The Authors

Preston Kavanagh held degrees from Princeton and Harvard. He worked for over thirty years on the Exile of the Jews, and was the author of four books, the last of which was coauthored with Simo Parpola. He died in 2023.

Simo Parpola has an impressive list of books and periodicals, and is internationally known as a scholar on ancient Assyria. Upon his recent retirement, the University of Helsinki awarded him the title of Professor Extraordinary of Assyriology.