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The Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation is made up of the Board of Directors, and the Board of Advisors.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation is made up mainly of prominent Dead Sea Scrolls Scholars, many from the first generation of scrolls discovery, research, and publication. They oversee the general operation of the Foundation through a Chairperson and an Executive Director, both of whom are also members of the board. The Directors meet each year during the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. The Members of the Board of Directors are:

Dr. Weston W. Fields, Executive Director
Prof. Shalom Paul, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Chairperson
Prof. Frank M. Cross, Harvard University
Prof. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Catholic University of America
Prof. Walter Harrelson, Wake Forest University
Prof. Robert A. Kraft, University of Pennsylvania
Prof. Carol Meyers, Duke University
Prof. James A. Sanders, President, The Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center, Claremont
Prof. Larry Schiffman, New York University
Prof. Emanuel Tov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Eugene Ulrich, University of Notre Dame
Prof. James C. VanderKam, University of Notre Dame

 

Board Of Advisors

The Board of Advisors consists of a wider group of scholars and non-scholars from around the world who advise the Board of Directors and especially the Executive Director. This Board also meets each year during the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. The members of the Board of Advisors are

Europe
Prof. Bertil Albrektson, University of Uppsala
Prof. Philip S. Alexander, University of Manchester
Prof. Julio Trebolle Barrera, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
Dr. Torleif Elgvin, Oslo
Prof. Martin Hengel, Universität Tübingen
Dr. Florentino García Martínez, Qumrân Instituut, Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen
Mr. Martin Schøyen, Oslo, Norway
Prof. Geza Vermes, FBA, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Far East
Prof. Alan Crown, University of Sidney
Prof. Tomoo Ishida, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Israel
Prof. Devorah Dimant, University of Haifa
Prof. Seymour Gitin, Director, W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research,
Jerusalem
M. l’Abbé Emile Puech, Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française, Jerusalem
Rev. Père Marcel Sigrist, Director, Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française, Jerusalem

United States
Dr. Alan C. Ashton, Cofounder, WordPerfect Corporation, Orem, UT
Dr. William Bean, Director, Centre for the Study of Biblical Research, Redlands, CA
Mr. Grant L. Cannon, WestCorp, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Prof. James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary
Prof. Robert E. Cooley, past President, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Prof. E. Earle Ellis, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Prof. David Noel Freedman, University of California at San Diego
Prof. David E. Garland, Baylor University
Prof. Truman G. Madsen, Brigham Young University
Prof. Eric M. Meyers, Duke University, Duke University
Jacob Stein, Long Island, NY
Prof. Bruce Zuckerman, University of Southern California; West Semitic Research

Canada
Prof. Martin Abegg, Jr.,Trinity Western University, Langley, BC