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prof. dr. W.J. (Wout) van Bekkum

Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies
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BOOK:

The Religious Poetry of El'azar ha-Bavli, Baghdad 13th Century (2023). Review: Speculum 101/2, 2026, pp. 609-611.

ARTICLES:

Aramaic Poetry and Hebrew Hymnology: Intentions and Effects (with Naoya Katsumata): Analecta Bruxellensia 24, 2023-2, pp. 22-43.

The Hebrew Laments (Qinot) of Judah ben David Ibn Yahya (MS Firkoviz Evr. I.165), MEAHH 74, 2025, pp. 1-61.

Expressions of Truth in Qumran and Piyyut, MISSING PIECES: Essays in Honour of Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, Editors: Arjen F. Bakker, George J. Brooke, P Bärry Hartog, Hindy Najman, Mladen Popovic, Pierre van Hecke, De Gruyter-Brill 2025, pp. 87-103.

The anonymous and unusual Seder 'Avodah Achalleh le-Rokhev Shamayim (with Naoya Katsumata), Zutot 2025, pp. 1-13.

Codex Reuchlinianus 3, fol. 383r-v, Zutot 2026 (with Naoya Katsumata).

Hebrew Poetry from Medieval France and Provençe as Hypotext for Latin Translations (Paris 2026)

Translation of Maimonides' GUIDE OF THE PERPLEXED from Judeo-Arabic into Dutch. Publication: Towards a Dutch Translation of the GUIDE / Naar een Nederlandse Vertaling van de GIDS (in honour of Resianne Fontaine, 2026)

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