Katja Soennecken studied Classical Archaeology, Protestant Theology and Jewish Studies in Heidelberg, Berlin, Edinburgh, Münster and Wuppertal; she wrote her PhD thesis in Biblical Archaeology on the topic „Kulturelle Umbrüche in der südlichen Levante. Der Übergang von der Bronze- zur Eisenzeit unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Tall Zirāʿa." In spring 2020, she completed her theological education with the Second Theological Exam and is a pastor in probationary service at the Protestant Church in the Rhineland (on leave). Currently, she works as Assistant Director at the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem and is conduction research to complete her Habilitation. She has also been invited to lecture at the School of Jewish Theology of the University of Potsdam.