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Curriculum vitae (April 2015)
JAVIER DEL BARCO
Born September 16th, 1973 in Madrid, Spain.
Position: Associate Researcher (Científico titular OPIs) [Chargé de recherche]
Institution: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).
Work address:
Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales del CSIC
C/. Albasanz 26-28
E-28037 Madrid, Spain
Tel. + 34 91 602 2360
e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.cchs.csic.es/es/personal/javier.delbarco
EDUCATION
2001
2001
1998
1996-1997
1996
1994
Ph.D. in Hebrew Studies (Summa cum Laude), Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
Dissertation: “El uso de las formas verbales en los Profetas Menores preexílicos” [The Use of
Verb Forms in Preexilic Minor Prophets].
M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
(UNED), Madrid.
M. Phil. in Hebrew Studies, Universidad Complutense, Madrid. Dissertation: “El uso de las
formas verbales en el libro de Amós” [The Use of Verb Forms in the Book of Amos].
Postgraduate Program, Departments of Hebrew Language, Bible and Assiriology, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
M.A. in Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (with honors), Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
B.A. in Semitic Studies, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
Other programs: Summer Hebrew Program, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1994,
1996); Annual Hebrew Program, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1996-1997);
Workshop on Hebrew Proficiency for University Teachers, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem (2005, 2009).
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2007-present
2004-2007
2003-2004
2002-2004
Tenured Research Fellow, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC, Madrid).
Assistant Professor, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
Part-time Professor, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC, Madrid).
HONORS AND GRANTS
2013-2015
Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness Research Grant: I am leading an international
group in a three-year project entitled “Legacy of Sepharad: The Material and Intellectual
Legacy of Late Medieval Sephardic Judaism (FFI2012-38451)”, from January 2013. The
grant provides funds for basic research spending accounts for all five team members and one
graduate student.
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2013-2014
2012
2009
2008-2012
2008
2008
2007
2006
2005
2005
2002-2003
2002
1998-2001
“Research in Paris” Grant – Bourse de recherche de la Mairie de Paris, for a period of six
months at the Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes of the CNRS, Paris.
Grant from the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe, Jewish Heritage Programme, for
the project: “Hebrew Manuscripts from Sepharad: The Lives and Afterlives of Books and
Owners.” (Exhibition at the Biblioteca Nacional de España and catalogue) (£ 25,000).
Travel grant at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, CSIC.
European Research Council Starting Grant: I have been a member of an international team of
five scholars, led by Professor Esperanza Alfonso (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas), to receive this grant for our project entitled “INTELEG: The Intellectual and
Material Legacies of Late Medieval Sephardic Judaism: An Interdisciplinary Approach.”
The grant provides funds for four conferences, three seminars, four published collections
of essays, and research spending accounts for all five team members and three graduate
student researchers. Full project information available at:
http://www.lineas.cchs.csic.es/inteleg
Skirball Visiting Fellowship at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
José Castillejo Research grant at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Ministry
of Education.
Travel grant at Tel Aviv University, Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Research grant at Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes (CNRS) and Bibliothèque
nationale de France, Paris, France, Universidad Complutense.
Travel grant at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Universidad Complutense.
Travel grant at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Maurice Amado Foundation Research Fellowship in Sephardic Studies ($ 2,000), title of the
project awarded: “A Sephardic Understanding of the Bible: Linguistic Analysis of Ancient
Spanish Translations of the Bible in comparison with the Hebrew Text.”
Postdoctoral research grant at New York University (Skirball Departament of Hebrew and
Judaic Studies), Ministry of Education.
Ministry of Education Dissertation grant, including three mini-grants for small research
periods at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Jewish Theological Seminary of
America, New York, and Catholic University of America, Washington D.C.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
 Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Hébreu 1 à 32. Manuscrits de la Bible hébraïque. Manuscrits en
caractères hébreux conservés dans les bibliothèques publiques de France. Catalogues (CMCH 4), dir.
Philippe Bobichon and Laurent Héricher. Turnhout: Brepols, 2011.
