Born 1978; received his PhD in Talmudic Studies from the Center for Jewish Studies Heidelberg; currently a research fellow in Judaic Studies at the University of Tübingen.
Born 1983; received his PhD in Medieval and Humanistic Studies from the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Florence, now part of the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa; currently a research fellow at the Goethe University Frankfurt.
Born 1979; received his PhD in Islamic Studies from the University Aix-Marseille; currently Professor for Hadith Studies at the University of Tübingen.