
Name : Moch Ali
Date of birth : October 1st 1972
Place of birth : Surabaya
Citizenship : Indonesia
Status : Married to Dewi Utami, S.Pd.
Children : Da Vinci Cheidar Pasha
Occupation : Lecturer
Office Address : Airlangga University, Faculty of Humanities
Campus B, Jln. Dharmawangsa Dalam, Surabaya 60286.
East Java, Indonesia.
Office Phone : (+6231) 5035676, 5033080. Fax: (+6231) 5035807
Mobile : 081357823831
E-mail : menahem_ali@yahoo.com
Moch Ali is the payzant distinguished academician of Indonesian Islamic Philology at Faculty of Humanities, Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. A graduate of Airlangga University, he received his M.A.Min. in Biblical and Semitic Studies from Baptist Theological Seminary in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. As a well-known Semitic scholar and an expert researcher of the Islamic manuscripts in East Java and Indonesian Jewish Heritage in Southeast Asia, he is then known by the foreign scholars as Ali de Jode van Nederlansch Indie. He is also an elected scholar of the prestigious foreign organization of Islam ‘Bright Future Institute’ (BFI) in Qum and Tehran, the famous academic cities in Iran. This institute is a center of messianic policy, an academic organization to dedicate the researches on Mahdism. After teaching 12 years at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and at the Faculty of Humanities, Airlangga University, and supporting many religious academic activities on Interfaith Dialogue: Pluralism and Multiculturalism, since 2010, Moch Ali founded The Center of Messianic Studies, to dedicate the main studies on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Judaeo-Christian Studies, and the Pesantren Manuscripts Studies.
Author of more than eight articles in the accredited national and international journals, and six articles of the published books, Moch Ali has given the lectures at the Faculty of Letters, Petra Christian University and Faculty of Theology, Baptist University in Surabaya, East Java; Faculty of Theology, Sanata Dharma University and ICRS (Institute of Cultural and Religious Studies), Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta and the pesantrens. He also regularly lectures and gives talks at popular conferences on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Christology, Bible Studies, Comparative Religions, Indonesian Islamic Philology, Indonesian Jewish Heritage Studies and Southeast Asian Jewish Cultural Studies. To support his competence in the researches and lectures of the subjects, Moch Ali has a good command of three languages: English, Arabic and Hebrew.
EDUCATION
M.A.Min. ║ Baptist Theological Seminary, Semarang, Indonesia (2003)
Thesis: The Syro-Aramaic Peshitta Influence on the Hebraic Messiah in the Quran
S.S. ║ Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia (1996)
Thesis: ‘Hikayat Hasan Husain: Sebuah Kajian Filologis’
In 1991, I entered the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Airlangga University as one of state universities in Indonesia where I studied Indonesian Studies, specializing in the Philology. In 1996, I graduated in Indonesian Studies with the mark of very good. The topic of my thesis was The Hikayat Hasan Husain: A Study of Philology. In 1998, I taught at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Airlangga University and since 2000 I taught at the Faculty of Humanities, Airlangga University specializing in Indonesian Islamic Philology, Manuscripts Conservation and Near Eastern Literary Writings in Translation. After teaching three years at that University, in 2001 I then continued to study at the Baptist Theological Seminary, Semarang, Indonesia in the program of Semitic and Biblical Studies, specializing in the Greek and Hebrew rabbinic literary writings. In 2003, I received my M.A. degree with the mark of very good from that seminary in that academic area, the topic of my thesis was The Syro-Aramaic Peshitta Influence on the Hebraic Messiah in the Quran. Since 2002 I was being a member of the prestigious professional organization – MANASSA (Masyarakat Pernaskahan Nusantara/ the Island Southeast Asian Philological Society), an academic society which dedicated to research the Indonesian manuscripts. Now, I am also a research fellow on PUSETA (Pusat Studi Etnik dan Agama – Centre of Ethnic and Religious Studies) at Nahdhatul ‘Ulama Organization (NU) in East Java, the greatest social organization of Islam in Indonesia. The mission of this centre is to develop Interfaith Dialogue and Multiculturalism Studies.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Member of HISKI (The Academician Society of Indonesian Literatures), Jakarta, Indonesia
- Member of ATL (The Association of Literacy Tradition), Jakarta, Indonesia
- Member of MANASSA (the Island Southeast Asian Philological Society), Jakarta, Indonesia.
