Mladen Popović, Ph.D. (2006) in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, is Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Early Judaism and Director of the Qumran Institute at the University of Groningen. He is editor of the Journal for the Study of Judaism and of the journal Dead Sea Discoveries. He is the author of Reading the Human Body (Brill, 2007) and the editor of Authoritative Scriptures in Ancient Judaism (Brill, 2010).

• Mladen Popović, The Jewish Revolt against Rome: History, Sources and PerspectivesGreg Woolf, Provincial Revolts in the Early Roman EmpireWerner Eck, Die römischen Repräsentanten in Judaea: Provokateure oder Vertreter der römischen Macht?Andrea M. Berlin, Identity Politics in Early Roman GalileeBrian Schultz, Not Greeks but Romans: Changing Expectations for the Eschatological War in the War Texts from QumranJames S. McLaren, Going to War against Rome: The Motivation of the Jewish RebelsSteve Mason, What is History? Using Josephus for the Judaean-Roman WarJan Willem van Henten, Rebellion under Herod the Great and Archelaus: Prominent Motifs and Narrative FunctionJulia Wilker, Josephus, the Herodians and the Jewish WarDaniel R. Schwartz, Josephus on Albinus: The Eve of Catastrophe in Changing RetrospectPieter W. van der Horst, Philosophia epeisaktos: Some Notes on Josephus, A.J. 18.9Uriel Rappaport, Who Were the Sicarii?Jodi Magness, A Reconsideration of Josephus’ Testimony about MasadaRobert Deutsch, Coinage of the First Jewish Revolt against Rome: Iconography, Minting Authority, MetallurgyDonald T. Ariel, Identifying the Mints, Minters and Meanings of the First Jewish Revolt CoinsJonathan J. Price, The Jewish Population of Jerusalem from the First Century B.C.E. to the Early Second Century C.E.: The Epigraphic RecordGeorge H. van Kooten, The Jewish War and the Roman Civil War of 68–69 C.E.: Jewish, Pagan, and Christian Perspectives