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“The Common English Bible, likely the largest cross-denominational translation project in recent memory, unites Baptist, Catholic, Evangelical, United Methodist, and numerous other faith traditions in a joint effort to create a complete but broadly accessible Bible for the 21st century. No single translation, despite the breadth of this committee's reach, is likely to please all, but this sincere and diligent effort goes far toward the creation of a plain-English version that, without falling into folksiness or false hipsterism, can be read and understood by a range of ages, educational backgrounds, and aptitudes.”
— Library Journal, March 2011
The scholars involved with the Common English Bible translation represent a unique diversity of denominational backgrounds, gender, and culture.
The CEB thanks all its scholars, contributors, and reading groups for their excellent work in the translation and in the CEB Study Bible notes and articles.
- Common English Bible Board of Editors
- Common English Bible Translators
- The CEB Study Bible Board of Editors
- The CEB Study Bible Contributors
Common English Bible Board of Editors
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David L. Petersen
Old Testament Editor
Candler School of Theology, Emory University
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Joel B. Green
New Testament Editor
Fuller Theological Seminary
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Elizabeth Caldwell
Readability Editor
McCormick Theological Seminary
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David A. deSilva
Apocrypha Editor
Ashland Theological Seminary
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Emerson B. Powery
Associate Editor for Apocrypha and NT
Messiah College
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Brent A. Strawn
Old Testament
Associate Editor
Candler School of Theology, Emory University
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Ted Hiebert
Old Testament
Associate Editor
McCormick Theological Seminary
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Cynthia Long Westfall
New Testament
Associate Editor
McMaster Divinity College
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Carol A. Wehrheim
Associate Readability Editor
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Paul N. Franklyn
Associate Publisher and Project Director
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Neil M. Alexander
President and Publisher
Common English Bible Translators
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Efrain Agosto
Hartford Seminary
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Bill Arnold
Asbury Theological Seminary
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David Bauer
Asbury Theological Seminary
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Carol M. Bechtel
Western Theological Seminary
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Adele Berlin
University of Maryland
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Bruce C. Birch
Wesley Seminary
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Michael Bird
Crossway College
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Gregory Bloomquist
St. Paul University
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Mark J. Boda
McMaster Divinity College
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Cameron Boyd-Taylor
Wolfson College
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Bill Brosend
School of Theology, University of the South
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William Brown
Columbia Theological Seminary
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Jeannine Brown
Bethel Seminary
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Gary Burge
Wheaton College
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John Byron
Ashland Theological Seminary
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James Charlesworth
Princeton Theological Seminary
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Raymond Collins
The Catholic University of America
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John J. Collins
Yale University
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Sidnie White Crawford
University of Nebraska
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James L. Crenshaw
Professor Emeritus (Duke University and Vanderbilt University)
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N. Clayton Croy
Trinity Lutheran Seminary
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Peter Davids
St Stephen’s University
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Ellen Davis
Duke Divinity School
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Linda Day
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
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J. Andrew Dearman
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
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Carol J. Dempsey, O.P.
University of Portland
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David A. deSilva
Ashland Theological Seminary
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Sharyn Dowd
First Baptist Church
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Thomas Dozeman
United Theological Seminary
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David Esterline
McCormick Theological Seminary
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John Fitzgerald
University of Miami
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Mary Foskett
Wake Forest University
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Steve Fowl
Loyola College in Maryland
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Michael Fuller
Lee University
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Roy Gane
Seventh-Day Adventist Theological Seminary
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William Gilders
Religion Department of Emory University
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John Goldingay
Fuller Theological Seminary
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Michael J. Gorman
St Mary’s Seminary & University
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Lester Grabbe
The University of Hull
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Gene Green
Wheaton College
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Joel B. Green
Fuller Theological Seminary
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Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.