 Catálogo de manuscritos hebreos de la Biblioteca de Montserrat. [Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts
in the Library of Montserrat]. Barcelona: CSIC-Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat, 2008.
 Catálogo de manuscritos hebreos de la Comunidad de Madrid. 3 vols. [Catalogue of Hebrew
Manuscripts in the Libraries of Madrid. 3 vols.] Vol. 3 with the collaboration of Arturo Prats.
Madrid: CSIC, 2003-2006.
 Profecía y sintaxis: el uso de las formas verbales en los Profetas Menores preexílicos. [Prophecy and
Syntax: The Use of Verb Forms in Preexilic Minor Prophets]. Madrid: CSIC, 2003.
Book Editor
 Biblias de Sefarad – Bibles of Sepharad [Catalogue of the exhibition “Biblias de Sefarad: las vidas
cruzadas del texto y sus lectores”, at the Biblioteca Nacional de España between February 27th and
May 13th, 2012]. Edited with Esperanza Alfonso, Arturo Prats and M. Teresa Ortega. Madrid:
Biblioteca Nacional de España, 2012.
 Computer Assisted Research on the Bible in the 21st Century. Edited with Luis Vegas Montaner and
Guadalupe Seijas de los Ríos-Zarzosa. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2010.
Del Barco CV 2/10
Journal Articles
 “Judaizantes y textos hebreos en el Tribunal de la Inquisición de Navarra: el proceso de fe contra
Martín López (1520-1521).” In collaboration with Rocío de la Nogal Fernández. Huarte de San
Juan. Geografía e Historia 20 (2013): 71-86.
 “The Production and Transmission of Hebrew Miscellanies on Greek Geometry: A Case Study of
MS Madrid, BNE 5474.” Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Newsletter 5 (2013): 25-29.
 “Reconstructing the Early History of Two Kabbalistic Manuscripts from El Escorial Library.”
Manuscripta 66/1 (2012): 1-27.
 “Estudio lingüístico de glosas romances en un manuscrito exegético hebreo del s. XIII.” Romance
Philology 65/2 (2011): 173-193.
 “Fragmentos de incunables hebreos en documentos inquisitoriales del Tribunal de CalahorraLogroño.” In collaboration with Ignacio Panizo Santos. Huarte de San Juan. Geografía e Historia 17
(2010): 295-308.
 “L’art de la micrographie hébraïque en Espagne à la fin du XVè siècle.” In collaboration with
Laurent Héricher. Rivista di Storia della Miniatura 14 (2010) : 163-173.
 “Hebrew Manuscripts in Spanish Collections: A New Catalogue.” In collaboration with M. Teresa
Ortega Monasterio. Materia Giudaica 13 (2008): 311-330.
 “The Syntax of Parallelism in Isaiah and in the Minor Prophets: A Comparative Study.” In
collaboration with Guadalupe Seijas de los Ríos. Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 32/1
(2006): 113-130.
 “Las formas verbales en las biblias de Alba y Ferrara: ¿fidelidad al texto hebreo?” Sefarad 64/2
(2004): 243-267.
 “Classification and Analysis of the Biblical Verb with the Aid of the Computer: Topics in the Book
of Amos” (In Hebrew). Language Studies 9 (2003): 85-97.
 “Temporalidad, aspecto, modo de acción y contexto en el verbo hebreo bíblico.” Miscelánea de
Estudios Árabes y Hebraicos (sección Hebreo) 52/1 (2003): 3-19.
 “Syntactic Structures of Paralelism: A Study Case in Biblical Prophecy.” Journal of Northwest
Semitic Languages 29/1 (2003): 51-66.
 “Text in Context: A Textual-Linguistic Approach to Amos 4:7-8.” Sefarad 62/2 (2002): 227-240.
 “La función sintáctica y poética de los acentos de la masora: ejemplos en el libro de Amós.” Sefarad
60/1 (2000): 3-18.
