Dr. Gabriele Boccaccini is professor of New Testament and Second Temple Judaism at the University of Michigan. He is the founding director of the important Enoch Seminar and has authored numerous studies, including Middle Judaism: Jewish Thought, 300 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.; Beyond the Essene Hypothesis: The Parting of the Ways between Qumran and Enochic Judaism; Roots of Rabbinic Judaism: An Intellectual History from Ezekiel to Daniel; Paul’s Three Paths to Salvation; and (with Piero Stefani) Dallo stesso grembo. Le origini del cristianesimo e del giudaismo rabbinicos [From the Same Womb: The Origins of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism]. Dr. Boccaccini is also responsible for the 4 Enoch online encyclopedia of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic origins.