Authors

An instructor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Dan W. Clanton, Jr. (“Samson et Dalila”), received his Ph.D. in 2002 from the Iliff School of Theology. He is currently researching the “afterlife” of Susannah, Delilah and other biblical characters.

David R. Cartlidge (“Dealing with the Devil”) is Beeson Professor Emeritus of Religion at Maryville College, in Maryville, Tennessee. His most recent book (cowritten with Keith Elliott) is Art and the Christian Apocrypha (Routledge, 2001).

Paul L. Maier (“Pilate in the Dock: For the Defense”) is the Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University. In addition to his translations Josephus: The Essential Works and Eusebius: The Church History, he has written two historical novels—Pontius Pilate and The Flames of Rome (all published by Kregel); a best-selling theological thriller—A Skeleton in God’s Closet (Thomas Nelson); and three children’s books.