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06January
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Room 301 of the Helen Diller Building #74, BGU Marcus Campus, Be’er Sheva
Dr. Daniel Lav
Have the Muslims Apostatized or Just Their Rulers? Drawing the Boundaries of Faith in Radical Salafism
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20January
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Room 301 of the Helen Diller Building #74, BGU Marcus Campus, Be’er Sheva
Prof. Cana Werman
Early Christianity and Second Temple Judaism

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Publications

Ethnography Sage Journal
Elazar Ben-Lulu: "Who Moved My Challah? Evolving Practices and Innovations in Traditional Jewish Bread
Ethnography (online first)
The Qualitative Report TQR
Elazar Ben-Lulu: "Ethnographic Dilemmas and Reflexive Thoughts of a Contemplative Jewish Anthropologist"
The Qualitative Report, 30(9), 4392-4410
Potential For Interfaith Dialogue In America In The Aftermath Of October 7
Elad Ben David: "Potential for Interfaith Dialogue in America in the Aftermath of October 7? The Discourse of American Muslim Imams as a Case Study"
Nexus – A Review of Middle Eastern Religions & Politics – a digital platform by the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies
Prayers In A Time Of War
Elazar Ben-Lulu: Israeli Prayers of Resistance and Resilience: The Politics of Faith After October 7th
Sociological Spectrum, 1–17 (2025)
Political Theology
David Borabeck: Mount Zion and Maqam Sayyidna ʿAli: The Two-Fold Formation of Religion in the Sovereign State and the Limits of Jewish Sovereignty
Political Theology, 1–20 (2025)
יבנה וחכמיה
David Sabato: Yavneh and its Sages: The Birth of Rabbinic Halacha
Magnes Press 2025 [Hebrew]
חידושים
Netta Schramm: Don't Trouble God with Condolences: On Leibowitz's Silence Regarding the Holocaust
Chidushim: Studies in the History of German and Central European Jewry 27.1 (2025): 45-76 [Hebrew]
Al Masaq
Daniella Talmon-Heller Courts and Qurʾāns: ‘ʿUthmānī’ Codices from the Caliph’s Residence in Medina to Topkapı Palace in Istanbul
Al-Masāq 1–20, August 2025