Authors

Egyptologist Ogden Goelet (“Moses’ Egyptian Name”) is an associate research scholar of Middle Eastern studies at New York University. An expert in Egyptian cultural history and religion, he wrote the introduction and commentary for a recent edition of The Book of the Dead (Chronicle Books, 1994).

Heidi J. Hornik (“Harrowing of Hell”) is associate professor of art history at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. An expert in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, she is preparing the catalogue raisonné for artist Michele Tosini. Coauthor, colleague (and husband) Mikeal Parsons is professor of religion at Baylor and coauthor of Rethinking the Unity of Luke-Acts (Fortress, 1993). Parson and Hornik recently collaborated as editors of Illuminating Luke: The Infancy Narrative in Italian Renaissance Painting (forthcoming from Trinity Press International).