Born 1962; PhD University of Heidelberg; HDR University of Strasbourg; 1995−2005 professor of Old Testament at the Faculté de Théologie Protestante, Montpellier; since 2005 professor of Old Testament and Religious History at the University of Koblenz.

Born 1959; PhD Harvard University; 1985−87 assistant professor of Religious Studies, University of Winnipeg; 1987−92 assistant professor of Religious Studies, Yale University; since 1992 professor of Religious Studies and Judaic Studies, Brown University.