The applicant will take part as a senior post-doctoral researcher in the newly established ERC-Starting Grant project FLOS Florilegio Syriaca. The Intercultural Dissemination of Greek Christian Thought in Syriac and Arabic in the First Millennium CE. This is a fixed-term (36 month) appointment.
She/he will be a specialist in Christian Arabic studies, having an excellent mastery of the Arabic language and experience in the study of Christian Arabic manuscripts. Good knowledge of the Syriac language, sufficient knowledge ofGreek, and familiarity with ancient Christian theology are also required. Experience in critical editing of texts is welcome, as well as acquaintance with the use of digital technologies applied to philology and codicology. Teamwork skills are an essential prerequisite.
The task will be twofold:
- The study of often unpublished works of Mesopotamian Christian Arabic authors of the 9th-11th centuries (like Abu Ra'ita, Yahyā ibn 'Adī, Īsā' ibn Zur'a, and Yahyā ibn Jarīr), with particular focus on the explicit and implicit use of Greek patristic knowledge in these writers.
- Collaboration in the analysis and digital editing of a set of Syriac florilegia of the 8th-10th centuries containing Greek patristic texts in translation.
Teaching activities include 30 hours of curricular and integrative teaching. The teaching activities will be related to the scientific area L-OR/12 (Arabic Language and Literature) and will consist of the teaching of Arabic.