E. P. Sanders

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1. James D. G. Dunn

   Author of Word Biblical Commentary: Romans 1-8, Word Biblical Commentary: Romans 9-16, The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon: A Commentary on the Greek Text (New International Greek Testament Commen

2. E. P. Sanders

   Author of The Historical Figure of Jesus, Paul: A Very Short Introduction, Studying the Synoptic Gospels

3. N. T. Wright

   Author of The Resurrection of the Son of God, Jesus and the Victory of God, The Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology

4. John Dominic Crossan

   Author of Jesus, A Revolutionary Biography, The Historical Jesus, Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts: Revised and Updated

5. Raymond E. Brown

   Author of An Introduction to the New Testament, Birth of the Messiah, The Community of the Beloved Disciple: The Life, Loves and Hates of an Individual Church in New Testament Times

6. Richard B. Hays

   Author of The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation, A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethi, Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul, The Faith of Jesus Christ: The Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1-4:1

7. John P. Meier

   Author of A Marginal Jew : Rethinking the Historical Jesus. Volume One, The Roots of the Problem and the Person, Mentor, Message, and Miracles (A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume 2), Companions and Competitors (A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume 3)

8. Géza Vermes

   Author of The Dead Sea Scrolls in English, The Changing Faces of Jesus, Jesus the Jew

9. Wayne A. Meeks

   Author of The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul, The Origins of Christian Morality: The First Two Centuries, The Moral World of the First Christians (Library of Early Christianity, Vol 6)

10. John Joseph Collins

    Author of The Apocalyptic Imagination, The Scepter and the Star (Anchor Bible Reference), Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora

11. C. K. Barrett

    Author of The First Epistle to Corinthians, The Epistle to Romans, Revised, The Gospel According to St. John: An Introduction With Commentary and Notes on the Greek Text

12. Luke Timothy Johnson

    Author of The Real Jesus, The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters, Hebrews: A Commentary (New Testament Library)

13. Paula Fredriksen

    Author of From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: A Jewish Life and the Emergence of Christianity

14. Rudolf Bultmann

    Author of Theology of the New Testament, Jesus and the Word, The History of the Synoptic Tradition

15. James H. Charlesworth

    Author of The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments, The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 2: Expansions of the Old Testament and Legends, Wisdom and Philosophical Literature, Prayers, Psalms, and Odes, Fragments of Lost Judeo-Hellenistic works

16. Gerhard von Rad

    Author of Genesis: A Commentary (Old Testament Library), Old Testament Theology: Volume I: The Theology of Israel's Historical Traditions, Deuteronomy: A Commentary (Old Testament Library)

17. Joseph A. Fitzmyer

    Author of Romans (Anchor Bible), Acts of the Apostles (Anchor Bible)

18. Mark D. Nanos

    Author of The Mystery of Romans: The Jewish Context of Paul's Letter, The Galatians Debate: Contemporary Issues in Rhetorical and Historical Interpretation, The Irony of Galatians: Paul's Letter in First-Century Context

19. Bart D. Ehrman

    Author of Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium

20. Martin Hengel

    Author of Judaism and Hellenism: Studies in Their Encounter in Palestine During the Early Hellenistic Period, Four Gospels and the One Gospel of Jesus Christ, Studies in the Gospel of Mark