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Past Member

Jonathan Loopstra

Funding provided by the Patricia Crone Fund

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Syriac Studies, Late Antiquity, Biblical Masorah
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The goal of Jonathan Loopstra’s project is to complete the first general introduction to a genre of instructional manuscripts known as the Syriac “Masora.” The purpose of these compilations was to help the reader pronounce and interpret words from across a spectrum of different sources: including works of patristics, grammar, exegesis, lexicography, and the Bible.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies
Spring

Degrees

The Catholic University of America
Ph.D.
2009
Oxford University
MASt
2003
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
M.A.
2002

Appointments

University of Northwestern-St Paul
2016–2020
Professor and Chair of History
Capital University, OH
2011–2016
Assistant/Associate Professor
American University of Iraq-Sulaimania
2009–2011
Assistant Professor