Daniel Polakovič

Studied Jewish and Cuneiform Studies and History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague. From 2003 Postgraduate Programme in Jewish Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Since 2000 research worker in the Department for Jewish History of the Jewish Museum in Prague.

Selected Bibliography:

Hebrew Manuscript Fragments in the Czech Republic. A Preliminary Report. In: Lehnardt, Andreas (ed.): Genizat Germania -- Hebrew and Aramaic Binding Fragments from Germany in Context. Leiden-Boston, E. J. Brill, 2010, pp. 329-332.

Památní desky v Praze [Memorial Tables in Prague]. Staré Mčsto a Josefov. E-Book. Prague, National Heritage Institute, 2010. (translations from Hebrew)

Judah Loew ben Bezalel, called Maharal. A Study on His Genealogy and Biography. In: Putík, Alexandr (ed.): Path of Life. Judah Loew ben Bezalel (ca. 1525-1609). Prague, Academia, 2009, pp. 29-83. (with Alexandr Putík)

Judah Loew ben Bezalel (Maharal). Selected Bibliography. In: idem, pp. 483-491.

Hundert, Gershon David (ed.): The YIVO Encyclopaedia of the Jews in Eastern Europe. New York, YIVO, 2008. 2 vols. (7 encyclopedical entries).

Documentation of the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. In: Judaica Bohemiae, 43, 2007-2008, pp. 167-192

Medieval Hebrew Inscriptions in Cheb (Eger). In: Judaica Bohemiae, 42, 2006, pp. 5-51.

 "Vypočujte si pesničku peknú...". Staršia jidiš poézia v Prahe v 17.-18. storočí a jej predstavitelia. ["Hear the nice song... The Old Yiddish Poetry in the 17-18th cents. in Prague]. In: Pocta profesoru Jaroslavu Oliveriovi (Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Philosophica et historica, 2001). Prague, Karolinum, 2003, pp. 119-129.

Professor Vladimír Sadek. Bibliography of Works. In: Judaica Bohemiae, 39, 2003, pp. 310-326.

Boskovice Synagogue. Guide. Prague - Boskovice, The Jewish Museum in Prague-Boskovice Region Museum, 2002. (with Olga Sixtová and Arno Pačík)

Prager jüdische Vereine. Verzeichnis der Statuten, Jahresberichte, Sammelschriften und Jubiläumsvorträge. In: Judaica Bohemiae, 34, 1999, pp. 135-158.

Additions to the Catalogue of Prague Hebrew Prints from the Collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague. In: Judaica Bohemiae, 33, 1997, pp. 109-131. (with Andrea Braunová)

News

ERC Synergy MiDRASH (Grant N° 101071829) Call for Applications Two Doctoral or Post-Doctoral Research Contracts in Medieval Hebrew Palaeography

Monday January 20, 2025

The École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL-University in Paris, France, is inviting candidates for two Doctoral scholarships in the field of Hebrew Palaeography and Manuscript Studies. The successful candidates will prepare their doctorate at the EPHE, PSL, under the supervision of Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and will join the team led by her in the framework of the ERC Synergy project MiDRASH (Migrations of Textual and Scribal Traditions via Large-Scale Computational Analysis of Medieval Manuscripts in Hebrew Script).

We invite doctoral/post-doctoral proposals on individual topics within the following broader fields:

  • Palaeography 1: “Medieval Hebrew Liturgical Manuscripts: Between France and Germany”
  • Palaeography 2: “The Mishnah, the Talmud and their Commentaries: Codicology, Palaeography and Book History”

Application deadline: 30 April 2025 Midnight, Central European Summer Time

Les Mélanges offerts à Mauro Perani

Friday January 10, 2025

Habent
 sua fata fragmenta", Europeaun Genizah Texts and studies , volume 7, 
dans la collection Studies in Jewish History and Culture, volume 76, vient de paraître chez Brill.