Daniel BODI was born on 01/13/1956 in Belgrade. In 1983, he obtained a first doctorate at the Faculty of Protestant theology (University of Strasbourg) in his field of specialization, the Hebrew Bible. His thesis is called “Les récits des guerres de Yahvé” (Literal criticism, tradition history, structural analysis of 27 texts from the Hebrew Bible). In 1996, he obtained at the University of Paris 4 – Sorbonne, Department of religious Studies, the Habilitation to advise thesis with the dissertation untitled: “La poétique du livre d’Ezechiel: philologie, herméneutique analogique et histoire des traditions”. He is Associate Professor (MCF HDR) of Hebrew and Aramaic languages and literatures at the INALCO and member of CERMOM (Mediterranean Middle-East Research Center - EA 4091). He has published many works including “Une locution proverbiale à Mari, El-Amarna et dans la Bible”, Journal Asiatique 29, 2006, p.39-52 (Proceedings from the conference organized by the College de France and the Société Asiatique, Paris – May 26th-27th, 2005); “A Biblical Aramaic Hapax Legomenon yahîtû (Ezra 4:12) in the Light of Akkadian and Aramaic Texts”, Transeuphratène 34, 2007, p. 51-63; “Les problèmes de la version grecque du livre d’Ezéchiel”, Semitica 52-53 (2005-2007), p.57-81, (Paris, Collège de France). In 1988, he received a PhD from the New-York Union Theological Seminary for his dissertation untitled: Terminological and Thematic Comparisons Between the Book of Ezekiel and Akkadian Literature with Special Reference to the Poem of Erra. His research on the Old Testament and his culture of Aramaic wisdom literature explain his participation in the ALIENTO project. His work on Ahiqar’s proverbs (part of his responsibility within the project) and his publications have to be named: Jérusalem à l’époque perse, Paris, P.GEUTHNER; 2002, 2006 (2nd edition), 320p. ; The Michal Affair, From ZIMRI-Lim to the Rabbis, Sheffield, heffield Phoenix Press, 2005, 169p.; Ezekiel, Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary, The Book of Ezekiel, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan,2009.