Book Chapters
 “Catalogues of Hebrew Manuscripts in Historical Perspective.” Book chapter for Manuscrits hébreux
et arabes: Mélanges en l’honneur de Colette Sirat. Ed. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and Nicholas de
Lange. Turnout: Brepols, 2014. 333-350.
 “Joshua Ibn Gaon’s Hebrew Bibles and the Circulation of Books in the Late Medieval and Early
Modern Periods.” Book chapter for Jewish Sacred Manuscripts in the Medieval and Early Modern
Mediterranean. Ed. Esperanza Alfonso and Jonathan Decter. Turnhout: Brepols, 2014. 267-297.
 “Los manuscritos hebreos de la Biblioteca de Montserrat robados en 1996.” In Palabras bien dichas:
Estudios filológicos dedicados a Pius-Ramon Tragan. Barcelona: Publicacions de l’Abadia de
Montserrat, 2011. 127-145.
 “Texto hebreo subyacente y variación morfosintáctica en algunas biblias romanceadas.” In Maestra
en mucho. Estudios filológicos en homenaje a la prof. Carmen Isasi Martínez. Ed. José Luis Ramírez
and Sara Gómez. Buenos Aires: Voces del Sur, 2010. 17-27.
 “The Series of Woes in Pre-Exilic Prophecy: A Computer-Assisted Study on Syntax and Semantics.”
In Computer Assisted Research on the Bible in the 21st Century. Ed. Luis Vegas, Guadalupe Seijas
and Javier del Barco. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2010. 159-175.
Del Barco CV 3/10
 “Manuscritos hebreos sefardíes sobre cábala y mística en las colecciones madrileñas.” In
Manuscritos místicos: formas y contenidos. Ed. Mostafa Ammadi. Casablanca: Université Hassan II
Aïn Chock, 2010. 73-82.
 “La ciencia griega en los manuscritos hebreos de la Comunidad de Madrid.” In collaboration with M.
Teresa Ortega. In Fuentes clásicas en el judaísmo: de Sophia a Ḥokmah. Ed. Raúl González and
María Teresa Ortega. Madrid: Signifer, 2009. 165-188.
 “La Biblia de Alba y la Biblia de Ferrara en su contexto lingüístico: la traducción de las formas
verbales.” In Actas del VI Congreso Internacional de Historia de la Lengua Española. Ed. Jesús Luis
Bustos and José Luis Girón. Madrid: Arco Libros, 2006. 459-468.
 “Towards a Computer Assisted Classification of Discourse Types in Amos.” In Bible and Computer.
The AIBI-6 Conference. Ed. Johann Cook. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2002. 283-294.
 “La acentuación masorética en Amós y su relación con la división oracional y la estructura poética
del texto.” In Jewish Studies at the Turn of the Century. Ed. Ángel Sáenz-Badillos and Judith
Targarona. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 1999. 111-116.
Dictionary and Catalogue Entries
 Nine entries in the exhibition catalogue for Biblias de Sefarad – Bibles of Sepharad. Ed. E. Alfonso,
J. del Barco, A. Prats and M. Teresa Ortega. Madrid: Biblioteca Nacional de España, 2012. Entries
on: El Escorial G-II-7 (Hebrew Bible); El Escorial G-I-12 (Hebrew Bible); BNE MS 4188 (David
Qimḥi’s Sefer mikhlol); El Escorial G-I-5 (Rabbinic Bible); BNE MS 5474 (Miscellany of Greek
Geometry); Universidad Complutense BH MS 617 (Hebrew Bible); El Escorial G-IV-15 (Exegetical
and Parabiblical Miscellany); BNE MS 5469 (Liturgical Bible); BNE MS 1916 (Inventory of
Books).
 One entry in Diccionario histórico de la traducción en España. Ed. F. Lafarga and L. Pegenaute.
Madrid: Gredos, 2009. Entry “ALONSO SCHÖKEL, Luis”.
Book Reviews
 Review of Perani, M. et al. (eds.), Inventari dei manoscritti delle biblioteche d’Italia. CXV : I
frammenti ebraici dell’archivio di stato di Modena, I. Florence, Olschki Leo S., Editore, 2012.
