Personnel

Current: Coordinator — PIs & Teams — Partner Institutions — Additional Contributors

Principal Investigators (PIs) and Teams (Past and Present)

  • Prof. Dr. Reinhard G. Kratz, Faculty of Theology, Department of Old Testament Studies, University of Göttingen & Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities

    • Dr. Bronson Brown-deVost (see below) — Books of Samuel Mss.
    • Dr. Peter Porzig, University of Göttingen — Damascus Document Mss.
    • James Tucker, PhD, Universities of Göttingen and Toronto — Community Rule (1QS) and Damascus Document Mss.
    • Martin Schröter, University of Göttingen, IT

  • Prof. Jonathan Ben-Dov, PhD, now at Department of  Bible, Tel Aviv University

    • Hila Dayfani, PhD, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Biblical Studies, University of Haifa — 4QInstruction Mss. (4Q415)
    • Shlomi Efrati, PhD, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Biblical Studies, University of Haifa — 4QInstruction Mss. (4Q416)
    • Asaf Gayer, PhD (cand.), Faculty of Humanities, Department of Biblical Studies, University of Haifa — 4QInstruction Mss. (4Q418, 418*), Rule of the Congregation (cryptic)
    • Yoel Halevi, M.A. Student, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Biblical Studies, University of Haifa — 4QInstruction Mss. (4Q418 catalog, 4Q418*), general research assistant
    • Eshbal Ratson, PhD, now at Faculty of Social Sciences, Israel Heritage Department, University of Ariel — 4QInstruction Mss., Cryptic (4Q317), Astronomical Book of Enoch (4Q208)
    • Anna Shirav, PhD (cand.), Faculty of Humanities, Department of Biblical Studies, University of Haifa — 4QInstruction Mss. (4Q417)
    • Yigal Bloch, University of Haifa

  • Prof. Nachum Dershowitz, PhD, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University (Cooperating Principal Investigator)

    • Prof. Lior Wolf, PhD, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University
    • Lena Dankin, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University
    • Anat Gilenson, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University
    • Olya Sirkin, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University
    • Taivanbat Badamdorj, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University
    • Adiel Ben Shalom, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University

  • Priv.-Doz. Dr. Ingo Kottsieper, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Head of IT)

Partner Institutions

  • Israel Antiquities Authorities (IAA)

    • Joe Uziel, PhD, Head of Dead Sea Scrolls Department, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem
      • Oren Ableman, PhD, Dead Sea Scrolls Department, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem  
      • Beatriz Riestra, Dead Sea Scrolls Department, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem
      • Orit Rosen­garten-Kuslanski, Dead Sea Scrolls Department, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem
    • Dr. h.c. Pnina Shor, Head of Dead Sea Scrolls Department, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem

  • Tel Aviv University, Dept. of Hebrew Culture Studies

    • Prof. Noam Mizrahi, PhD, now at Hebrew University, Jerusalem
      • Einav Fleck, Department of Hebrew Culture Studies, Tel Aviv University — Biblical Variants

  • École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, Section des Sciences Histo­riques et Philo­logiques

    • Prof. Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, PhD, Section des Sciences Histo­riques et Philo­logiques, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris

      • Antony Perrot, Section des Sciences Histo­riques et Philo­logiques, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris — Qumran Opistographs 

 

Additional Contributors

  • Itai Ben-Shlush, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem
  • Shlomo Carmi National Library of Israel, Jerusalem
  • Elishai Cohen National Library of Israel, Jerusalem
  • Oded Essner, Tel Aviv University
  • Shalom Fox, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem
  • Jan Fritsche, University of Potsdam
  • Ricki Heicklen, Princeton University
  • Spencer Jones, WireWheel.io, Arlington, Va.
  • Gil Levi, Tel Aviv University
  • Hadar Miller, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem
  • Pinhas Nisnevitch, Tel Aviv University
  • Shani Tzoref, University of Potsdam — Founding Member
  • Lior Uzan, Tel Aviv University

Project Coordinator