Anthony J. Frendo is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and Emeritus Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and the Hebrew Bible as well as Senior Fellow of the University of Malta. He has degrees in Philosophy, Theology, Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Exegesis, and holds a PhD in Biblical Archaeology from University College, University of London. He is the author of three books (Pre-Exilic Israel, the Hebrew Bible, and Archaeology: Integrating Text and Artefact, 2011, Approaching Biblical Archaeology, 2021, and How to read Ancient Texts: With a Focus on select Phoenician Inscriptions from Malta 2024), as well as numerous articles, book chapters, and reviews. He was a Visiting Scholar at Sede Boqer in the Negev, Israel, besides having been twice elected Visiting Scholar at Wolfson College, Oxford.
Kurstin Gatt is a Senior Lecturer within the Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures at the Faculty of Arts, University of Malta. He completed his Bachelor’s degree with honours in Oriental Studies (Arabic) at the University of Malta, followed by a Master’s degree in Arabic Studies from the University of Leipzig and a Ph.D. in Arabic Studies from Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. His research interests span Arabic sociolinguistics, political discourse, paremiology, and the linguistic relationships between Arabic and Maltese.