CONTRIBUTORS

The Old Testament and Apocrypha

Volume Editors

Gale A. Yee

Nancy W. King Professor of Biblical Studies

Episcopal Divinity School

Ruth

1, 2 Kings

Hugh R. Page Jr.

Associate Professor of Theology and Africana Studies

Vice President, Associate Provost, and Dean of the First Year of Studies

University of Notre Dame

The People of God and the Peoples of the Earth

Song of Songs

Habakkuk

Matthew J. M. Coomber

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

St. Ambrose University

Reading the Old Testament in Ancient and Contemporary Contexts

Jonah

Micah

Wilma Ann Bailey

Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic Scripture

Christian Theological Seminary

Lamentations

Harold V. Bennett

President and Dean

Charles H. Mason Theological Seminary

Deuteronomy

Alejandro F. Botta

Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible

Boston University School of Theology

1, 2 Chronicles

M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas)

Distinguished Professor of Old Testament

Denver Seminary

Amos

Corrine L. Carvalho

Professor of Hebrew Bible

University of St. Thomas

Ezekiel

Judith

Richard J. Coggins

Emeritus Lecturer in Old Testament

King’s College London

Malachi

J. Blake Couey

Assistant Professor of Religion

Gustavus Adolphus College

Haggai

Stacy Davis

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Coordinator, Gender and Women’s Studies

Saint Mary’s College

Sirach

Carol J. Dempsey, OP

Professor of Theology (Biblical Studies)

University of Portland

Themes and Perspectives in the Prophets: Truth, Tragedy, Trauma

Thomas B. Dozeman

Professor of Old Testament

United Theological Seminary

Exodus

Amy Erickson

Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible

Iliff School of Theology

Zechariah

Judy Fentress-Williams

Professor of Old Testament

Virginia Theological Seminary

Esther

Carole R. Fontaine

Taylor Professor of Biblical Theology and History

Andover Newton Theological School

Proverbs

Chris A. Franke

Professor of Bible and Theology Emerita

St. Catherine University

Isaiah 40–66

Christopher Frechette

Assistant Professor of Old Testament

Boston College School of Theology and Ministry

Prayer of Manasseh

Psalm 151

Norman K. Gottwald

Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus

New York Theological Seminary

Themes and Perspectives in the Historical Writings

Jin Hee Han

Professor of Biblical Studies

New York Theological Seminary

Zephaniah

Malachi

Karina Martin Hogan

Associate Professor of Bible and Christianity in Antiquity

Fordham University

Baruch

Karl N. Jacobson

Teaching Pastor

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

Edina, MN

Numbers

Vivian Johnson

Professor of Old Testament

United Theological Seminary

Esther (The Greek Additions)

Nyasha Junior

Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Howard University School of Divinity

Susanna

Alice A. Keefe

Professor of Religious Studies

University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

Hosea

Micah D. Kiel

Associate Professor of Theology

St. Ambrose University

Ecclesiastes

Tobit

Robert Kugler

Paul S. Wright Professor of Christian Studies

Lewis and Clark College

Leviticus

Victor H. Matthews

Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of the College of Humanities and Public Affairs

Missouri State University

Judges

Michael S. Moore

Faculty Associate in Old Testament

Fuller Theological Seminary

1, 2 Maccabees

Kelly J. Murphy

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

Central Michigan University

Jeremiah

Alissa Jones Nelson

Acquisitions Editor, Religious Studies

De Gruyter Publishing

Job

Pekka M. A. Pitkänen

Senior Lecturer in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible

University of Gloucestershire

Joshua

Anathea E. Portier-Young

Associate Professor of Old Testament

Duke Divinity School

Daniel

Emerson B. Powery

Professor of Biblical Studies

Messiah College

Wisdom of Solomon

Hugh S. Pyper

Professor of Biblical Interpretation

The University of Sheffield

1, 2 Samuel

Rodney S. Sadler Jr.

