Emma Abate
Doctor of EPHE (IVth section, Sorbonne, Paris) and associate researcher at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
Studies
- 2006 - 2010: PhD degree at the EPHE (IVth section, Sorbonne, Paris) and at the SAS (“Fondazione Collegio San Carlo”, Modena). Advisors: Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and Prof. Alessandro Catastini. Thesis title : « Manuscrits de la Genizah à la bibliothèque de l’Alliance Israélite Universelle : un regard sur la magie hébraïque ».
- 2002 - 2005: PhD degree at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Advisors Prof. Alessandro Catastini and Prof. Pier Giorgio Borbone. Thesis title: “La fine del regno di Sedecia in 2Re e in Geremia”.
- 2002: Italian degree (approximately BA+MA) in Hebrew Literature, at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
Conferences
- 6th–9th July 2009. Tenth EAJS Summer Colloquium. Manuscripts and History in the Jewish Middle Ages, Wolfson College, Oxford (UK). Lecture title: “Studies on Hebrew Amulets from the Alliance Israelite Universelle’s Geniza Collection”.
- 14th–16th September 2009. XXIII Convegno Internazionale AISG, Ravenna (Italy). Lecture title : “Testi magici della biblioteca dell’Alliance Israelite Universelle di Parigi”.
- 16th November 2009. Journée d’études doctorale et post-doctorale de l’EPHE et de la Société des Etudes Juives (Paris, France). Lecture title : « Pages manquantes : une étude sur les fragments magiques de la Guéniza conservés dans la bibliothèque de l’Alliance Israélites Universelle ».
Publications
Articles
- “Sedecia e l’assedio di Gerusalemme: funzioni mitiche e rituali in un racconto biblico”, Rivista degli Studi Orientali. 77 (2003).[2005], pp. 9-22.
- “I frammenti manoscritti del Sefer Mitzwot Gadol di Mosheh ben Ya‘aqov da Coucy posseduti dalla Biblioteca Angelica di Roma”, Sefarad 69 (2009), pp. 477-489.
Books
- I libri ebraici della Biblioteca Angelica I. Incunaboli e cinquecentine (eds. E. Abate, S. De Gese), Rome 2005.
- La fine del regno di Sedecia in 2Re e in Geremia, Textos y Estudios “Cardenal Cisneros” de la Biblia Poliglota Matriense, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid 2008.