Weston Jesuit School of Theology
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Patrick J. Hartin
Gonzaga University
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Daniel Hawk
Ashland Theological Seminary
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Christopher B. Hays
Fuller Theological Seminary
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Richard Hays
Duke Divinity School
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Roy Heller
Perkins School of Theology
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Richard Hess
Denver Seminary
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Theodore Hiebert
McCormick Theological Seminary
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Michael W. Holmes
Bethel University
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Robert Hubbard
North Park University Theological Seminary
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Clayton Jefford
Saint Meinrad School of Theology
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L. Ann Jervis
Wycliffe College
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Andy Johnson
Nazarene Theological Seminary
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Luke Timothy Johnson
Candler School of Theology
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John Kaltner
Rhodes College
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Brad E. Kelle
Point Loma Nazarene University
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Melody D. Knowles
McCormick Theological Seminary
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Craig Koester
Luther Seminary
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Jacqueline Lapsley
Princeton Theological Seminary
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Eunny Lee
Princeton Theological Seminary
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Fredrick J. Long
Asbury Theological Seminary
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Tremper Longman
Westmont College
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Nathan MacDonald
St Mary’s College, University of St Andrews
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J. Clinton McCann
Eden Theological Seminary
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Dan McCartney
Westminster Theological Seminary
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Steven McKenzie
Rhodes College
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Charles Miller
University of North Dakota
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Patrick Miller
Professor Emeritus (Princeton)
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Margaret M. Mitchell
University of Chicago Divinity School
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Guy Nave
Luther College
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Richard Nelson
Perkins School of Theology
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James Nogalski
Baylor University
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Gail R. O’Day
Candler School of Theology
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Margaret Odell
St Olaf College
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Dennis T. Olson
Princeton Theological Seminary
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B.J. Oropeza
Azusa Pacific University
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The Rev. Hugh R. Page, Jr., DMin, PhD
University of Notre Dame
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John Painter
Charles Sturt University
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Leo Perdue
Brite Divinity School
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Pheme Perkins
Boston College
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Tom Phillips
Point Loma Nazarene University
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Anathea Portier- Young
Duke Divinity School
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Emerson B. Powery
Messiah College
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Paul Redditt
Georgetown College
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Carolyn J. Sharp
Yale Divinity School
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Thomas Slater
McAfee School of Theology
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Abraham Smith
Perkins School of Theology
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Marion Soards
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
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F. Scott Spencer
Baptist Theological Seminary
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Marti J. Steussy
Christian Theological Seminary
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Brent A. Strawn
Candler School of Theology
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Loren Stuckenbruck
Durham University
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Louis Stulman
University of Findlay
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Jerry L. Sumney
Lexington Theological Seminary
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Sarah Tanzer
McCormick Theological Seminary
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Bernard Taylor
Loma Linda University
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Richard Thompson
Northwest Nazarene University
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Mark Throntveit
Luther Seminary
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Patricia K. Tull
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
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Rob W. Wall
Seattle Pacific University
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Charles A. Wanamaker
University of Cape Town
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Harold Washington
St Paul School of Theology
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Duane F. Watson
Malone College School of Theology
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James W. Watts
Syracuse University
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Cynthia L. Westfall
McMaster Divinity College
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David Salter Williams
University of Georgia
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Walter Wilson
Candler School of Theology
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Benjamin Wright
Lehigh University
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Jacob Wright
Candler School of Theology
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Seung Ai Yang
Chicago Theological Seminary
The CEB Study Bible Board of Editors
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Joel B. Green
General Editor
Professor of New Testament Interpretation
Associate Dean for the Center for Advanced Theological Studies
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, California
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Seung Ai Yang
New Testament Editor
Associate Professor of New Testament
Chicago Theological Seminary
Chicago, Illinois
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Mark J. Boda
Old Testament Editor
Professor of Old Testament, McMaster Divinity College
Professor, Faculty of Theology, McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
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Mignon R. Jacobs
Old Testament Editor
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, California
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Matthew Richard Schlimm
Old Testament Editor
Assistant Professor of Old Testament
University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
Dubuque, Iowa
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Marti J. Steussy
Apocrypha Editor
MacAllister-Petticrew Professor of Biblical Interpretation
Christian Theological Seminary
Indianapolis, Indiana
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Michael S. Stephens
Project Director
Nashville, Tennessee
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Paul Franklyn
Associate Publisher
Nashville, Tennessee
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Neil M. Alexander
President and Publisher
Nashville, Tennessee
The CEB Study Bible Contributors
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Carol M. Bechtel
Professor of Old Testament
Western Theological Seminary
Holland, MI
Esther
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Alice Ogden Bellis
Professor of Hebrew Bible
Howard University School of Divinity
Washington, D.C.
Judith
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Bruce C. Birch
Dean and Professor of Biblical Theology
Wesley Theological Seminary
Washington, D.C.
1 and 2 Samuel
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Jeannine K. Brown
Professor of New Testament
Bethel Seminary
St. Paul, MN // San Diego, CA
1 Peter
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Randall D. Chesnutt
William S. Banowsky Chair in Religion
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
Wisdom of Solomon
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Stephen L. Cook
Catherine N. McBurney Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria, VA
Daniel
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Catherine A. Cory
Associate Professor of Theology
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, MN
Revelation
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Sidnie White Crawford
Willa Cather Professor of Classics
and Religious Studies
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
Greek Esther
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Jerome F. D. Creach
Robert C. Holland Professor of Old Testament
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh, PA
Joshua
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N. Clayton Croy
Professor of New Testament
Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Columbus, OH
3 Maccabees
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Linda Day
Independent Scholar
Hiram, OH
Lamentations, Ruth
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J. Andrew Dearman
Professor of Old Testament
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
Amos, Hosea, Joel, Obadiah
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Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford
Carolyn Ward Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages
McAfee School of Theology
Atlanta, GA
Proverbs
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Carol J. Dempsey, O.P.