Reviewed for Cahiers de civilisation médiévale. Forthcoming.
 Enrique-Arias, A. (ed.), La Biblia Escorial I.I.6. Transcripción y estudios. Logroño (La Rioja):
Cilengua, Fundación San Millán de la Cogolla (Biblias Hispánicas; Colección digital), 2010.
Reviewed for Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana XI (2013): 189-191.
 Avenoza, G., Biblias Castellanas Medievales. (Instituto Orígenes del Español. Serie Mayor; 2). San
Millán de la Cogolla (La Rioja): Cilengua, 2011. Reviewed for Boletín de la Biblioteca de Menéndez
Pelayo LXXXVIII (2012): 467-470.
 Reguera, A., La flexión verbal en la Torah. León: Universidad de León, 2006. Reviewed for
Miscelánea de Estudios Árabes y Hebraicos (sección Hebreo) 55 (2006): 558-560.
 del Valle, C., Catálogo de Hebraica, impresos, y de Judaica, manuscritos e impresos, de la
Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid. Madrid: Abenezra ediciones, 2004. Reviewed for BiB (2005)
[http://www.csic.es/cbic/BGH/050101rese.htm].
 Niccacci, A., Sintaxis del hebreo bíblico. Trad. Guadalupe Seijas de los Ríos-Zarzosa. Estella: Verbo
Divino, 2002. Reviewed for Sefarad 64:2 (2004): 433-440.
 Arnold, B. T. and J. H. Choi, A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2003. Reviewed for Review of Biblical Literature (2004) [http://www.bookreviews.org/].
 Sokoloff, M., A Dictionary of Judean Aramaic. Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University Press, 2003.
Reviewed for Sefarad 64:1 (2004): 207-210.
 Girón Blanc, L. (ed.), Narraciones bíblicas de la creación. Edición y estudio comparativo. ’Ilu.
Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones. Anejo VII. Reviewed for Sefarad 63:1 (2003): 201-205.
 “A Survey of Semitic Studies in Spain (1975-2000) I: Hebrew Bible, Jewish and Ancient Near East
Studies.” Review article for Religious Studies Review 28/2 (2002): 131-137.
Del Barco CV 4/10
Work under Contract, in Progress:
 The Hebrew Book in the Western Mediterranean: Late Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts and
Incunabula in Context. Edited volume. In Brill’s series « Études sur le judaïsme médiéval. »
Forthcoming 2015-2016.
INVITED LECTURES AND COLLOQUIA
 “Predecessors of the Biblia Rabbinica: Hebrew Glossed Bibles in the Fifteenth Century”. Invited
speaker, Conference “Sephardic Book Art of the 15th century”, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
February 26, 2015.
 “Cataloguing Hebrew Manuscripts in the Twenty-First Century: Theory and Method in the New
Catalogue of Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France”. Invited speaker,
Conference “Research on Hebrew manuscript culture: Status quaestionis”, Centre for the Study of
Manuscript Cultures, University of Hamburg, Germany. October 21, 2014.
 “Libros en la diáspora. Una biblia de Josué ibn Gaón de Soria en la corte de João I”. Invited speaker,
Ciclo de Conferências da Cátedra de Estudos Sefarditas «Alberto Benveniste», University of Lisbon,
Portugal. May 22, 2014.
 “Codicología y manuscritos hebreos.” Invited speaker, colloquium on “Artes del libro antiguo: una
mirada desde el s. XXI.” Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. April 2, 2013.
 “La Biblia hebrea como libro medieval: tipología textual y codicológica de las Biblias hebreas
medievales.” Invited lecture, Universidad de Salamanca. November 30, 2011.
 “Tipos de discurso en la poesía profética bíblica.” Invited lecture, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
August 18, 2010.
