Bogdan Burtea

Bogdan Burtea is a Romanian religious studies scholar and Semiticist currently based in Germany. His main interests are Mandaic, Aramaic, and Ethiopic studies.

Early life and education Bogdan Burtea was born in Romania.

In 1999, Burtea obtained his Master's degree in Semitic Studies and Religious Studies, with a focus on History of Religions, at Free University of Berlin after graduating with a bachelor's degree from the same university. He then became a research assistant at the Seminar for Semitic and Arabic Studies at the Free University of Berlin, which was chaired by Rainer Voigt. He obtained his doctorate in Semitic Studies at the Free University of Berlin in 2003, with his dissertation supervised by and Kurt Rudolph.

Career After graduation, in 2004, Burtea became a research assistant at the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Erfurt, where he worked on the research project "The Influence of Globalization and Regionalization Processes in the History of the Eastern Church on the Emergence, Spread and Early Development of Islam in the 6th and 7th Centuries". Zrazta d-Hibil Ziwa ("The Amulet of Hibel Ziwa," DC 44) Zihrun Raza Kasia in 2008 Secrets of the Ancestors in 2012 Haran Gawaita in 2020 Diwan Abatur (completed in 2024) Left Ginza (in progress, with )

Selected works