David S. du Toit, Dr. theol. (Berlin 1996), Dr. theol. habil. (Berlin 2006), is Professor for New Testament, Friedrich-Alexander-University in Erlangen, Germany. His research focuses on the development of Christology, the Gospel of Mark, History of Jesus-Research, and the Greco-Roman Context of early Christianity.

Christine Gerber, Dr. theol. (Munich 1996), Dr. theol. habil. (Berlin 2005), is Professor for New Testament Studies, University of Hamburg, Germany. Her research focuses on Pauline and deutero-Pauline Literature, Hellenistic Judaism, pseudepigraphy, aspects of gender, and hermeneutics.

Christiane Zimmermann, Dr. phil. (Munich 1991), Dr. theol. habil. (Berlin 2006), is Professor for New Testament, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany. Her research focuses on metaphors of God in early Christianity and the history of early Pauline communities (Lycaonia, Corinth).

Contributors are: Harold W. Attridge, Silke-Petra Bergjan, Bärbel Bosenius, Jan N. Bremmer, Adela Yarbro Collins, Lutz Doering, Jonathan A. Draper, David S. du Toit, Christina Eschner, Christine Gerber, Rainer Hirsch-Luipold, Christina Hoegen-Rohls, Torsten Jantsch, Ursula Ulrike Kaiser, Martin Karrer, Matthias Köckert, Hermann Lichtenberger, Judith M. Lieu, Peter Müller, Julien M. Ogereau, Clare K. Rothschild, Jens Schröter, Gregory E. Sterling, Gert J. Steyn, Paul Trebilco, Johan C. Thom, Christopher M. Tuckett, Jan G. van der Watt, Joseph Verheyden, Markus Witte, Michael Wolter, Christiane Zimmermann