Full Professorship (W 3) for Rabbinic Literature and Halacha

Please submit your application, with the relevant documentation, via email to ausschreibungen@uni-potsdam.de by January 09, 2024. Further information is available online at https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/arbeiten-an-der-up/appointments/appointmen... application

The University of Potsdam, Faculty of Arts, School of Jewish Theology invites applications for the following position to be filled as soon as possible:

Full Professorship (W 3) for Rabbinic Literature and Halacha

The successful candidate will represent the field of Rabbinics and have specific expertise in the domain of Halacha, employing both traditional and innovative methodologies. The candidate will demonstrate ability to connect the Talmud and Rabbinics with broader Jewish intellectual history and contribute to interdisciplinary scholarship.

The professor's responsibilities include teaching in the various degree programs in Jewish Theology, among them an English-language MA. Many of the School's students are simultaneously studying for the rabbinate at either the Abraham Geiger College or the Zacharias Frankel College. Responsibilities also include active participation in the University's selfgoverning administrative bodies. The professor will cooperate with the Jewish Studies and Religious Studies department, Life Orientation-Ethics-Religion (L-E-R) Institute, the Selma Stern Center, and the Center for Interreligious Theology and Religious Studies (CITRS).

Experience acquiring third-party project funding and organizing academic conferences are a plus. Applicants must be members of a Jewish congregation. Non-native speakers are expected to acquire sufficient skills to function in the German academic environment over a transition period of two years.

Prerequisites for the appointment are demonstrable teaching qualifications, a published PhD dissertation in the field of Hebrew Bible, and a Habilitation book (or equivalent record of research, which may consist of several substantial publications on topics other than that of the dissertation). Experience acquiring third-party project funding and organizing academic conferences is desirable. Applicants shall be members of a Jewish congregation. Non-native speakers are expected to acquire sufficient skills to function in the German academic environment, including required administrative tasks, over a transition period of two years.

To view the full job posting, please visit:

https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/verwaltung/division3/stellenausschreibungen