Stefan Reif

Who is Stefan Reif?

Stefan Reif is professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge. He was born in Edinburgh on 21 January 1944.

He has a PhD from University College London and a Doctor of Literature from Cambridge. He held the following positions at Cambridge:

Fellow of St. John's College

Professor of Medieval Hebrew, Faculty of Oriental Studies

Founder Director of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit

Former Head of the Oriental Division of the University Library.

He was president of the Jewish Historical Society of England in 1991-1992, of the British Association for Jewish Studies in 1992 and of the Cambridge Theological Society in 2002-2004.

He was previously lecturer in Hebrew and Semitics at the University of Glasgow, 1968-1972 then assistant professor of Hebrew at Dropsie College, 1972-1973.

He has written a pamphlet on prayer called "Mitsur Devash Asbi'echa"