 “El origen de la liturgia judía: precedentes y formación de los textos fundamentales”and “La exégesis
bíblica judía y cristiana en la Edad Media: encuentros y desencuentros”. Invited speaker, VIII
Jornadas Universitarias de Cultura Humanística, Universidad de Barcelona and Abadía de
Montserrat. April, 17-18, 2009.
 “Dialogues avec l’invisible. L’art de la micrographie des bibles ibériques.” Invited lecture with
Laurent Héricher and Jean-Yves Sarazin, Institut National du Patrimoine de France, Paris. January
13, 2009.
 “Conversos as New Christian Hebraists in 16th Century Spain.” Invited lecture, David Patterson
Seminar, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. April 23, 2008.
 “De la transmissió oral a la paraula escrita. Sobre la fixació dels textos sagrats.” Invited speaker, IV
Jornadas Universitarias de Cultura Humanística, en memoria del Dr. Ramón Roca-Puig, Universidad
de Barcelona and Abadía de Montserrat. November 10, 2006.
 “Las inscripciones protosinaíticas.” Invited speaker, colloquium “El enigma escrito. Escrituras sin
descifrar”, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. November 8, 2006.
 “Biblical Studies in Spanish Scholarship.” Invited lecture, Dept. of Hebrew and Middle Eastern
Studies, Emory University. November 25, 2003.
 “El hebreo en la Universidad Complutense.” Invited lecture, Dept. Estudios Hebreos y Arameos,
Universidad Complutense, June 4, 2003.
 “The Golden Age of Hebrew Literature: An Introduction,” Invited speaker, colloquium on Medieval
literature, St. Louis University Madrid Campus. February 4, 2003.
 “Hebrew Poets and Poetry in Medieval Spain.” Invited speaker, colloquium on Medieval literature,
St. Louis University Madrid Campus. February 6, 2003.
 “Un nuevo catálogo de manuscritos hebreos bíblicos en la Comunidad de Madrid.” Invited speaker,
Seminario Abierto de Filología e Historia, Centro de Humanidades del CSIC. 2002.
 “Semitic Studies in Present-day Spain.” Invited lecture, Dept. of Semitic and Egyptian languages and
literatures, Catholic University of America. November 4, 2000.
 “Classification and Analysis of the Biblical Verb with the Aid of the Computer.” (In Hebrew) Invited
lecture, Dept. of Hebrew Language, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. December 17, 1998.
Del Barco CV 5/10
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
 “The Poetic Sections in Late Medieval Hebrew Bibles: A Preliminary Study of Page Layout.” Paper
delivered at the Tenth Congress of the European Association of Jewish Studies. Paris, France. July
2014.
 “Books in Motion: Some Manuscripts from Natan ben Saadiah ha-Cohen Shulel’s Library.” Paper
delivered at the 16th World Congress of Jewish Studies. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
July-August 2013.
 “U-be-la‘az: Translating the Hebrew Bible in Thirteenth-Century Iberia.” Paper delivered at the 48th
Medieval Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 2013.
 “13th-Century Castilian in Hebrew Script: What Is the Rule?” Paper delivered at the 19th
International Medieval Congress on “Rules to Follow (Or Not).” University of Leeds, England, UK.
July 2012.
 “Ibn Gaon’s Hebrew Bibles and the Circulation of Books in the 14th Century.” Paper delivered at the
International Conference “Patronage and the Sacred Book in the Medieval Mediterranean.” Brandeis
University. Boston, MA. October 2010.
 “El estudio codicológico y la transmisión de textos hebreos medievales.” Paper delivered at the III
Congreso Internacional Sociedad de Estudios Medievales y Renacentistas. Universidad de Oviedo,
Spain. September 2010.
 “Glosas castellanas en un comentario bíblico hebreo del s. XIII: estudio lingüístico.” Paper delivered
at the Congreso Internacional XIII Jornadas Medievales. Universidad Autónoma Nacional de
México. México, D.F. August 2010.
 “Reconstructing the Early History of Two Kabbalistic Manuscripts from El Escorial Library.” Paper
delivered at the Ninth Congress of the European Association of Jewish Studies. Ravenna, Italy. July
2010.
