Prof. Dr. Hannes Bezzel is Professor for Old Testament Studies at Friedrich Schiller-University, Jena, ORCID 0000-0002-2117-4005. He studied protestant theology in Göttingen, Zurich, and Munich; 2007 Dr. theol. Göttingen; 2010 Junior-professor for Old Testament Studies, Jena; 2014 Habil. Jena; since 2015 Professor for Old Testament Studies, Jena; Co-director, research project “The Archaeological Expression of Palace-Clan Relations” (2019–2023).