About the Author

Professor Gerd Ludemann, author of Eyes That See Not: The Pope Looks at Jesus A scholar of ancient Christianity and New Testament studies, Dr. Gerd Ludemann is Professor of the History and Literature of Early Christianity, Director of the Institute of Early Christian Studies, and Founder and Director of the Archive ""Religionsgeschichtliche Schule"" at the University of Gottingen, Germany. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee, a Fellow of the Jesus Seminar, and has served as co-chair of the Society of Biblical Literature Seminar on Jewish Christianity. Dr. Ludemann is the author of numerous books on early Christianity including, The Unholy in Holy Scripture (1997), The Great Deception (1999), Paul: The Founder of Christianity (2002), The Resurrection of Christ (2004), The Acts of the Apostles (2005), and Intolerance and the Gospel (2006).