 “The Commentary of Abraham ibn Ezra on Micah.” Paper delivered at the Annual meeting of the
Association of Jewish Studies. Los Angeles, CA. December 2009.
 “Evidence from the inside: What Hebrew bibles tell about themselves; the case of MSS Héb. 15 and
21 from the Bibliothèque nationale de France.” Paper delivered at the European Association of
Jewish Studies Summer Colloquium: Manuscripts and History in the Jewish Middle Ages. Oxford
Centre for Jewish Studies. Oxford, UK. July 2009.
 “La ciencia griega en los manuscritos hebreos de la Comunidad de Madrid.” In collaboration with M.
Teresa Ortega. Paper delivered at the Primer seminario hispano-italiano de estudios sobre el
judaísmo. Rome, Italty. November 2008.
 “Textual Criticism of the Bible in Spanish Renaissance.” In collaboration with M. Teresa Ortega.
Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. San Diego, CA.
November 2007.
 “Series of Woes in Pre-Exilic Prophecy: A Study on Syntax and Semantics.” In collaboration with
Guadalupe Seijas. Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. San
Diego, CA. November 2007.
 “Spanish Hebrew Manuscripts: A New Catalogue.” In collaboration with M. Teresa Ortega. Paper
delivered at the Eighth Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies. Moscow, Russia.
July 2006.
 “Sobre la distinción entre poesía, verso y prosa en la Biblia Hebrea.” Paper delivered at the Annual
Colloquium of the Asociación Española de Estudios Hebreos y Judíos. Ávila, Spain. June 2006.
 “Parallelism and Grammar as a Strategy in Building Biblical Hebrew Prophecy.” In collaboration
with Guadalupe Seijas. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Philadelphia, PA.
November 2005.
 “Medieval Sephardic Manuscripts: A History of Spanish Textual Tradition and Manuscript
collections.” In collaboration with M. Teresa Ortega. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical
Literature. Philadelphia, PA. November 2005.
Del Barco CV 6/10
 “Magical Hebrew Texts in the Library of Montserrat.” Paper delivered at the Seminario Internacional
Complutense Edición de textos mágicos de la Antigüedad y la Edad Media. Universidad
Complutense. Madrid, Spain. May 2005.
 “Parallelism and syntax: a textlinguistic strategy in building biblical poetry.” Paper delivered at the
Eighteenth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Leiden,
Holland. July 2004.
 “Prefix Conjugation and Discourse in the Minor Prophets.” Paper delivered at the Seventh Congress
of the Association International Bible et Informatique. Leuven, Belgium. July 2004.
 “Las formas verbales en algunas biblias romanceadas: ¿fidelidad al hebreo?” Paper delivered at the
Annual Colloquium of the Asociación Española de Estudios Hebreos y Judíos. Gerona, Spain. June
2004.
 “Medieval Sephardic Manuscripts: A History of Spanish Textual Tradition.” In collaboration with M.
Teresa Ortega. Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Atlanta,
GA. November 2003.
 “La Biblia de Alba y la Biblia de Ferrara en su contexto lingüístico.” Paper delivered at the VI
Congreso de Historia de la Lengua Española. Universidad Complutense. Madrid, Spain. October
2003.
 “Text in Context: A Textual Linguistic Approach to Am 4:7-8.” Seventh Congress of the European
Association for Jewish Studies. Amsterdam, Holland. July 2002.
 “Parallel Structures in Biblical Hebrew Prophetic Proetry.” Paper delivered at the Seventeenth
Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament. Basel, Switzerland.
July 2001.
 “Types of Discourse in Biblical Hebrew Prophecy and the Use of Verb Forms.” Paper delivered at
the Annual meeting of the Association of Jewish Studies. Boston, MA. December 2000.
 “Towards a Computer Assisted Classification of Discourse Types in Amos.” Paper delivered at the
Sixth Congress of the Association International Bible et Informatique. Stellenbosch, South Africa.
July 2000.
