Professor Shalom Paul is a Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and former Chair of the department of Bible, who specializes in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, its cultures, languages, and theologies. He is the Chair of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation, an international organization of leading scholars on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and is also the chair of the curriculum committee of Bible for the Ministry of Education for all grades in Israel. Professor Paul is known as a charismatic and dynamic teacher of Bible who has charmed generations of students at universities, educational institutions and synagogues in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.