Lester L. Grabbe

Lester L. Grabbe (born November 5, 1945) is an American-born scholar of Jewish history and the Hebrew Bible. His main areas of focus have been the history of ancient Israel and the Second Temple period. He serves as professor of religion at the University of Hull, England, teaching on the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism, although he has since taken emeritus status. He is among the most distinguished and prolific historians of ancient Judaism, and is the author of several standard treatments for both students and scholars of the topic. He founded and convenes the ''European Seminar on Methodology in Israel's History'', and published the proceedings in the sub-series "European Seminar in Historical Methodology" from 1997 to 2018. Provided by Wikipedia