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Habib Ibrahim is a Research Fellow at the University of Tübingen's Faculty of Humanities, Department of History, where he works in the Seminar for Ancient History as part of the Emmy Noether Research Group "Religious Conflict and Mobility, 700-900". His research focuses on early Christian Arabic textual traditions and cross-cultural religious exchanges in the medieval Mediterranean world.
He earned his PhD (2016) and MA (2011) in Religious History from the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris, establishing expertise in Arabic translations of Byzantine religious literature. His educational background provides the foundation for his critical edition work on patristic and hagiographic texts.
Dr. Ibrahim's research centers on the production and transmission of Christian Arabic literature between the 7th-10th centuries, with particular emphasis on Greek-Arabic translation movements, monastic textual traditions, and the adaptation of Byzantine religious concepts in Arabic contexts. His work reveals how religious conflict and mobility shaped textual production during the transition from antiquity to the medieval period in the Near East.
Analysis of his 13 publications (2015-2024) shows consistent focus on manuscript studies of Christian Arabic texts, particularly hagiographies and patristic translations. Key trends include critical editions of unpublished manuscripts, examination of translation techniques, and contextual analysis of religious texts within Byzantine-Arabic cultural intersections. His work bridges Arabic philology, religious history, and manuscript studies.
Dr. Ibrahim currently holds research funding through the Emmy Noether Research Group grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG), supporting his work on religious dynamics between 700-900 AD. He also contributes to the TYPARABIC project on Arabic-type printed books, demonstrating engagement with both medieval manuscripts and early modern print culture. His teaching includes specialized courses on Early Christian Arabic Literature.
He operates within the Seminar for Ancient History at Tübingen, collaborating with an international team in the Emmy Noether group to investigate religious conflict and mobility through interdisciplinary methodologies combining textual analysis, historical geography, and cultural studies.
