Peter Schäfer, an internationally renowned historian of Judaism, is the Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of Religion Emeritus, Princeton University. From 2014 to 2019, he was director of the Jewish Museum of Berlin. His many honors include Germany's highest honor for scientists and artists, membership in the order Pour le Mérite. He is the author of Jesus in the Talmud, The Origins of Jewish Mysticism, Two Gods in Heaven (all Princeton), and other books.