Jewish Studies presents William M. Schniedewind, professor of Biblical studies and NWS languages, NELC Department; Director I Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, UCLA. In his recent book, Who Really Wrote the Bible, Schniedewind traces the history of ancient scribal communities. In this talk, he brings this story up to the end of the Second Temple period and the Dead Sea Scrolls, where scribes become professionals who write, copy, and produce biblical literature and scrolls for early synagogues.