Authors

James R. Edwards (“Archaeology Gives New Reality to Paul’s Ephesus Riot”) is the Bruner-Welch Professor Emeritus of Theology at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. He has recently authored a commentary on Luke in Eerdmans’s Pillar Series, as well as articles on Acts in New Testament Studies and Bulletin of Biblical Research.

Chaim Ben David (“Um el-Kanatir: Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again”) is the Department Head of Holy Land Studies at Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee. His research specialties include ancient synagogues and Roman roads. He has participated in eight excavations, mostly in the Golan.

Charles W. Hedrick (“Liberator of the Nag Hammadi Codices”) is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Missouri State University. His most recent book is The Wisdom of Jesus: Between the Sages of Israel and the Apostles of the Church (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2014).