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Dr. Tanja Werthmann specializes in medieval Jewish philosophy and mysticism in the context of Islamic philosophy and against the background of ancient Greek thought from Plato to the Neoplatonists. Her current research explores the transmission of ancient Greek concepts through their Arabic and Jewish adaptations into early Kabbalistic literature and the ways in which they were appropriated by the early Kabbalists in forming new systems of thought.

Dr. Werthmann completed her PhD in the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2018 under the supervision of Prof. Moshe Idel and Dr. Caterina Rigo. Her dissertation is entitled “Forms of Platonic Eros in the Zohar: Metamorphoses of Ancient Greek Metaphysics in 13^th Century Kabbalah”. Prior to her PhD, Dr. Werthmann studied Philosophy and Musicology at the University of Heidelberg. Her M.A. thesis focused on ancient Greek philosophy and was written under the supervision of Prof. Jens Halfwassen. Dr. Werthmann also obtained a diploma from the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts with a specialization in piano. In 2019, Dr. Werthmann was awarded the Shlomo Pines Prize.