LUKE TIMOTHY JOHNSON is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. His research interests include Greco-Roman contexts of early Christianity (particularly moral discourse), Luke-Acts, the Pastoral Letters, and the Letters of James. Professor Johnson earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans,a Master of Divinity in Theology from Saint Meinrad School of Theology, an M.A. in Religious Studies from Indiana University, and his PH.D. in New Testament Studies from Yale University. Jesus: the MA former Benedictine monk, Dr. Johnson has taught at Yale University Divinity School and Indiana University. He is the author of more than 20 books, including The Real isguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels, and The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation, which is widely used as a textbook. He has also published several hundred articles and reviews. At Indiana university, he received the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, was elected a member of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching, and won the Brown Derby and Student Choice awards for teaching. At Emory University, he has twice received the On Eagle’s Wings Excellence in Teaching Award.