PhD in Jewish Studies

- Jewish history and culture from Biblical times to the present.
- Archaeological testimonies concerning Jewish presence in Israel and in the Italian diaspora.
- Jewish epigraphy from antiquity to the modern age, in particular in the Italian area.
- Hebrew palaeography, palaeo-Hebrew scripture, square script, epigraphical and papyrological evidence, masoretical codices, medieval script varieties, especially in Italy.
- Hebrew manuscripts and books, codicology and palaeography.
- Italy's role in the production and dissemination of Hebrew manuscripts and early Hebrew books.
- Linguistics and history of the Hebrew language from the origins to the present.
- History of Jewish thought, ideology and theology of pre-exilic Judaism, of the Second Tempie period, of the rabbinical age, of the late Middle Ages, to the modern and contemporary period. Jewish mysticism and esotericism, qabbalah from its origins in XII century in Provence and Catalonia to the modern period.
- The role of Italy in the dissemination of qabbalah in Europe.
- Social and economic history of the Jews in antiquity and the original characters of the Jewish presence in the Italian peninsula.
- Jewish art: mosaics, catacombs and their paintings, micrography, miniatures, ritual objects up to modern and contemporary Jewish art. Hebrew literature: biblical age, rabbinical literature, poetry and prophane literature, medieval and modern.
- Hebrew modern and Israeli literature. Jewish-Christian relationships: dialogue after two thousand years of persecution. The role of papacy and Italy.
- History of anti-semitism. The Shoah period. Philosophy and theology of the Shoah: the Jews after Auschwitz between memory and negationism. Jewish philosophy: ancient, medieval and modern.