John E. Hartley is Professor of Old Testament and Chair of the
Department of Biblical Studies in the C.P. Haggard School of
Theology at Azusa Pacific University. A graduate of Greenville
College and Asbury Theological Seminary, he holds the M.A. and
Ph.D. from Brandeis University. Post-doctoral studies have been
pursued at Harvard Divinity School and in Jerusalem. He is the
author of the Book of Job in the series The New International
Commentary on the Old Testament. He was co-editor of the
five-volume series Wesleyan Theological Perspectives, authoring
three articles for this series. He has also contributed to major
works, including the International Standard Bible encyclopedia
revised. He is an ordained elder in the Free Methodist
church.
Bruce M. Metzger (1914 – 2007) was a biblical scholar, textual
critic, and a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Metzger is widely considered one of the most influential New
Testament scholars of the 20th century. He was a general
editor of the Word Biblical Commentary (1997 - 2007).
David Allan Hubbard (1928 – 1996), former president and professor
of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena,
California, was a recognized biblical scholar. In addition to over
30 books, he has written numerous articles for journals,
periodicals, reference works. He was a general editor of the Word
Biblical Commentary (1977 - 1996).
Glenn W. Barker (d. 1984) was a general editor of the Word Biblical
Commentary (1977 - 1984).
John D. W. Watts (1921 – 2013) was President of the Baptist
Theological Seminary, Ruschlikon, Switzerland, and served as
Professor of Old Testament at that institution, at Fuller
Theological Seminary, and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
in Louisville, Kentucky. His numerous publications include
commentaries on Isaiah (2 volumes), Amos, and Obadiah. He was
Old Testament editor of the Word Biblical Commentary (1977 -
2011).
James W. Watts is a professor and chair of the Department of
Religion at Syracuse University. His teaching and research
interests include biblical studies, especially the
Torah/Pentateuch, ritual theories, rhetorical analysis, and
comparative scriptures studies. He is a co-founder of the Iconic
Books Project. He had served as the associate Old Testament editor
of the Word Biblical Commentary (1997 - 2011).
Ralph P. Martin (1925-2013) was Distinguished Scholar in Residence
at Fuller Theological Seminary and a New Testament Editor for the
Word Biblical Commentary series. He earned the BA and MA from the
University of Manchester, England, and the PhD from King's College,
University of London. He was the author of numerous studies and
commentaries on the New Testament, including Worship in the Early
Church, the volume on Philippians in The Tyndale New Testament
Commentary series. He also wrote 2 Corinthians and James in the WBC
series.
Lynn Allan Losie is Associate Professor of New Testament at
Azusa Pacific University. A generalist in New Testament
studies, Dr. Losie teaches courses in the Gospels, the Acts of the
Apostles, and the Pauline Epistles, as well as in the background
areas of Greek, early Judaism, and the greater Hellenistic World.
He has published articles on the New Testament and had served as
the associate New Testament editor of the Word Biblical Commentary
(1997 - 2013). Ordained as a Baptist minister, he has also served
in pastoral ministry in Southern California and Oregon.
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