Gary N. Knoppers (1956 - 2018), PhD Harvard University 1988, was John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. His research included ancient historiography, ancient Near Eastern and biblical law, inner-biblical exegesis, and the history of early Jewish and Samaritan relations. He authored numerous books, among them the Anchor Yale Bible commentary on 1 Chronicles 1-9 and 10-29 (2004) and Jews and Samaritans: The Origins and History of Their Early Relations (OUP, 2013).
Christl M. Maier, Dr. theol. 1994 at Humboldt-University Berlin, Professor of Old Testament at the University of Marburg, Germany, and editor-in-chief of Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. She has published extensively on Wisdom Literature, Old Testament prophecy, and Feminist Hermeneutics, her latest work being a commentary on Jeremia 1-25 for Internationaler Exegetischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2021).
H. G. M. Williamson, PhD 1975 at Cambridge University, was the Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford until his retirement in 2014. His early research focussed on the books of Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, including Israel in the Books of Chronicles (1977) and commentaries on both sets of texts. More recently he has worked on Isaiah, on which he is preparing part of the International Critical Commentary (2006, 2018, and forthcoming).

This volume presents collected essays of Gary N. Knoppers (1956-2018) on the historical books of the Hebrew Bible, among them seven thoroughly revised and eight newly published ones. An introduction by H.G.M. Williamson acknowledges their significance for Knoppers' oeuvre.