Geboren 1979; 2011 Promotion; 2016 Habilitation; 2019-21 Vertretungsprofessuren für Altes Testament und Biblische Archäologie an den Universitäten Mainz und Zürich; Professur für Altes Testament und Biblische Archäologie an der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg; Direktor, DA:O | Digitale Altertumswissenschaften Oldenburg; Co-Direktor der Hazor-Ausgrabungen/Israel.

• Benedikt Hensel: The History of the Jacob Cycle in Recent Research: An Introduction to the Volume - Konrad Schmid: Shifting Political Theologies in the Literary Development of the Jacob Cycle - Friederike Neumann: Jacob, Laban, and the Two Daughters: Insights into the Formation of the Jacob-Laban-Story (Genesis 29-31) - Benedikt Hensel: Edom in the Jacob Cycle (Gen *25-35): New Insights on Its Positive Relations with Israel, the Literary-Historical Development of Its Role, and Its Historical Background(s) - Jakob Wöhrle: Jacob from Israel and Jacob from Judah: Reflections upon the Formation and the Historical Backgrounds of the Jacob Story - Christian Frevel: Jacob as Father of the Twelve Tribes: Literary and Historical Considerations - Guy Darshan: The Priestly Account of the End of Jacob's Life: The Significance of Text-Critical Evidence - Aharon Tavger: "And He Called the Name of that Place Bethel" (Gen 28:19): Historical-Geography and Archaeology of the Sanctuary of Bethel

Geboren 1979; 2011 Promotion; 2016 Habilitation; 2019-21 Vertretungsprofessuren für Altes Testament und Biblische Archäologie an den Universitäten Mainz und Zürich; Professur für Altes Testament und Biblische Archäologie an der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg; Direktor, DA:O | Digitale Altertumswissenschaften Oldenburg; Co-Direktor der Hazor-Ausgrabungen/Israel.

• Benedikt Hensel: The History of the Jacob Cycle in Recent Research: An Introduction to the Volume - Konrad Schmid: Shifting Political Theologies in the Literary Development of the Jacob Cycle - Friederike Neumann: Jacob, Laban, and the Two Daughters: Insights into the Formation of the Jacob-Laban-Story (Genesis 29-31) - Benedikt Hensel: Edom in the Jacob Cycle (Gen *25-35): New Insights on Its Positive Relations with Israel, the Literary-Historical Development of Its Role, and Its Historical Background(s) - Jakob Wöhrle: Jacob from Israel and Jacob from Judah: Reflections upon the Formation and the Historical Backgrounds of the Jacob Story - Christian Frevel: Jacob as Father of the Twelve Tribes: Literary and Historical Considerations - Guy Darshan: The Priestly Account of the End of Jacob's Life: The Significance of Text-Critical Evidence - Aharon Tavger: "And He Called the Name of that Place Bethel" (Gen 28:19): Historical-Geography and Archaeology of the Sanctuary of Bethel

Geboren 1979; 2011 Promotion; 2016 Habilitation; 2019-21 Vertretungsprofessuren für Altes Testament und Biblische Archäologie an den Universitäten Mainz und Zürich; Professur für Altes Testament und Biblische Archäologie an der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg; Direktor, DA:O | Digitale Altertumswissenschaften Oldenburg; Co-Direktor der Hazor-Ausgrabungen/Israel.

• Benedikt Hensel: The History of the Jacob Cycle in Recent Research: An Introduction to the Volume - Konrad Schmid: Shifting Political Theologies in the Literary Development of the Jacob Cycle - Friederike Neumann: Jacob, Laban, and the Two Daughters: Insights into the Formation of the Jacob-Laban-Story (Genesis 29-31) - Benedikt Hensel: Edom in the Jacob Cycle (Gen *25-35): New Insights on Its Positive Relations with Israel, the Literary-Historical Development of Its Role, and Its Historical Background(s) - Jakob Wöhrle: Jacob from Israel and Jacob from Judah: Reflections upon the Formation and the Historical Backgrounds of the Jacob Story - Christian Frevel: Jacob as Father of the Twelve Tribes: Literary and Historical Considerations - Guy Darshan: The Priestly Account of the End of Jacob's Life: The Significance of Text-Critical Evidence - Aharon Tavger: "And He Called the Name of that Place Bethel" (Gen 28:19): Historical-Geography and Archaeology of the Sanctuary of Bethel