William MDr. William Schniedewind is the Kershaw Chair of Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Professor of Biblical Studies &and Northwest Semitic Languages at [http://www.ucla.edu UCLA's] [http://www.nelc.ucla.edu Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures]. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including ''How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel'', ''Society and the Promise to David'', and ''The Word of God in Transition: From Prophet to Exegete in the Second Temple Period''. Dr. Schniedewind's course on 'The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Judaism' was the inspiration behind the [http://www.virtualqumran.com Qumran Visualization Project]. Dr. Schniedewind has participated in excavations and surveys in Israel, including Tell es-Safi, Wadi Qumran, Har Tuv, and Tel Batash.