LECTURESHIPS AND INVITED LECTURES
- The Syrian Aramaic Christianity and Islam, ICRS (Institute of Cultural and Religious Studies), Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- The Moslem Jesus: Peshitta Influence in the Quran, Kanisius - Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- Verbal Literatures and the Freedom of Media, Sunan Ampel State Islamic Institute, Surabaya, Indonesia
INVITED PAPERS
- The Global Messiah of Islam: Paving the Ground for Reappearance from the Viewpoint of Abrahamic Religions. The Sixth International Conference of Mahdism Doctrine on The Society and State that Prepare the Ground for Reappearance of the Mahdi: Cultural Strategies and Approaches, held by Bright Future Institute, the Persian Esteghlal International Hotel, Tehran – Iran, July 24th – 25th 2010.
- Indonesianized Hebrew in the Lexicon: Anti-Semitism Versus the Hegemony of Zionism in Southeast Asia. International Symposium on Language, Culture, and Globalization in Southeast Asian Countries, held by Faculty of Humanities, Airlangga University, Auditorium FIB, Surabaya – Indonesia, December 11th, 2008.
- Episteme Kritis Ranggawarsita: Nalar Politik Hibridaisasi Kultural Sang Pujangga (Critical Episteme of R. Ng. Ranggarsita: Political Thought of Hybrid Culture of Javanese Poet). International Seminar on the Actualization of Ranggawarsitan Texts in the Context of the Centenary Year of the Indonesian National Awakening, held by Nusantara Department, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta – Indonesia, May 16th 2008.
- Pengajaran Bahasa Jawa-Kitabi dalam Kultur Pesantren Madura (The Learning Method on the Javanese-Kitabi Language in the Madurese Pesantren Culture). The 4th International Conference on the Javanese Language, held by the Province of Middle Java, Semarang – Indonesia, September 14th 2006.
- Bahasa Jawa-Kitabi Sebagai Lingua Academica dalam Kultur Pesantren Madura: Kajian Naskah Syech Ngarip (The Language of Javanese-Kitabi As Lingua Franca in the Madurese Pesantren Culture: A Study of Manuscript ‘Syech Ngarip’). International Seminar on the Development and Preservation of the Javanese Literary Antiquity, held by the Province of East Java, Inna Tretes Hotel, Prigen, Pasuruan – Indonesia, 25th- 26th April 2006.
- Sastra Verbal dan Kebebasan Pers (Verbal Literatures and the Freedom of Media). Regional Seminar on the Blasphemy of Religious Symbols, Freedom of Press and the Western Propaganda, held by State Islamic University of Surabaya, Surabaya – Indonesia, March 28th 2006.
- Careta Syeh Ngarip: Representasi Sastra Pesantren dalam Kultur Madura Sumenep (Careta Syech Ngarip: Representation of the Pesantren Literatures in the Madurese Sumenep Culture). National Seminar on the Researches of Indonesian Philology, held by the Foundation of Nusantara Manuscripts and the Toyota Foundation, Japan, Wisma Haji Ciloto, West Java – Indonesia, January 24th -26th 2005.
- Imajeri Rabindranath Tagore: Melacak Nalar Upanishad dalam Sastra Indonesia (Imagery of Rabindranath Tagore: Tracing the Episteme of Upanishad in the Indonesia Literary Writings). International Seminar on Language and Literature in the Perspective of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta – Indonesia, December 3rd – 4th 2004.
- Simbol Perlawanan Sastra Phantasmagoria: Anti Logia Sacra dalam Karya Polemik ‘The Satanic Verses’ dan ‘Serat Darmogandul.’ (The Symbolic Resistance of Phantasmagoria Literatures: Anti Logia Sacra in the Polemic Works, the Satanic Verses and the Serat Dharmogandul). The 15th International Conference on the Literary Writings, HISKI Manado, Santika Hotel, Manado, North Sulawesi - Indonesia, August 25th – 27th 2004.
- The Discovery of Sophia Perennis and Messianic Idea: Between the Kakawin Sutasoma and the Kitab Primbon Quraisyn Adammakna. The 7th International Conference on the Southeast Asian Manuscripts, held by Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali – Indonesia, July 28th – 30th 2003.
