Tirzah Meacham

Associate Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations

Campus

Cross-Appointments

Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

  • Legal history;
  • comparative legal systems;
  • Midrashic, Talmudic, Geonic, and Rabbinic literature;
  • Talmudic philology;
  • purity systems;
  • sexuality and law;
  • bio-medical ethics;
  • History of medicine (realia);
  • Female spirituality.