Von Teufel, Satan und Dämonen — Das Böse in den Werken von Qumran
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen · Winter Semester 2025/26 · Co-taught with Mirjam Bokhorst
Qumran
The Demotic Chronicle and the Qumran Pesharim: Purpose, Methods, and Genre
Presented at Egyptian Demotic Papyri and the Dead Sea Scrolls (DEMBIB), Berlin, May 2024.
What has Esther to Do with Qumran?
Investigates previous claims for knowledge of the Book of Esther at Qumran, arguing it is no longer tenable to posit any reference to or knowledge of Esther within the writings from Qumran.
4QMMT
A comprehensive encyclopedia entry on 4QMMT, one of the most significant halakhic texts found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Reading 4Q51 through Scripta Qumranica Electronica
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the SBL, San Diego, November 2019.
Commentary and Authority in Mesopotamia and Qumran
Compares cuneiform commentary texts from first millennium Mesopotamia with early Jewish pesharim from Qumran, arguing that textual difficulties in the pesharim can be explained through interpretive accretion practices documented in Mesopotamian commentaries.
Aus der Höhle in die digitale Welt
A general-audience article presenting the journey of the Dead Sea Scrolls from cave discovery to digital research environments.
Scripta Qumranica Electronica (2016–2021)
Introduces the Scripta Qumranica Electronica project — a German-Israeli collaboration for the digital edition of Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts in a virtual research environment.
The Compositional Development of Qumran Pesharim in Light of Mesopotamian Commentaries
Uses manuscript remains of Mesopotamian commentaries from the first millennium BCE to construct a model for understanding how Qumran pesharim were composed, providing solutions to literary incongruities found in the pesharim.
4QEnc (4Q204) Column I: A New Reconstruction
Offers a new material and textual reconstruction of the first column of 4QEnc (4Q204), one of the Aramaic Enoch manuscripts from Qumran.
The Use of Reference Works in Mesopotamian and Qumran Commentaries
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the SBL, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2015.
Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls
NEJS 117b · Brandeis University · Spring 2015
4QEnc (4Q204) Column I: A New Reconstruction
Presented at the Fifth Enoch Graduate Seminar, Montreal, Canada, May 2014.
Qumran Continuous Pesharim in Light of the Mesopotamian Commentaries
Presented at the New England/Eastern Canada Regional SBL Meeting, Andover-Newton Theological School, April 2014.
Textual Development of the Qumran Pesharim
Presented at the Dead Sea Scrolls: Life in Ancient Times Graduate Symposium, Brandeis University, October 2013. Awarded best presentation.