Stefan C Reif
Biographic Data
| ID | 501736 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefan C Reif |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefan C |
| FAMILY NAME | Reif |
| SIGNATURE | REIF S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | St John’s College, Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9793-9759 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Menahem Kister, Dynamics of Midrashic Traditions in Second Temple and Rabbinic Literature
David Henshke, Statutory Jewish Prayers in the Sages’ Discourse (in Hebrew)
Haym Soloveitchik, Jews and the Wine Trade in Medieval Europe: Principles and Pressures
Y. Tzvi Langermann, Before Maimonides: A New Philosophical Dialogue in Hebrew
Institutionalized Routine Prayers at Qumran: Fact or Assumption?, written by Paul Heger, and edited by Bernard M. Levinson
Patterns of Daily Prayer in Second Temple Period Judaism, written by Jeremy Penner
Judaism and Hebrew Prayer: New Perspectives on Jewish Liturgical History
Some Reflections on the Publication of a New Thesaurus of Talmudic Manuscripts
Some Reflections on the Publication of a New Thesaurus of Talmudic Manuscripts Yaacov Sussmann. Thesaurus of Talmudic Manuscripts in collaboration with Yoav Rosenthal and Aharon Shweka. Three volumes. (Hebrew.) The Friedberg Genizah Project and Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem, 2012. Vols. 1-2 paged continuously, 861 pp.; vol. 3 ix + 419.In 1806-7, the Reverend Claudius Buchanan (1766-1815) paid a visit to Malabar, on the southwest coast of India, an…
A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo: The History of Cambridge University's Genizah Collection
Explains how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a number of colourful figures brought about the connection between the two centres. Also shows the importance of the Genizah material for Jewish cultural history
The Three Blessings: Boundaries, Censorship, and Identity in Jewish Liturgy
Giblews, Jews and Genizah Views
S olomon Schechter's relationships with his work, his environment and the people around him were rarely anything but intense. 1 From his earliest days in mid-nineteenth century Rumania, through his years as a leading scholar of rabbinic literature in Central and Western Europe, until the final period of his life in the U.S.A., he responded enthusiastically to the challenges of fresh faces and novel contexts.It was perhaps this powerful interactio…
Identifying Scholarship
THEJEWISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, XCII,Nos. 1-2 (July-October, 2001) 145-153 Review Essay IDENTIFYINGSCHOLARSHIP ELEAZAR GUTWIRTH, Tel Aviv University HebrewManuscriptsat CambridgeUniversityLibrary:A Descriptionand Introduction,by S. C. Reif assistedby ShulamitReif andincorporatingearlier workby S. M. Schiller-Szinessy, H. M. J. Loewe andJ. Leveen andincludingpaleographicaladvice fromE. Engel withcooperationof theHebrew PalaeographyProject and of the I…
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Poetry from Late Antiquity: Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary (in Hebrew)SokoloffMichaelYahalomJoseph Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Poetry from Late Antiquity: …
The Formation of Jewish Liturgy in the East and the West: A Collection of EssaysWiederNaphtali The Formation of Jewish Liturgy in the East and the West: ACollection of Essays 2 vols, in HebrewBen-Zvi …
The Genizah and Jewish Liturgy: Past Achievements and a Current Project
Schechter appreciated the significance of his liturgical finds in the Genizah but important contributions were carlier made in Oxford by Adolf Neubauer, and his nephew, Adolf Büchler. Publication of such fragments progressed in Europe, and leading figures were Ismar Elbogen and Jacob Mann. In the U.S.A., Louis Finkelstein attempted to reconstruct the "original" Second Temple versions of the amidah and the grace after meals. More recently, Naphtal…
Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library
Published Material from the Cambridge Genizah Collections: A Bibliography, 1896-1980
"Reif, "Published Material from the Cambridge Genizah Collections
The Uses of Literacy in Early Mediaeval Europe
This book investigates the ways in which literacy was important in early mediaeval Europe, and examines the context of literacy, its uses, levels, and distribution, in a number of different early mediaeval societies between c. 400 and c. 1000. The studies, by leading scholars in the field, set out to provide the factual basis from which assessments of the significance of literacy in the early mediaeval world can be made, as well as analysing the …
Rashi's Exegetical Categorization in Respect to the Distinction between Peshat and Derash
