The Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation's Organization

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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

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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

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