Professor of Theology (Biblical Studies)
University of Portland
Portland, OR
Malachi, Zechariah, Zephaniah
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David A. deSilva
Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of
New Testament and Greek
Ashland Theological Seminary
2 Esdras, 4 Maccabees, Bel and the Snake, Prayer of Azariah, Sirach, Susanna
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David J. Downs
Associate Professor of New Testament Studies
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
2 Corinthians
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Terence E. Fretheim
Elva B. Lovell Professor of Old Testament
Luther Seminary
St. Paul, MN
Job
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Michael E. Fuller
Professor of Early Judaism and Biblical Studies
Lee University
Cleveland, TN
Letter of Jeremiah
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Timothy G. Gombis
Associate Professor of New Testament
Grand Rapids Theological Seminary
Grand Rapids, MI
Ephesians
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Michael J. Gorman
Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology
St. Mary’s Seminary and University
Baltimore, MD
Romans
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Joel B.Green
Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Associate Dean for the Center for
Advanced Theological Studies
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
The Authority of Scripture, Matthew
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Daniel J. Harrington, S.J.
Professor of New Testament
Boston College School of Theology and
Ministry
Boston, MA
Tobit
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Patrick J. Hartin
Professor of Religious Studies
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
James
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Suzanne Watts Henderson
Associate Professor of Religion
Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
Mark
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Ronald Herms
Associate Professor of Early Judaism and
New Testament
Northwest University
Kirkland, WA
1 Esdras
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Theodore Hiebert
Francis A. McGaw Professor of Old Testament
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago, IL
Genesis
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Mignon R. Jacobs
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old
Testament
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
Haggai
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Brad E. Kelle
Professor of Old Testament
Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego, CA
Judges
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J. R. Daniel Kirk
Associate Professor of New Testament
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
Colossians
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Melody D. Knowles
Vice President of Academic Affairs and
Associate Professor of Old Testament
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria, VA
1 and 2 Chronicles
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Kyong-Jin Lee
Assistant Professor of Old Testament Studies
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
Ezra, Nehemiah
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Won W. Lee
Professor of Old Testament
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI
Numbers
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Nathan MacDonald
University Lecturer in Hebrew Bible
University of Cambridge and St John’s College
Cambridge, UK
Deuteronomy
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Frank J. Matera
Professor Emeritus
Catholic University of America
Washington, D.C.
Galatians
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Gordon Matties
Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
Canadian Mennonite University
Winnipeg, Manitoba
1 and 2 Kings
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J. Clinton McCann Jr.
Evangelical Professor of Biblical Interpretation
Eden Theological Seminary
St. Louis, MO
Psalms
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J. Ramsey Michaels
Professor of Religious Studies Emeritus
Missouri State University
Springfield, MO
John
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John B. F. Miller
Professor of Religion
McMurry University
Abilene, TX
1 Maccabees
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James D. Nogalski
Professor of Old Testament Studies
Baylor University
Waco, TX
Habakkuk, Jonah, Micah, Nahum
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Dennis T. Olson
Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, NJ
Exodus
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Eugene Eung-Chun Park
Dana and David Dornsife Professor of
New Testament
San Francisco Theological Seminary
San Francisco, CA
Matthew
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Emerson B. Powery
Professor of Biblical Studies
Messiah College
Mechanicsburg, PA
2 Maccabees, Philemon
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Daniel G. Reid
Senior Editor
IVP Academic
Seattle, WA
How We Got the Bible
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Brian D. Russell
Professor of Biblical Studies
Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore, KY
Guidelines for Reading the Bible
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Pamela J. Scalise
Professor of Old Testament
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
The Bible and Its Chronology
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Kenneth Schenck
Dean and Professor of New Testament
Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan
University
Marion, IN
Hebrews
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Love L. Sechrest
Associate Professor of New Testament
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
1 and 2 Thessalonians
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Anna E. Sieges
Baylor University
Waco, TX
Habakkuk, Jonah, Micah, Nahum
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Rebecca Skaggs
Professor of New Testament, Greek, and
Philosophy
Patten University
Oakland, CA
2 Peter, Jude
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F. Scott Spencer
Professor of New Testament
Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
Richmond, VA
Acts
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Brent A. Strawn
Associate Professor of Old Testament
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
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John T. Strong
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Missouri State University
Springfield, MO
Ezekiel
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Louis Stulman
Professor of Religious Studies
University of Findlay
Findlay, OH
Jeremiah
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Jerry L. Sumney
Professor of Biblical Studies
Lexington Theological Seminary
Lexington, KY
Philippians
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Marianne Meye Thompson
George Eldon Ladd Professor of New Testament
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
The Bible’s Unity
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Patricia K. Tull
A. B. Rhodes Professor Emerita of Old Testament
Louisville Presbyterian Seminary
Louisville, KY
Isaiah
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Richard B. Vinson
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Religion
Salem College
Winston-Salem, NC
Luke
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Robert W. Wall
The Paul T. Walls Professor of Scripture and Wesleyan Studies
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA
1, 2, and 3 John
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Charles A. Wanamaker
Associate Professor
Department of Religious Studies
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
1 Corinthians
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James W. Watts
Professor of Religion
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Leviticus
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Rodney A. Werline
Marie and Leman Barnhill Endowed Chair in Religious Studies
Barton College
Wilson, NC
Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151
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Cynthia Long Westfall
Assistant Professor
McMaster Divinity College
Hamilton, Ontario
1 and 2 Timothy, Titus