Marianne Grohmann, born 1969 in Vienna, Austria, studied Protestant Theology and German literature in Vienna and Berlin. She spent two years for studies and research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1992/93 and 1995/96). In 2007, she was Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Berkeley, California. Since 2007, she is Professor at the Institute of Old Testament Research and Biblical Archaeology at the University of Vienna.