She has studied in Bologna and specialized in Oxford and Jerusalem. She earned her PhD in Jewish Studies at University of Turin. She has been awarded many fellowship and grants, while pursuing her research in Paris, Budapest, New York and Berlin. She extensively wrote on history and theories of religions, with special regards both to Christianity and Judaism. In Bologna she has taught a wide range of courses, such as Theories of Religions, Comparative Religions, History of Judaism, Jewish Studies, Biblical Hebrew, Modern History, and History of Western Christianity. In 2015 she was one of the keynote speakers of the XXI IAHR World Congress.