Associate Professor of Bible

Union Presbyterian Seminary at Charlotte

Genesis

Timothy J. Sandoval

Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible

Brite Divinity School

Introduction to Wisdom and Worship: Themes and Perspectives in the Poetic Writings

Eileen M. Schuller

Professor of Religious Studies

McMaster University

Introduction to the Apocrypha

Joseph F. Scrivner

Assistant Professor of Religion and Theology

Stillman College

Obadiah

Sarah Shectman

Independent Scholar

San Francisco

Themes and Perspectives in the Torah: Creation, Kinship, Covenant

Ronald A. Simkins

Professor of Old Testament and Near Eastern Studies

Creighton University

Joel

Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

Professor of Theological Studies

Loyola Marymount University

Reading the Christian Old Testament in the Contemporary World

1 Esdras

Katherine E. Southwood

Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible

St. John’s College, University of Oxford

Ezra

Nehemiah

W. Derek Suderman

Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Theological Studies

Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo

Psalms

Marvin A. Sweeney

Professor of Hebrew Bible

Claremont School of Theology

Isaiah 1–39

Samuel I. Thomas

Associate Professor of Religion

California Lutheran University

3, 4 Maccabees

Patricia K. Tull

A. B. Rhodes Professor Emerita of Old Testament

Louisville Presbyterian Seminary

Letter of Jeremiah

Wilhelm J. Wessels

Professor of Old Testament

University of South Africa

Nahum

Lawrence M. Wills

Ethelbert Talbot Professor of Biblical Studies

Episcopal Divinity School

Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men

Bel and the Dragon

Robin Darling Young

Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies

The Catholic University of America

2 Esdras

The New Testament

Volume Editors

Margaret Aymer

Associate Professor of New Testament and Chair of Biblical Studies Interdenominational Theological Center

Rootlessness and Community in Contexts of Diaspora

Cynthia Briggs Kittredge

Dean and President and Professor of New Testament

Seminary of the Southwest

Romans

David A. Sánchez

Associate Professor of Theological Studies

Loyola Marymount University

The Apocalyptic Legacy of Early Christianity

Eric D. Barreto

Associate Professor of New Testament

Luther Seminary

Philemon

David L. Bartlett

Professor of New Testament Emeritus

Columbia Theological Seminary

1 Peter

Jennifer G. Bird

Independent Scholar

Portland, Oregon

Ephesians

Robert L. Brawley

Professor of New Testament Emeritus

McCormick Theological Seminary

Luke

Timothy B. Cargal

Coordinator for Preparation for Ministry and Assistant Stated Clerk

Office of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

James

Warren Carter

Professor of New Testament

Brite Divinity School

Matthew

Jaime Clark-Soles

Associate Professor of New Testament

SMU Perkins School of Theology

1, 2, 3 John

David A. deSilva

Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek

Ashland Theological Seminary

Hebrews

Michal Beth Dinkler

Assistant Professor of New Testament

Yale Divinity School

The Acts of the Apostles

Neil Elliott

Acquiring Editor, Biblical Studies

Fortress Press

Situating the Apostle Paul in His Day and Engaging His Legacy in Our Own

Introduction to Hebrews, the General Epistles, and Revelation

Julia Lambert Fogg

Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, Chair of Religion

California Lutheran University

Philippians

David E. Fredrickson

Professor of New Testament

Luther Seminary

2 Corinthians

Brigitte Kahl

Professor of New Testament

Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Galatians

Sylvia C. Keesmaat

Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies

Trinity College in the University of Toronto

Colossians

Deborah Krause

Academic Dean and Professor of New Testament

Eden Theological Seminary

1, 2 Timothy

Titus

Kwok Pui-lan

William F. Cole Professor of Christian Theology and Spirituality

Episcopal Divinity School

Reading the Christian New Testament in the Contemporary World

Raquel S. Lettsome

Itinerant Elder

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mark

Laura S. Nasrallah

Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity

Harvard Divinity School

1 Corinthians

Pheme Perkins

Professor of Theology (New Testament)

Boston College

2 Peter

Jude

Raymond Pickett

Professor of New Testament

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Jesus and the Christian Gospels

Edward Pillar

Minister of Evesham Baptist Church

Evesham, UK

1, 2 Thessalonians

Adele Reinhartz

Professor of Classics and Religious Studies

University of Ottawa

John

Barbara R. Rossing

Professor of New Testament

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Revelation

Demetrius K. Williams

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Associate Professor of Religious Studies

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Acts as a History of the Early Church

Lawrence M. Wills

Ethelbert Talbot Professor of Biblical Studies

Episcopal Divinity School

Negotiating the Jewish Heritage of Early Christianity