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Pia Regensburger is a second-year MPhil student at Oriel College working under the supervision of Professor Hindy Najman and Professor Mark Wynn. She received her undergraduate degree in Theology and Religion also at Oriel, with a dissertation focusing on the themes of selfhood and trauma in the book of Lamentations.
Working at the crossroads of biblical studies and philosophy, Pia’s thesis explores the philosophical complexity of naming God in ancient Judaism. She is the 2024 winner of the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies (BIAJS) postgraduate essay prize and was also awarded the 2024 Hall-Houghton Septuagint Prize for outstanding work on the Septuagint for her first-year MPhil examinations.
Research interests: selfhood; hermeneutics; ancient Judaism