- Mengurai Simbol Perlawanan Budaya: Konflik Priyayi – Santri dalam ‘Serat Dharmogandhul’ dan ‘Gatholoco.’ (Discovering the Symbols of Cultural Resistance: Conflict between the Priyayi and Santri in the Manuscripts of Serat Dharmogandhul and Gatholoco). The 6th International Conference on the Southeast Asian Manuscripts, held by the Foundation of the Nusantara Manuscripts, West Java, Puri Katulistiwa Hotel, Bandung, West Java – Indonesia, August 12th – 14th 2002.
- Melacak Bahasa dan Asal Emigrasi Yahudi di Indonesia’: Studi Naskah ‘Berkhot Shemayim’ (Rediscovering the Hebrew and the Origins of Jewish Migration in Indonesia: A Study of Hebrew Manuscript ‘Berchot Shemayim’). The 4th International Conference on the Southeast Asian Manuscripts, held by the Foundation of the Nusantara Manuscripts, Riau, Sahid Hotel, Pekanbaru, Riau – Indonesia, July 18th – 20th 2000.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION, RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
- Indonesian Lexicography
- Javanese Lexicography
- Javanese Islamic Philology
- Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Semitic Studies)
- Biblical Studies
- Dead Sea Scrolls Survey
- Scriptural Intertextuality: (i) Brahmanic Texts and Abrahamic Scriptures, (ii) Qumran Texts and the Quran, (iii) Nag Hammadi Texts and the Moslem Jesus
RESEARCHES
- Menak Sareas: Representasi Mitos Qissa’il Emir Hamza Versi Sastra Persia dalam Nalar Weltanschaung Jawa. 2011, sponsored by Hibah Riset Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya. T.A. 2011.
- Serat Paramayoga: Wacana Mitos Berbingkai Episteme Anti Kolonial. 2009, sponsored by DIPA – UP2D Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya. T.A. 2009.
- Resistensi Budaya: Nalar Polemik Pujangga Keraton Jawa dalam Serat Gatholoco. 2008, sponsored by DIPA – UP2D Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya. T.A. 2008.
- Careta Syeh Ngarip: Representasi Sastra Pesantren dalam Kultur Madura-Sumenep. 2005, sponsored by YANASSA (Yayasan Pernaskahan Nusantara) Jakarta and the Toyota Foundation, Tokyo – Jepan.
- Aspek Sains dalam Novel Supernova: Ksatria, Putri dan Bintang Jatuh. 2004, sponsored by Proyek Peningkatan Penelitian Pendidikan Tinggi DIP Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya. No. 004/P21PT/DPPM/MD.SKW/III/2004.
- Representasi Pengenalan Nilai-nilai Moral dan Khasanah Budaya Jawa pada Anak Melalui Serial Dongeng Rakyat Jawa dalam Seri Dongeng Anak Indonesia. 2004, sponsored by Proyek Pembinaan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia dan Daerah, Pusat Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, Jakarta.
- The Syro-Aramaic Peshitta Influence on the Hebraic Messiah in the Quran. 2003 (Thesis of Master Degree, the Baptist Theological Seminary 2002/2003).
- Perempuan Menegakkan Kebenaran dan Keadilan: Tinjauan Feminisme terhadap Peran Siti Chasanah dalam Hikayat Bayan Budiman. 2003, sponsored by DIK Suplemen Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya. T.A. 2003. SK. Rektor No. 4624/J03/PG/2003.
- Pengaruh Kesusastraan Jawa terhadap Karya Klasik Madura. 2002, sponsored by DIP Rutin Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya. T.A. 2002. SK. Rektor No. 4878/J03/PG/2002.
- Kitab Donga-donga lan Raja’: Suntingan Teks Disertai Telaah Hermeneutika Mistik dan Sufi. 2002, sponsored by DIK Rutin Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya. T.A.2001. SK. Rektor No. 307/J03.2/PG/2001.
- Hak Asasi Manusia Wanita dalam Puisi-puisi W.S. Rendra. 2000, sponsored by Proyek Pengkajian dan Penelitian Ilmu Pengetahuan Terapan. Ditbinlitabmas, Dirjen Dikti, DEPDIKNAS. Kontrak No. 017/P21PT/SKW/V/2000.
- Hikayat Hasan Husein: Sebuah Tinjauan Filologis. 1996. (Thesis of Bachelor Degree, Airlangga University 1995/1996).
