Personnel

Current: Coordinator — PIs  — Partner Institutions — IT  — Editorial Teams  — Special Tasks — Former

Principal Investigators (PIs)

  • Prof. Dr. Reinhard G. Kratz, Faculty of Theology, Department of Old Testament Studies, University of Göttingen & Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Prof. Jonathan Ben-Dov, PhD, Faculty of Humanities, Department of  Biblical Studies, University of Haifa
  • Prof. Nachum Dershowitz, PhD, School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University (Cooperating Principal Investigator)
  • Priv.-Doz. Dr. Ingo Kottsieper, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Head of IT)

Partner Institutions

  • Joe Uziel, PhD, Head of Dead Sea Scrolls Department, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem
  • Prof. Noam Mizrahi, PhD, Department of Hebrew Culture Studies, Tel Aviv University 
  • Prof. Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, PhD, Section des Sciences Histo­riques et Philo­logiques, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris 

Information Technology (IT)

Editorial Teams

Göttingen

  • Dr. Bronson Brown-deVost (see below) — Books of Samuel Mss.
  • Dr. Peter Porzig, Faculty of Theology, Department of Old Testament Studies, University of Göttingen — CD & Qumran Damascus Document Mss.
  • James Tucker, PhD (cand.), Faculty of Theology, Department of Old Testament Studies, University of Göttingen — Community Scroll, CD & Qumran Damascus Document Mss.

Haifa

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

Paris (via Haifa)

  • Antony Perrot (Cooperating Editor Haifa), Section des Sciences Histo­riques et Philo­logiques, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris — Qumran Opistographs

Special Tasks

Digital Images (IAA)

  • 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

Biblical Variants

IIIF Team

UI/UX Team

Former Members and Associated Personnel

  • Itai Ben-Shlush (National Library of Israel [NLI], Jerusalem)
  • Yigal Bloch (University of Haifa)
  • Shlomo Carmi (NLI, Jerusalem)
  • Elishai Cohen (NLI, Jerusalem)
  • Oded Essner (Tel Aviv University)
  • Shalom Fox (IAA, Jerusalem)
  • Jan Fritsche (University of Potsdam)
  • Ricki Heicklen (Princeton University)
  • Spencer Jones (WireWheel.io, Arlington, Va.)
  • Martin Schroeter (University of Göttingen)
  • Shani Tzoref (University of Potsdam) — Founding Member

Project Coordinator