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Prof. Livnat Holtzman

Prof. Livnat Holtzman completed her bachelor’s degree with honors in the Departments of Arabic Language and Literature and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed her master’s degree with honors in the Department of Arabic at Bar Ilan University. She also pursued her doctoral studies at Bar-Ilan University and wrote her doctoral dissertation under the guidance of Prof. Binyamin Abrahamov. In the academic year 2025-2026, Prof. Holtzman co-organized an international research group on nonverbal communication in the Islamic world at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University.

 

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Fields of Interest

Muslim Theology and Qur’anic Exegesis

Hadith Literature

Nonverbal communication

Publications

הולצמן, ל. (2025). Jews and the Qur'an: [ביקורת ספרים]. המזרח החדש, ס"ד, 261-265. https://kotar.cet.ac.il/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=115560995#1.0.6.default
הולצמן, ל. (2024). Andalus and Sefarad: On Philosopy and its History in Islamic Spain: [ביקורת ספרים]. המזרח החדש, ס"ג, 261-264. https://kotar.cet.ac.il/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=115556905
Holtzman, L., & Ovadia, M. (2024). Ignaz Goldziher: The Founding Father of Gesture Studies in Arabic and Islamic Studies. In Islamic History and Civilization (pp. 79-138). (Islamic History and Civilization; Vol. 212). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004690592_005
Holtzman, L. (2024). The Caliph al-Qādir bi-llāh and the Qādirī Creed. In Islamic History and Civilization (pp. 143-209). (Islamic History and Civilization; Vol. 213). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004690615_008

Ignaz Goldziher and the Theological Ḥadīth: Isnād Analysis and Other Reading Strategies

Ignaz Goldziher and the Theological Ḥadīth: Isnād Analysis and Other Reading Strategies

The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The Hungarian Academy of Sciences. “Commemorating Ignaz Goldziher”. Jerusalem, 26-27.04.2022

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