Fiona Blumfield
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The delivery is excellent and the content exciting. Keep it up. Fiona is a past master at teaching Biblical Hebrew. A great asset indeed! ,
A Few Words About Me
Fiona made Aliyah from London in the year 2008 and now lives in Jerusalem with her family. Hebrew has been her lifelong passion and she holds a masters degree in Hebrew and Arabic from Cambridge University and a PhD from London University, where she lectured in Bible and Hebrew grammar for fifteen years. She has written a coursebook for advanced students which published by Gorgias Press, USA. She is delighted to have the opportunity to continue teaching Biblical Hebrew in Israel.
Education
2008
Certificate for Teaching English to Adults (CELTA), International House, Stukely Street, London.
2001
PhD in Jewish Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University (“The commentary of Yefet ben Eli on the book of Ruth – studies in translation and exegetical techniques”).
1992
MA (Distinction) in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Jews’ College, London University.
1976
Cert Ed, Institute of Education, London University.
1975
BA (Hons) in Oriental Studies (Hebrew and Arabic), Cambridge University.
Professional Experience
2005-2008
lecturer in Biblical Hebrew, London School of Jewish Studies
2004-2008
lecturer in Classical Hebrew, Heythrop College, London University
2003-2008
lecturer in Classical Hebrew, Dept of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College, London University
2003-2006
GCSE Biblical Hebrew class at Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Hebrew classes, Lauderdale Road (Sunday mornings).
1993 - 2003
Lecturer in Bible and Hebrew Language, Jews' College/London School of Jewish Studies (University of London).
1987-1990
Sixth Form Centre, Jews’ College. teacher of Modern Hebrew ‘a’ level.
1988-1992
Resumed teaching part-time at Hasmonean High School. ‘a’ level and ‘o' level Biblical and Modern Hebrew.
1982-1987
Inner London Education Authority, adult education institutes,tutor in Modern Hebrew.
1982-1985
Hasmonean High School (c half time position), ‘a’ level Biblical Hebrew and ‘o’ level Modern Hebrew.
Publications and Prizes
2009
“Further Biblical Hebrew” published by Gorgias Press.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH PAPERS
1.‘Yefet ben Eli on the book of Ruth chapters 1 and 2’. Delivered at the London School of Jewish Studies, February 1999.
2.‘Yefet ben Eli on the identity of the Redeemer in his commentary on the book of Ruth’. Delivered at the conference of the British Association of Jewish Studies, BAJS, Leeds, June 2000.
3.‘Yefet ben Eli on the book of Ruth chapters 3 and 4’. Delivered at the London School of Jewish Studies, April 2002.
4.‘Rabbanite and Karaite approaches to repetitions in the biblical narrative’. Delivered at the European Association of Biblical Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, August 2003.
'Medieval Jewish Exegesis of Biblical Hebrew in Europe' in 'Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics', edited by Geoffrey Khan. To be published by Brill Publishing Co in November 2012.
'Yefet ben Eli on the identify of the 'Redeemer' in his commentary on the book of Ruth', in 'Exegesis and Grammar in Medieval Karaite Texts' in Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement 13, ed. Geoffrey Khan, Oxford University Press, 2001.
