Professor, Department for the Study of Religion & Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Cross-Appointments
Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies
Fields of Study
- Classical Judaism
Areas of Interest
- Qur’an;
- history of Quranic commentaries (Tafsir);
- Muslim-Jewish, Muslim-Christian Interactions;
- the Bible in Islam;
- Arabic Mirabilia Literature;
- history of the Book in the Arab world;
- apocalyptic Islamic Literature.