This collection of essays is dedicated to Eibert Tigchelaar. Individual studies engage with new approaches to materiality, hermeneutics, digital humanities, and philology in the context of biblical research. The articles reflect on reading practices, methodological innovation, textual criticism, and ancient fragments. Particular attention has been given to new approaches to the material aspects of ancient manuscripts. There are also extensive treatments of translations and reconstructions across Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic biblical traditions. Overall, the essays honour the work of Eibert Tigchelaar in the ways they build on his incisive insights and exemplary contributions.
Arjen Bakker is Assistant Professor of Second Temple Judaism at the University of Cambridge. He is on the editorial board of STDJ. His first monograph is The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Brill, 2023).
George J. Brooke is Rylands Professor Emeritus of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, University of Manchester. He is editor of Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah and Area Editor of Brill's on-line Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Bärry Hartog is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient Judaism at the Protestantse Theologische Universiteit. He is a member of the editorial board of Dead Sea Discoveries and the author of Pesher and Hypomnema (Brill, 2017).
Hindy Najman is Oriel and Laing Professor of the interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford and is Director of the Oriel Centre for the Study of the Bible. Her most recent book is Scriptural Vitality (Oxford, 2025).
Mladen Popovic is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism and Dean of the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society at the University of Groningen. He is editor of Journal for the Studies of Judaism and of Oudtestamentische studiën/Old Testament Studies.
Pierre Van Hecke is Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies and the Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven. He is the Coordinator of the Research Unit of Biblical Studies, and the Secretary of the annual Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense.
