1612) (= Studia Judaica. Vol. 27). Berlin / New York: de Gruyter, 2004.
• with Elias H. Füllenbach (ed.): Dominicans and Jews. People, Conflicts and Perspectives from the 13th to the 20th Century. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2015.

Web links

• Literature by and about Gianfranco Miletto in the catalog of the German National Library