Jewish Liturgical Research: Past, Present and Future
Shabbethai Sofer and His Prayer-Book
The Traditions of Eleazar Ben Azariah
Botterweck and Ringgren's New Dictionary
The World History of the Jewish People
A Disputed Liturgical Vocalisation
Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic School
Poets, Prophets, and Sages
The World History of the Jewish People
Botterweck and Ringgren's New Dictionary
The Traditions of Eleazar Ben Azariah
Shabbethai Sofer and His Prayer-Book
Jewish Liturgical Research: Past, Present and Future
Rashi's Exegetical Categorization in Respect to the Distinction between Peshat and Derash
The Uses of Literacy in Early Mediaeval Europe
This book investigates the ways in which literacy was important in early mediaeval Europe, and examines the context of literacy, its uses, levels, and distribution, in a number of different early mediaeval societies between c. 400 and c. 1000. The studies, by leading scholars in the field, set out to provide the factual basis from which assessments of the significance of literacy in the early mediaeval world can be made, as well as analysing the …
Published Material from the Cambridge Genizah Collections: A Bibliography, 1896-1980
"Reif, "Published Material from the Cambridge Genizah Collections
Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Library
The Genizah and Jewish Liturgy: Past Achievements and a Current Project
Schechter appreciated the significance of his liturgical finds in the Genizah but important contributions were carlier made in Oxford by Adolf Neubauer, and his nephew, Adolf Büchler. Publication of such fragments progressed in Europe, and leading figures were Ismar Elbogen and Jacob Mann. In the U.S.A., Louis Finkelstein attempted to reconstruct the "original" Second Temple versions of the amidah and the grace after meals. More recently, Naphtal…
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Poetry from Late Antiquity: Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary (in Hebrew)SokoloffMichaelYahalomJoseph Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Poetry from Late Antiquity: …
The Formation of Jewish Liturgy in the East and the West: A Collection of EssaysWiederNaphtali The Formation of Jewish Liturgy in the East and the West: ACollection of Essays 2 vols, in HebrewBen-Zvi …
Identifying Scholarship
THEJEWISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, XCII,Nos. 1-2 (July-October, 2001) 145-153 Review Essay IDENTIFYINGSCHOLARSHIP ELEAZAR GUTWIRTH, Tel Aviv University HebrewManuscriptsat CambridgeUniversityLibrary:A Descriptionand Introduction,by S. C. Reif assistedby ShulamitReif andincorporatingearlier workby S. M. Schiller-Szinessy, H. M. J. Loewe andJ. Leveen andincludingpaleographicaladvice fromE. Engel withcooperationof theHebrew PalaeographyProject and of the I…
Giblews, Jews and Genizah Views
S olomon Schechter's relationships with his work, his environment and the people around him were rarely anything but intense. 1 From his earliest days in mid-nineteenth century Rumania, through his years as a leading scholar of rabbinic literature in Central and Western Europe, until the final period of his life in the U.S.A., he responded enthusiastically to the challenges of fresh faces and novel contexts.It was perhaps this powerful interactio…
The Three Blessings: Boundaries, Censorship, and Identity in Jewish Liturgy
A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo: The History of Cambridge University's Genizah Collection
Explains how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a number of colourful figures brought about the connection between the two centres. Also shows the importance of the Genizah material for Jewish cultural history
Some Reflections on the Publication of a New Thesaurus of Talmudic Manuscripts
Some Reflections on the Publication of a New Thesaurus of Talmudic Manuscripts Yaacov Sussmann. Thesaurus of Talmudic Manuscripts in collaboration with Yoav Rosenthal and Aharon Shweka. Three volumes. (Hebrew.) The Friedberg Genizah Project and Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem, 2012. Vols. 1-2 paged continuously, 861 pp.; vol. 3 ix + 419.In 1806-7, the Reverend Claudius Buchanan (1766-1815) paid a visit to Malabar, on the southwest coast of India, an…
Judaism and Hebrew Prayer: New Perspectives on Jewish Liturgical History
Patterns of Daily Prayer in Second Temple Period Judaism, written by Jeremy Penner
Institutionalized Routine Prayers at Qumran: Fact or Assumption?, written by Paul Heger, and edited by Bernard M. Levinson
Y. Tzvi Langermann, Before Maimonides: A New Philosophical Dialogue in Hebrew
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