Jean Duhaime, French Language Editor of this web site, is Professor of Biblical Interpretation in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Montreal, where he has taught since 1976; he has been Dean of the Faculty since 2005. His areas of interest include the Prophets, the Psalms, and Wisdom literature, as well as the contribution of the social sciences to the study of the Bible. He specializes in study of the Qumran documents (Dead Sea Scrolls) and is the author of numerous essays on the subject, including chapters in The Dead Sea Scrolls: Fifty Years after Their Discovery, 1947-1997 (Jerusalem, 2000) and Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (ed. by Lawrence H. Schiffman and J.C. VanderKam, New York, 2000), as well as a recent book The War Texts: 1 QM and Related Manuscripts (London and New York 2004). Prof. Duhaime has been active in interfaith dialogue for many years and is President of the Christian-Jewish Dialogue in Montreal (CJDM). He is a member of the Communauté chrétienne St.-Albert-le-Grand (St. Albert the Great Christian Community) in Montreal.

