About the Author

David Garland (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is William B. Hinson professor of Christian Scriptures and associate dean for academic affairs at George W. Truett Seminary, Baylor University. He is the New Testament editor for the revised Expositor's Bible Commentary and the author of various books and commentaries, including Mark and Colossians/Philemon in the NIV Application Commentary, and the article on Mark in the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary. He and his wife, Diana, reside in Waco, Texas. Don Garlington (PhD, University of Durham) is adjunct professor of New Testament at Tyndale Seminary, Toronto, and is engaged in church ministry. His publications include: The Obedience of Faith: A Pauline Phrase in Historical Context; Faith, Obedience, and Perseverance; Aspects of Paul's Letter to the Romans; Exegetical Essays; and In Defense of the New Perspective on Paul: Essays and Reviews, as well as numerous essays in various periodicals. Donald A. Hagner is the George Eldon Ladd Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, where he has taught for nearly thirty years. He is a graduate of Fuller, where he studied with Everett Harrison and George Ladd, and of Manchester University, where he studied with F. F. Bruce. Among his writings are commentaries on Hebrews and Matthew. Murray J. Harris is professor of New Testament exegesis and theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL. Everett F. Harrison was founding faculty member of Fuller Theological Seminary, where he served as professor of New Testament for some thirty years, up to the time of his retirement in the late 1970s. Before that, he was a Presbyterian minister and also taught at Dallas Theological Seminary. Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies and the chair of the religious studies department at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California where he lives with his wife, Alice. He is the Old Testament editor for the revised Expositor's Bible Commentary and has authored many articles and books on the Psalms and other Bible Studies. Verlyn D. Verbrugge (PhD, Notre Dame) is senior editor of academic and professional books at Zondervan. He has authored several books, including Early Church History and Your Church Sign.