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS
Books/ Chapters in Books
- The Global Messiah of Islam: Paving the Ground for Reappearance from the Viewpoint of Abrahamic Religions in Doctrine of Mahdism. Special Edition: Number 5 July 2010, (ed.) Dr. Seyyed Razi Moosavi Gilani. (Qum, Iran: Bright Future Institute Publication, 2010).
- Discovering the Hebraic Roots of Islamic Messiah: the Study of Semitic Philology on the Hebraica, the Jerusalem Talmud, and the Midrash. (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A.S. Noordeen Publication, 2009). ISBN 978-983-065. http://www.islamicbookstore.com/b10652.html
- The Scriptural Philological Criticism: Rereading of the Scriptures in One Word Many Versions: A Rereading of the Holy Books, Essays on Intertextuality, (ed.) Abraham Karicham, Ph.D., and Ruwan Palapathwala, Ph.D. (Kerala, India: the Cosmic Community Centre, 2007). ISBN 81-902365-0-5.
- Bahasa Jawa-Kitabi: Pengajaran Bahasa Jawa Pesantren dalam Kultur Madura (The Javanese-Kitabi Language: A Learning Method of the Pesantren Javanese Language in the Madurese Culture) in Prosiding Kongres Bahasa Java IV (Proceeding of the 4th International Conference on the Javanese Language), (ed.) Prof. Dr. Rustono. (Semarang, Indonesia: Pemprov Jateng, 2006). ISBN 979-553-168-9.
- Intertextuality of the Semitic Scriptures: Aramaic dan Islamic Terms as Philological Critique in Intertextuality of the Holy Books (ed.) M.O. Oommen Jr. & Abraham Karicham, Ph.D. (Kerala, India: the Cosmic Community Centre, 2004). ISBN 81-902365-0-4.
- Melacak Bahasa dan Asal Emigrasi Yahudi di Indonesia (Rediscovering the Hebrew and the Origins of Jewish Migration in Indonesia) in Kandil Akal di Pelantar Budi: Esai dan Renungan Budaya (The Jar of Knowledge in the Veranda of Mind: Essays and Contemplation on Culture (ed.) al-Azhar, M.A. & Elmustian Rahman, M.Hum. (Riau, Indonesia: Yayasan Kata, 2001). ISBN 979-95806-1-7.
Articles in Printed Journals
- Rethingking the Semitic Texts: Unity in the Sacred. Journal of STUDIA PHILOSOPHICA ET THEOLOGICA, vol.8, no.1/ March 2008, Widya Sasana, Catholic Seminary, Malang, Indonesia. ISSN 1412-0674.
- The Syro-Aramaic Messiah: the Hebraic Thought, Arabic Culture. Journal of STUDIA PHILOSOPHICA ET THEOLOGICA, vol.7, no.1/ March 2007, Widya Sasana, Catholic Seminary, Malang, Indonesia. ISSN 1412-0674.
- Representation of the Javanese Messianic Manifesto in the Domain of Imperial Literatures. Journal of DIKSI, vol.14. no.1 January 2007, Faculty of Language and Arts, State University of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. ISSN 0854-2937.
- Bahasa Jawa-Kitabi Dialek Madura dalam Naskah ‘Careta Qiyamat’ (The Language of Javanese-Kitabi in the Madurese Dialect through the Manuscript of Careta Qiyamat). Research Journal of LITERA, vol.6, no.1, January 2007, State University of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. ISSN 1412-2596.
- R. Ng. Ranggawarsita: Melacak Identitas Pengarang Suluk Gatholoco (R. Ng. Ranggawarsita: Tracing the Identity of the Authorship of Suluk Gatholoco: An Ancient Javanese Islamic Manuscript). Journal of PRASASTI, vol.55, XIV/ November 2004, Faculty of Language and Arts, State University of Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia. ISSN 0853-6880.
- Mengurai Simbol Perlawanan Budaya: Konflik Priyayi – Santri dalam ‘Serat Dharmogandhul’ dan ‘Gatholoco.’ (Discovering the Symbols of Cultural Resistance: Conflict between the Priyayi and Santri in the Manuscripts of Serat Dharmogandhul and Gatholoco). Journal of MOZAIK, vol.1, no.2/July - December 2003, Faculty of Humanities, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia. ISSN 1412-999x.
