William M. Schniedewind, Ph.D., M.A., is Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, the Kershaw Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies, and Professor of Biblical Studies and Northwest Semitic Languages at the University of California.
He has a B.A. in Religion, from George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, an M.A. in Historical Geography of Ancient Israel, from Jerusalem University College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, from Brandeis University.
Schniedewind serves on the Steering Committees for both the [http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/religion/home.html Center for the Study of Religion] and the Center for Jewish Studies at UCLA.[cite web | url=http://www.nelc.ucla.edu/Faculty/Schniedewind.htm]
title = William M. Schniedewind, Faculty Page, UCLA NELC
url = http://www.nelc.ucla.edu/Faculty/Schniedewind.htm|publisher=UCLA ] He serves as Network Editor for the Dead Sea Scrolls & Second Temple Judaism section of [http://www.cssr.org/ Religious Studies Review] , and on the Program Committee for the Hebrew Bible, History, and Archaeology Section of the Society of Biblical Literature.An article in The Christian Century, refers to Schniedewind as having demonstrated in his book "How the Bible Became a Book", his knowledge of the archaeology of ancient Israel, the history of the Hebrew language, and the development historical literature based on the Bible. [ Carr;, David "The Christian Century", Vol. 121, August 24, 2004.]
Schniedewind is listed in the 2007 "Distinguished Lecturer Series Speaker Biographies" in the Dead Sea Scroll exhibition at the San Diego Natural History Museum. [cite web | url=http://www.sdnhm.org/scrolls/speakers/index.html|title=Distinguished Lecturer Series Speaker Biographies|publisher=San Diego Natural History Museum]
Schniedewind is the director of the "Qumran Visualization Project" (QVP), which presents itself as "a tool to better illustrate the daily life of the community described within the [Dead Sea] scrolls." [cite web
title=About the QVP
url=http://www.nelc.ucla.edu/qumran/about.html ] The project's work-product is the Virtual Qumran website and the "" film.
QVP's website, created under the auspices of UCLA, states that Schniedewind has participated in excavations and surveys in Israel, including Tell es-Safi, Wadi Qumran, Har Tuv, and Tel Batash. [cite web
title=About the Staff, Qumran Visualization Project
url=http://www.nelc.ucla.edu/qumran/staff.html ]
Bibliography
* "A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture, and Literature" (with Joel Hunt) (Cambridge, 2007), ISBN 9780521879330
* "How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel" (Cambridge, 2004), ISBN 0521829461
* "Society and the Promise to David: A Reception History of 2 Samuel 7:1-17" (Oxford, 1999), ISBN 0195126807
* "The Word of God in Transition: From Prophet to Exegete in the Second Temple Period" (Sheffield, 1995), ISBN 1850755507
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