About the Author

Shani Tzoref, Ph.D., is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Exegesis at the Abraham Geiger College and the School of Jewish Theology at the University of Potsdam, Germany. Albert I. Baumgarten, Ph.D., is Professor em. at the Department of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. Hanan Eshel, Ph.D., was Professor at the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and founding director of The David and Jemima Jeselsohn Center for the Study of Ancient Jewish Epigraphy at Bar-Ilan University. Ranon Katzoff, Ph.D., is Professor em. of Classical Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel.