About the Author

Paul McKechnie, D.Phil. (1985) in Ancient History (University College, Oxford), is an Associate Professor of Ancient History in the Centre of Research Excellence in Ancient Cultures at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His books include The First Christian Centuries (IVP, 2002) and Thinking Like a Lawyer, the John Crook Festschrift (Brill, 2002). Philippe Guillaume, D.Theol. (2002) in Old Testament (University of Geneva) is Privat Docent at the University of Bern (Switzerland). The rise of historical literature in the Bible is one focus of his research: Waiting for Josiah: the Judges (T&T Clark, 2004).