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The Committee consists of Magen Broshi, curator of the Shrine of the Book; Jonas Greenfield and Shemaryahu Talmon, both professors at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Amir Drori, director of Israel’s Antiquities Authority; and, as coordinator, Ayala Sussman of the Antiquities Authority. The oversight committee was appointed by Drori in consultation with Israel’s Archaeological Council, appointed by the Minister of Education. We earlier reported on this committee in “At Least Publish the Dead Sea Scroll Timetable,” BAR 15:03. The membership on the committee has since changed.

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Puech, not a member of the original team of editors, inherited his texts from Jean Starcky, who died in 1988.