Dina is a professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. Her research interests are the dynamics of cultural imagination in rabbinic literature, and self-reflective aspects of rabbinic discourse.

Haviva is a professor in the Department of Jewish History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her research interests are Jewish sources from the Hebrew Bible through the medieval Kabbalah.

Ronit is a professor in the Department of Jewish Philosophy, Talmud and Kabbalah at Tel Aviv University. Her research interests are Jewish mysticism (especially Book Bahir, the Book of Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah).

Elhanan is a professor in the Department of History of the Jewish People at Tel Aviv University. His research interests are Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Early Modern Europe, and Jewish medieval popular religion in Palestine.

Joshua is a professor in the Department of Hebrew Literature at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research interests are: narrative theory and hermeneutics; Rabbinic literature; and the rewritten Bible.

Richard is a professor in the Department of Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. His research interests are the history and literature of the Jews of Late Antiquity.

Karl is a professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Potsdam, Germany. His research interests are: history of Jewish thought (theology, philosophy, mysticism); interdependence among theology, philosophy and mysticism.