Old Testament in Syriac according to the Peshiṭta Version, Part IV Fasc. 4. Ezra and Nehemiah – 1–2 Maccabees

Micheline Albert was formerly directeur de recherche at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. She is an expert in Syriac Christianity and published many editions and translations of Syriac texts.Don Angelo Penna, Canon Regular of the Lateran, was Professor of Semitic Languages at the University of Perugia and at the Pontifical Institute ‘Regina Mundi’ in Rome. He has published extensively in the fields of Biblical Studies, Patristics, and Church History. He passed away in 1981.Konrad D. Jenner was formerly University Lecturer in Old Testament Studies at Leiden University and Director of the Peshitta Institute. He has published on Syriac codicology and palaeography, biblical exegesis, and comparative religion.Dirk Bakker is a post-doctoral researcher at the Leiden Peshitta Institute. He is specialized in Syriac and computational linguistics. In 2011 he defended his dissertation entitled Bardaisan's Book of the Laws of the Countries: A Computer-Assisted Linguistic Analysis.Chiemi Nakano is a graduate of the École Pratique des Hautes Études Paris-Sorbonne (Religious Studies); she is working with Dr M.-J. Pierre on the edition and translation of Syriac texts. She has also worked with Dr A. Boud’hors on the study and publication of Coptic manuscripts, in particular fragments of the biblical text (codicology and palaeography).

"The general editors and book specific editors are to be applauded for seeing the work begun by earlier generations of scholars through to fruition. The goal of a scientific edition of the complete Peshitta Old Testament, a vital tool for research into the text and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible and apocryphal literature, is within reach. Researchers of Ezra and Nehemiah and of 1 and 2 Maccabees must use this edition as the basis of their work." - Jerome A. Lund, Accordance Bible Software, Kviteseid, Norway