Research Projects

"Ruler, Lover, Sage and Sceptic: Receptions of King Solomon" 

This research focuses on the various images of King Solomon: his biblical portrait and its reception in literature and music. The project will show how the biblical images unfold as an ongoing process of reading and rewriting within the cultural context of their time. 
(project description/summary)

Hebrew manuscripts and fragments in Austrian libraries

The aim of this project is to uncover and describe hebrew fragments used as material for bookbinding in Austrian libraries. The existing library catalogues are neither complete nor are all of the fragments scientifically recorded.
(project summary [in German])

"Text-based Potentials of Identification in the Psalms of the Hebrew Bible"

The immediacy of the psalms of the Hebrew Bible is a phenomenon frequently mentioned during all periods of scientific psalm research but has never been operationalised with adequate methods nor analysed systematically. This desideratum in current psalm research and the fact that the psalms have kept touching people throughout the centuries, thus bridging more than 2000 years of time as well as space and different cultures, marks the starting point for the research project.
(project summary)