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Current and recent theses

Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture

  • Benji Levy, ‘Faith and Faith: Framing Jewish Identity’, November 2010.
  • Joshua Koonin, ‘Ethnic Advocacy: Private Diplomacy or Public Demonstrations?’ January 2010
  • Niccolo Tofoni ‘The Struggle Against United Nations Resolution 3379: Australian Jewry's Role’ (joint Honours with History), November 2007.
  • Kieran Mitchell, ‘Women in the Israeli military and civil spheres’, November 2006.
  • Elana Kirsh, ‘Meeting the Migrant Challenge: The Ulpan System 1949-1963’, November 2005.

Biblical Studies

  • Lydia Lee, ‘The ‘God-less’ Masoretic Text of Esther. A Literary Investigation of the Theological Message of the Masoretic Text of Esther in Light of the Septuagint and the Alpha-Text’ (2009)
  • Claire May, ‘The Massoretic Text of the First Oracle of Balaam (Num 23: 7-10)’ (2008)
  • ‘A Literary Study of the Overall Message of the Book of Daniel'
  • ‘The Scribal Systems of Elephantine and Qumran: A Comparative Analysis of Orthography’ (comparative study of scribal techniques in the Dead Sea Scrolls and another ancient corpus)