Bridging between Sister Religions Studies of Jewish and Christian Scriptures Offered in Honor of Prof. John T. Townsend

Isaac Kalimi (Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) is Gutenberg-Research-Professor in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies and Ancient Israelite History, and Fellow of the Gutenberg Forschungskolleg at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Senior Research Associate at the University of Chicago, and Foreign Member of the Belgian Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences. He has published numerous books and articles in biblical studies, ancient Israelite history and historiography, and rabbinic literature and thought.