Tania Notarius

Prof. Tania Notarius serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Hebrew at the University of the Free State (Bloemfontein) and holds the prestigious position of B2 Rated Researcher at the National Research Foundation of South Africa. She also leads the Near Eastern Languages Program at Polis – the Jerusalem Institute of Languages and Humanities, where she directs academic initiatives in ancient language studies.

Dr. Notarius specializes in the philology and linguistics of Ancient Northwest Semitic Languages, with particular expertise in Biblical Hebrew poetry and linguistic analysis. Her research examines how linguistic patterns reveal historical layers within Biblical texts and connections to Ancient Near Eastern cultures.

• Ancient Northwest Semitic Languages
• Hebrew Linguistics
• Biblical Philology
• Torah Studies
• Ancient Near Eastern Languages

Her scholarly work demonstrates mastery in identifying archaic elements in Biblical poetry and analyzing dialectal variations in prophetic literature. She investigates how linguistic features such as verb morphology and wordplay provide critical insights into the historical development of Hebrew and the cultural contexts of Biblical composition.

Scientific Awards:

• B2 Rated Researcher at the National Research Foundation of South Africa

As Head of the Near Eastern Languages Program at Polis, Dr. Notarius oversees research initiatives that bridge linguistic analysis with religious and cultural studies. Her work contributes significantly to scholarly discussions about critical biblical studies within modern religious communities, examining how linguistic evidence informs our understanding of Biblical texts' composition history and historical contexts.