Wasmuth studied Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and Philology, and, to a lesser extent, Prehistory, Archaeological Theory and Ancient Philosophy at the Universities of Tübingen, Cambridge, Munich, Vienna and Basel. She specialises in Ancient CrossArea Studies with focus on cross-regional contacts and identity display in the Eastern Mediterranean and West Asian Area of Connectivity in the first millennium BCE. Melanie Wasmuth (PhD, University of Basel) is vice-leader of Team 2. Keywords: Orality and Literacy theory (media theory), apocalyptic literature, millennarianism, prophetic literature (HB), comparative mythology, comparative methodology ("influence"), Achaemenid Persian Empire, Persian Religion, Migration theory (ANE), Forced Labor (ANE), Social distinction (Elite distinction), historical economics (basic)ĭr. His own research will focus on social structures, social authority, labor and migration, as these are impacted by the first millennium empires. Silverman will be leading team 2 to provide useful questions and theoretical approaches for ANEE's four work packages. He brings a robust history of interdisciplinary research on the Persian empire to ANEE, having collaborated with communications scholars, Assyriologists, and archaeologists in the past. Silverman has researched the social and religious impact of the Persian Empire upon the development of Judaean populations by utilizing insights from the sociology of religion, orality studies, and the sociologies of migration and forced labor. Currently, he is co-chair of the research group "Judaeans in the Persian Empire" in the European Association of Biblical Studies. He is the author of a well-received monograph, Persepolis and Jerusalem, on Iranian influence on Judaism (2012, Bloomsbury), and has edited or co-edited four volumes related to Persian period Judaism. Since receiving his PhD, Silverman has held postdoctoral fellowships at Leiden University and the University of Helsinki. Silverman's expertise lies in the impact of the Persian Empire on Judaean communities (i.e., inhabitants of Judah in modern southern Israel/Palestine). Jason Silverman (PhD, Trinity College Dublin) is leader of Team 2 and has a docentship in Persian Period Religion from the University of Helsinki.
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