- Kashf al-Niqāb ‘an Ramz al-Muqāwamah al-Thaqāfiyyah: Shirā’ bain al-Muslimīn wa al-Nubalā’ fī Risālatai Darmūgandūl wa Gātūlūshū. Australian - Indonesia Institute. Journal of STUDIA ISLAMIKA: Indonesian Journal for Islamic Studies, vol.9. number 3/2002. UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, Indonesia. ISSN 0215-0492.
- Problematika Gender: Hak Asasi Manusia Wanita dalam Puisi-puisi W.S. Rendra (The Problems of Gender: The Right of Women in W.S. Rendra’s Social Critical Poetries). Research Journal of DINAMIKA SOSIAL, vol.3, no.1/ April 2002, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia. ISSN 1411-6383.
Articles in on-line Journals
- The Global Messiah of Islam: Paving the Ground for Reappearance from the Viewpoint of Abrahamic Religions. The Sixth International Conference. (Bright Future News Agency, Tehran – Iran, 2010). http://www.madhaviat-conference.com/vsne.pr8bhk4jpk1ij.html
- Rethingking the Semitic Texts: Unity in the Sacred. Journal of STUDIA PHILOSOPHICA ET THEOLOGICA, vol.8, no.1/ March 2008, Widya Sasana, Catholic Seminary, Malang –Indonesia. http://www.stftws.org/news2.php?op=73
- Mahdism and Globalization. The Third International Conference. Bright Future News Agency, Tehran – Iran, 2007). http://www.mahdaviat-conference.com/vdcfijdjaw6d0.7rw.html
- The Syro-Aramaic Messiah: the Hebraic Thought, Arabic Culture. Journal of STUDIA PHILOSOPHICA ET THEOLOGICA, vol.7, no.1/ March 2007, Widya Sasana, Catholic Seminary, Malang – Indonesia http://www.stftws.org/news2.php?op=73
- Representation of the Javanese Messianic Manifesto in the Domain of Imperial Literatures. Journal of DIKSI, vol.14. no.1 January 2007, Faculty of Language and Arts, State University of Yogyakarta (UNY), Yogyakarta – Indonesia. http://www.pdf-finder.com/pdf/diksi.html. http://eprints.uny.ac.id/view/subjects/perpustakaan.html.
- Bahasa Jawa-Kitabi Dialek Madura dalam Naskah ‘Careta Qiyamat’ (The Language of Javanese-Kitabi in the Madurese Dialect through the Manuscript of Careta Qiyamat). Research Journal of LITERA, vol.6, no.1, January 2007, State University of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. ISSN 1412-2596. (i) www.linkpdf.com/download/dl/dialek-.pdf. (ii) http://eprints.uny.ac.id/402/. (iii) http://eprints.uny.ac.id/view/type/article.html
AREAS OF TEACHING COMPETENCE
- Philology
- Lexicography
- Codicology
- Textology
- Indonesian Islamic Manuscripts
- Indonesian Manuscripts Preservation
- Near Eastern Literatures in Indonesian Translation
- Sufi Literary Writings
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE AND APPEARANCES
- Featured in Indonesian Islamic Heritage: the Syahadah. TVOne Malaysia, August 27th 2010 at 6.30. Website www.rtm.gov.my. via TVOne on Demand (Dokumentari) or Live Streaming TVOne (August 27th 2010).
- Featured in “Mahdism in the Dead Sea Scrolls” with Amin Salehie, Bright Future News Agency at Persian Esteghlal International Hotel, Tehran – Iran. Asia (July 25th 2010).
- Featured in "Islamic Heritage: the Origins of Islam in the East Javanese" in Dokumentari Syahadah with Ibrahim Zaidi Hj. Ismail, executive producer of TV Documentary Unit, RTM Radio Televisyen, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia. Southeast Asia (May 11th 2010).
- Featured in "The Mission of Academic Journey to Azerbaijan: Golden Bright to European Academic Atmosphere" with Prof. Habib Zarbaliyev, a scholar of Azerbaycan Diller Universiteti, Azerbaijan Nationally TV Channel – AzTV Azerbaycan Televiziya ve Radio Verilisreri, Baku – Azerbaijan, Soviet Russia. Europe (December 20th 2007).
- Featured in "The Satanic Verses As the Western Political Resistance" in Panorama, TansTV, Jakarta – Indonesia (November 14th 2005).
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