Giuseppe Veltri, Ph.D. (1991) Free University Berlin, Professor of Jewish Studies at Halle and Director of the Zung Centre (Wittenberg). Publications on Jewish Hermeneutics and Philosophy including Eine Tora fur den Konig Talmai (1994), Magie und Halakha (1997), Gegenwart der Tradition (2002), Cultural Intermediaries (2004 with David Ruderman).