list of contributors 545 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Henk Bakker, PhD Groningen, Baptist minister, Katwijk aan Zee János Bolyki, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies, Károli Gáspár University, Budapest Abraham P. Bos, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Faculty of Philo so- phy, Free University, Amsterdam Jan N. Bremmer, Professor of the General History of Religion and Comparative Religious Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen István Czachesz, Post-Doctoral Researcher of the Netherlands Or- ganization for Scientific Research (NWO), Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen Florentino García Martínez, Professor of the Religion and Litera- ture of Early Judaism & Director of the Qumran Institute, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, and Research Professor of Theology, Catholic University of Leuven John Herrmann, Curator of Classical Art Emeritus at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts Anthony Hilhorst, Lecturer Emeritus in New Testament and Early Christian Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Uni- versity of Groningen Albert L.A. Hogeterp, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Theo- logy, Catholic University of Leuven Attila Jakab, Researcher, Public Foundation for European Compar- ative Minority Research, Budapest, and Lecturer in Geopolitics of Religions, International Centre for Geopolitical Studies, Geneva 546 list of contributors Rob Kugler, Paul S. Wright Professor of Christian Studies, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, University Lecturer in New Testament Studies, Kampen Theological University Janni Loman, PhD candidate, University of Groningen Maarten J.J. Menken, Professor of New Testament Studies, Catholic Theological University of Utrecht Marvin Meyer, Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies, Depart- ment of Religious Studies, Chapman University, Orange, Califor- nia Ed Noort, Professor of Ancient Israelite Literature, Old Testament Interpretation, the History of Israelite Religion and Intertestamen- tal Literature, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Univer- sity of Groningen Monika Pesthy, Lecturer in Theology, Vilmos Apor Catholic Col- lege, Hungary F. Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of Córdoba, Spain Riemer Roukema, Professor of New Testament Studies, Kampen Theo- logical University Herman te Velde, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology, Faculty of Theo- l ogy and Religious Studies, University of Groningen Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar, Fellow of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) at the Qumran Institute, Faculty of The- ology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen Jürgen Tubach, Professor of Oriental & Byzantine Studies, Institut für Orientalistik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle.