Peter Schäfer

Who is Peter Schäfer?

Peter Schäfer is Professor of Religion and the Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Judaic Studies at Princeton University.

From 1983 to 2008 he was Professor for Jewish Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. Since 1993, he has been co-editor of Jewish Studies Quarterly. Schaefer's research interests include Jewish History in Late Antiquity, the religion and literature of Rabbinic Judaism, Jewish Mysticism, 19th and 20th century Wissenschaft des Judentums and Jewish Magic. He currently serves as the Director of the Program in Judaic Studies, and won the extremely prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award in December 2006.