 “La acentuación masorética en Amós y su relación con la división oracional y la estructura poética
del texto.” Paper delivered at the Sixth Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies.
Toledo, Spain. July 1998.
TEACHING
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Graduate seminars:
2005-2006 to 2008-2009: Jewish liturgy.
Undergraduate courses:
2006-2007: Hebrew texts I; Biblical Hebrew II; Spoken Hebrew I.
2005-2006: Hebrew texts I; Introduction to Hebrew language; Spoken Hebrew I.
2004-2005: Hebrew texts I; Introduction to Hebrew literature; Introduction to Hebrew language.
2003-2004: Hebrew texts I; Jewish Civilization I.
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)
Graduate seminars:
2014: “Textos, libros y lectores. Una introducción a la cultura manuscrita de la Península Ibérica durante la
Baja Edad Media.” Co-organizer and co-instructor (5 hours).
2014: “Fuentes para el estudio de las relaciones entre cristianos, judíos y musulmanes en la Edad Media:
arte, filología e historia (III).” Co-instructor (2 hours).
2013: “Fuentes para el estudio de las relaciones entre cristianos, judíos y musulmanes en la Edad Media:
arte, filología e historia (II).” Co-instructor (2 hours).
Del Barco CV 7/10
2013: “El estudio filológico e histórico de las fuentes medievales. Orígenes, métodos y prácticas (II).” Coorganizer and co-instructor (16 hours).
2012: “Introducción a los usos y funciones de los acentos de la Biblia hebrea.” Organizer and instructor (10
hours).
2012: “Fuentes para el estudio de las relaciones entre cristianos, judíos y musulmanes en la Edad Media:
arte, filología e historia (I).” Co-instructor (2 hours).
2010: “El estudio filológico e histórico de las fuentes medievales. Orígenes, métodos y prácticas.” Coinstructor (2 hours).
2010: “Curso monográfico de hebreo bíblico avanzado: Job.” Organizer and instructor (30 hours).
2010: “Historia del libro en el Mediterráneo (VI): ecdótica, viejos problemas, nuevas discusiones.” Coinstructor (4 hours).
2009: “Historia del libro en el Mediterráneo (V): manuscritos orientales.” Co-organizer and co-instructor (10
hours).
2009: “Gestión del patrimonio manuscrito en la Abadía de Montserrat.” Co-instructor (4 hours).
2008: “Historia del libro en el Mediterráneo (IV): de la palabra divina al texto manuscrito.” Co-instructor (2
hours).
2007: “Historia del libro en el Mediterráneo (II): archivos y documentos.” Co-instructor (4 hours).
2006: “Historia del libro en el Mediterráneo (I): codicología comparada y bibliotecas españolas.” Coinstructor (4 hours).
2004: “Lenguas del Mediterráneo oriental en la Antigüedad y la Edad Media.” Co-instructor (6 hours).
Graduate students advisor:
2007-2008: Gabriel Angulo, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fulbright Grant Fellow at the Centro de
Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, CSIC. Project: “The Hebrew Manuscripts in the Toledo Cathedral
Library.” Co-advisor with M. Teresa Ortega-Monasterio.
PhD thesis advisor:
2008-2013: Stefania Silvestri’s PhD thesis, “Le Bibbie ebraiche della penisola iberica: Commitenza,
produzione e diffusione tra I secoli XIII e XVI”. Co-advisor with Giuliano Tamani, from University
of Venice, Ca’ Foscari. Completed 2013.
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina (as Visiting Professor)
Graduate seminars:
2010: “Las jarchas en su(s) contexto(s): una aproximación lingüística y literaria.” Co-organizer and coinstructor (5 hours).
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Institutional service (CSIC):
 Head of the Research Unit (Grupo de Investigación CSIC 641406) “Historia Cultural del
Mediterráneo” (Cultural History in the Mediterranean) (2012-present).
 Faculty representative at the Executive Board, Instituto de lenguas y culturas del Mediterráneo de
Oriente Próximo (ILC) (2013-present).
