Anne Sarah Matviyets was a Research Associate and PhD student in the Department of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at the University of Hamburg, where she pursued research on modern Jewish philosophy. Since May 2023 she is chief curator of the Berend Lehmann Museum for Jewish History and Culture in Halberstadt.

Giuseppe Veltri is a full professor of Jewish Philosophy and Religion at the University of Hamburg and the director of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies.

Jörg Rüpke is Fellow in Religious Studies and Vice-director of the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies of the University of Erfurt, Germany.