Brian K. Blount (Ph.D., Emory University) is president and professor of New Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. His work has focused on the Gospel of Mark, the Book of Revelation, apocalyptic eschatology, and cultural hermeneutics. The author of several books, his most recent publications include Revelation: A Commentary in the New Testament Library series (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2009) and Invasion of the Dead: Preaching Resurrection (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2014). Blount is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Jaime Clark-Soles (Ph.D., Yale University) is Associate Professor of New Testament at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Her work focuses on the Gospel of John, death and afterlife, disability theory, the use and authority of Scripture, and the historical Jesus. Her recent publications include Death and Afterlife in the New Testament (London: T&T Clark, 2006) and Engaging the Word: The New Testament and the Christian Believer (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010). She is an ordained minister of the American Baptist Churches, USA.
Suzanne Watts Henderson (Ph.D., Duke University) is Assistant Professor of Religion at Queens University, Charlotte, North Carolina. Her areas of interest include the Gospel of Mark, the letters of Paul, and the historical Jesus. Her publications include Christology and Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008) and Christ and Community: The Gospel Witness to Jesus (Nashville: Abingdon, 2015). She is also working on a commentary on the Gospel of Mark. Henderson is a member of the Interpretation editorial board and an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Raj Nadella (Ph.D., Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond) is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. His research interests include postcolonial readings of the New Testament and the theological and ethical implications of economic justice for the church and society today. He published Dialogue Not Dogma: Many Voices in the Gospel of Luke (London: T&T Clark, 2011) and is currently writing a book on selected parables in Mark and Matthew from a postcolonial perspective.
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). The Parable of the Sower. Woodcut. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany. Photograph by Christoph Irrgang. Photo Credit: bpk, Berlin/Art Resource, NY.