University service:
 Member of the Academic Board of the PhD Program in Jewish Studies, University of Bologna
(2015-present).
 Dept. of Hebrew Studies Library Committee, Universidad Complutense (2004-2007).
 Dept. of Hebrew Studies Graduate Studies Committee, Universidad Complutense (2005-2007).
Editorial Boards:
 Editorial board, Literatura Hispano-hebrea series, CSIC. (2006-2013).
 Editorial board, Orientalia Montserratensia series, PAMSA. (2006-present).
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 Editorial board, DVCTVS series, CSIC. (2008-2013).
Associations:
 Member of the Steering Committee of the Asociación Española de Estudios Hebreos y Judíos
(AEEHJ) [Spanish Association for Hebrew and Jewish Studies]. (2014-present).
 Member of the following Associations: European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS),
[American] Association of Jewish Studies (AJS).
PhD Thesis Committees:
 Isabel Marín Martínez: “Imprenta, exégesis y filosofía en el Portugal del siglo XV: Peruš ‘al sefer
mišle ha-niqra’ qab we-naqi [Comentario al libro de Proverbios llamado Qab we-naqi].” Advisors:
Prof. Aurora Salvatierra Osorio and Prof. Esperanza Alfonso. Presented Universidad de Granada, 3
March, 2015.
 Aleksander Wereszczynski: “Qatal, yiqtol, weqatal y wayyiqtol: modelo pancrónico del sistema
verbal de la lengua hebrea bíblica; con el análisis adicional de los sistemas verbales de las lenguas
acadia y árabe.” Advisor: Prof. Luis Vegas Montaner. Presented Universidad Complutense de
Madrid, 29 Novermber, 2010.
Tenure Committees:
 Associate Professorship at the Department of Hebrew and Aramaic, Universidad de Granada, 2011.
Committee member.
 Associate Research Fellowship at the Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas, 2008. Committee member.
Evaluation committees:
 Member of the Agence d’évaluation de la recherche et de l’éducation supérieure (AERES)
committee for the evaluation of the Unité EA 2303 « Études juives et hébraïques » in the Université
de Paris 8 (Vincennes-Saint-Denis), March 2013.
Conference, Symposia and Conference Panels Organized:
 International Conference “The Hebrew Book in the Western Mediterranean: 13th to 16th Centuries.”
CSIC and Biblioteca Nacional de España. Organizer. March 5-6, 2012.
 International Conference “Bible and Computers.” Co-organizer with L. Vegas and G. Seijas.
Universidad Complutense. June 16-19, 2008.
 Panel on the Material and Intellectual Legacy of Medieval Sephardic Judaism. 10th Congress of the
European Association of Jewish Studies. Paris, July 20-24, 2014.
 Panel on the Hebrew Bible. Annual Colloquium of the Asociación Española de Estudios Hebreos y
Judíos. Gerona, May 29-31, 2008.
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
 Curator of the exhibition “Biblias de Sefarad: las vidas cruzadas del texto y sus lectores.” Organized
within the framework of the Project INTELEG, funded by the European Research Council. With the
collaboration of the CSIC and the Biblioteca Nacional de España. Biblioteca Nacional de España,
Madrid, from February 27 to May 13, 2012. Further information at
http://www.bne.es/es/Micrositios/Exposiciones/Biblias/
LANGUAGE SKILLS
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Spanish and Catalan: Native speaker.
English, French and Hebrew: Advanced reading, writing and speaking ability.
Italian and Portuguese: Proficient reading and research ability. Basic speaking/writing.
German and Latin: Basic reading and research ability.
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REFERENCES
María Teresa Ortega-Monasterio
Research Professor
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
[email protected]
Colette Sirat
Directeur d’études, EPHE (retired)
Chercheur Associé, IRHT-CNRS (retired)
[email protected]
David Stern
Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor
Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
University of Pennsylvania
[email protected]
Luis Vegas Montaner
Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
[email protected]
Piero Capelli
Associate Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature
Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
[email protected]
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