Cohen, Leonardo

LEONARDO COHEN <br>Work: Department of Middle East Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Home: Rehov Hagdud Haivri 6/4, Jerusalem, 92345, Israel. <br>EDUCATION<br>B.A. 1994 Hebrew University of Jerusalem History of Africa/General Studies in Humanities.<br>M.A. 1999 Hebrew University of Jerusalem Comparative Religion. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Steven Kaplan. Thesis: The Christian as Other and the Christian as a Brother. The Portuguese in Ethiopia and the Struggle over the Limits of Religion (in Hebrew). <br>Ph. D. 2007 University of Haifa History. Thesis Advisors: Dr. Amos Megged and Prof. Steven Kaplan. Thesis: The Jesuits in Ethiopia: Missionary Methods and Local Responses to Catholicism (1555-1632)