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Ora
Limor

Open University of Israel
Ellie and Herbert D. Katz Distinguished Fellowship
Erika A. Strauss Teaching Fellowship
Ellie and Herbert D. Katz Distinguished Fellowship

Research Topic

Messianic Geography: The Mount of Olives in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Tradition

Sefer ha-nizzachon of Yom-Tov Lipmann Muhlhausen: A Jewish-Christian Encounter

Ways of Writing: Medieval Pilgrimage Accounts in Context

Bio

Ora Limor is Professor of Medieval History at the Open University of Israel. Her publications include Die Disputationen zu Ceuta [1179] und Mallorca [1286] (1994) and Holy Land Travels: Christian Pilgrims in Late Antiquity (1998). Limor will examine Holy Land travel accounts and devotional literature from the late Middle Ages.

Fellowship

2003–2004
Prescriptive Traditions and Lived Experience in the Jewish Religion: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives

Challenging the methodological divide between history and anthropology in the study of Jews and Judaism.

1999–2000
Hebraica Veritas? Christian Hebraists, Jews, and the Study of Judaism in Early Modern Europe

Devoting an entire year of study to the subject of Christian Hebraism, especially in early modern Europe.

2011–2012
Travel Facts, Travel Fictions, and the Performance of Jewish Identity

Applying an interdisciplinary approach to the richness and diversity of travel writing.