Willem S. Boshoff is an Assistant Professor of the Old Testament at the University of South Africa and heads the UNISA expedition to Dor. He studied Semitic languages, theology and archaeology at the University of Pretoria and has participated in archaeological projects in South Africa and Israel. He first joined the Dor team in 1996. His academic fields of interest include the history of ancient Israelite religion and the relationships between Phoenicians and Israelites during the Iron Age.