Daniel K. Falk, Ph.D. (1996) in Divinity, University of Cambridge, is Professor of Ancient Judaism and Biblical Studies at the University of Oregon, and recently published The Parabiblical Texts. Strategies for Extending the Scriptures Among the Dead Sea Scrolls (2007). Sarianna Metso, Ph.D. (1996) in Theology, University of Helsinki, is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Dead Sea Scrolls at the University of Toronto, and publishes on the Qumran Community Rule and Leviticus. Her latest book is The Serekh Texts (2007). Donald W. Parry, Ph.D. (1992) in Middle East Studies-Hebrew, University of Utah, is Professor of Hebrew at Brigham Young University, publishes on the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, and is co-editor of the Dead Sea Scrolls Reader (Brill, 2004-2005)Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, Ph.D. (1994) in Theology, University of Groningen, is Research Professor at the K.U. Leuven, and editor of Dead Sea Discoveries. He publishes largely on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

• Contributors include: Florentino García Martínez, Donald Parry, Peter Flint, Bilhah Nitzan, Mila Ginsburskaya, William Loader, Angela Kim Harkins, Esther Chazon, Brian Schultz, Christophe Batsch, Lawrence Schiffman, Daniel Falk. Daniel Machiela, Dorothy Peters, Beate Ego, Daniel Stoekl Ben Ezra, and David Hamidović.