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Research: Hebrew manuscripts and Jewish thought. PhD in medieval Jewish Studies, University of Chicago, 2006. Taught Jewish Studies 2006-2008, University of Wisconsin/Madison and Loyola University Chicago. October 2008, research position at University College London, Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Consultant on Gaster Hebrew Hasidic manuscripts, Rylands Library, University of Manchester. January 2022, British Library, position cataloguing and researching the archive of Chief Rabbi Ezra Dangoor of Baghdad.

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Working with Hebrew manuscripts, particularly from the middle ages, but also later (early modern and Hasidic). The interface of philosophy/science with Judaism in medieval Iberia. Using manuscripts to form critical editions, Hebrew to English translations, and microhistories.

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is.m.sandman@gmail.com

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Israel Sandman

Research: Hebrew manuscripts and Jewish thought. PhD in medieval Jewish Studies, University of Chicago, 2006. Taught Jewish Studies 2006-2008, University of Wisconsin/Madison and Loyola University Chicago. October 2008, research position at University College London, Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Consultant on Gaster Hebrew Hasidic manuscripts, Rylands Library, University of Manchester. January 2022, British Library, position cataloguing and researching the archive of Chief Rabbi Ezra Dangoor of Baghdad.