Michael D. Coogan

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1. John Dominic Crossan

   Author of The Historical Jesus, Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts: Revised and Updated, In Search of Paul: How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom

2. Saint Augustine

   Author of Confessions, City Of God

3. Paul Tillich

   Author of The Courage to Be, Dynamics of Faith

4. Marcus J. Borg

   Author of Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith, The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith, Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions

5. Bart D. Ehrman

   Author of Misquoting Jesus, Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings

6. Elaine Pagels

   Author of The Gnostic Gospels, Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas

7. Kurt Aland

   Author of Synopsis of the Four Gospels : Completely Revised on the Basis of the Greek Text of the Nestle Aland

8. Bruce M. Metzger

   Author of Oxford Bible Companion, Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, The Text of the New Testament

9. F. L. Cross

   Author of The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church

10. Eberhard Nestle

    Author of Novum Testamentum Graece

11. Raymond E. Brown

    Author of An Introduction to the New Testament, Birth of the Messiah

12. Episcopal Church.

    Author of The Book of Common Prayer [1979]

13. Paul J. Achtemeier

    Author of Harper's Bible Dictionary

14. St. Benedict

    Author of Rule of Saint Benedict

15. Carol A. Newsom

    Author of The Women's Bible Commentary - expanded

16. Burton H. Throckmorton

    Author of Gospel Parallels: A Comparison of the Synoptic Gospels, NRSV Edition

17. H. Richard Niebuhr

    Author of Christ & Culture

18. James Luther Mays

    Author of HarperCollins Bible Commentary

19. Adele Berlin

    Author of The Jewish Study Bible: featuring The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation

20. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    Author of Letters and Papers from Prison