Proverbs 1-15

Bernd U. Schipper received his Dr. theol. from the University of Bonn in 1999 and Dr. phil. in Egyptology from the University of Hamburg in 2004. He held appointments at the University of Bremen, University of Oldenburg, the University of Heidelberg, and Harvard University. Since 2010 he has been professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at the Faculty of Theology of the Humboldt University in Berlin. His research focuses on Wisdom literature, the history and religion of ancient Israel, the cultural contacts between Israel and Egypt, and the 'Judean-Aramaic' community on Elephantine. His publications include Geschichte Israels in der Antike (2018).