Prof. Stefan Schorch is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg, Faculty of Theology, since 2009, and Director of the Research Institute for Hebrew Studies at Leucorea Foundation, Wittenberg. After studies at the universities in Leipzig, Jerusalem, and Berlin, he obtained his doctorate (Dr. theol.) from Leipzig University (1998) and his “Habilitation” from Protestant University Bethel, Bielefeld (2003). He is the author of  Euphemismen in der Hebräischen Bibel  (Otto Harrassowitz, 2000) and Die Vokale des Gesetzes: Die samaritanische Lesetradition als Textzeugin der Tora, vol. 1 Genesis (de Gruyter, 2004). He is currently working on a critical edition of the Samaritan Pentateuch, called תורה תמימה, and has thus far published the volumes for Genesis and Leviticus (de Gruyter).