Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, O.P.
Honorary Degree Recipient
École Biblique, Jérusalem

Fr. Murphy-O’Connor is a Dominican Priest and Professor of New Testament Murphy-O’Connor has lectured around the world. He is the author of numerous books. His most recent are Jesus and Paul: Parallel Lives, Michael Glazer Press (2007) and The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide, Oxford University Press (2008).

Joseph Fitzmyer, S.J.
Honorary Degree Recipient
Georgetown University

Fr. Fitzmyer is a Jesuit priest and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the Catholic University of America. He has edited and published numerous books and has served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Society for New Testament Study. His latest book is The Interpretation of Scripture: In Defense of the Historical-Critical Method, Paulist Press (2008).

William Campbell
University of Wales

Professor Campbell specializes in identity formation in the Pauline communities; Jewish Christianity; ethics and transformation in Pauline Literature; Social-scientific Approaches to Paul and Paul’s Gospel in a Multi-Faith World. He is author of Paul and the Creation of Christian Identity, T & T Clark International (2006).

Sister Pascuzzi is Associate Professor of New Testament, University of San Diego and author of The New Collegeville Bible Commentary. First and Second Corinthians, Vol. 7, Liturgical Press (2005).

Fr. Martin is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies and Director of the Institute for the Study of Augustine at Villanova University. He has written extensively on Paul and Augustine. He is presently preparing the entry "Paulus Apostolus" for the Augustinus-Lexicon.

E.P. Sanders
Duke Universityy

Dr. Edward Sanders is a world renowned New Testament scholar, and is one of the principal proponents of the New Perspective on Paul. From 1990 until his retirement in 2005, he was Arts and Sciences Professor of Religion at Duke University. He has authored, co-authored or edited over a dozen books and numerous articles.

Mark Nanos

Dr. Mark Nanos is one of the handful of great Jewish scholars in the country with expertise in Paul. He is currently the Soebbing Visiting Scholar at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, and lecturer at the University of Kansas. Among his most recent publications are The Mystery of Romans: The Jewish Context of Paul's Letter (1996), which won the 1996 National Jewish Book Award for Jewish-Christian Relations, and The Irony of Galatians: Paul's Letter in its First-Century Context (2002).

Peter Spitaler
Villanova University

Dr. Spitaler is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies and specialist in New Testament Studies. His primary research interests are New Testament Greek and Pauline Literature, in particular the Letter to the Romans.

Beverly Roberts Gaventa
Princetown Theological Seminary

Beverly Roberts is the Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Exegesis, specializes in the Pauline epistles and in Luke-Acts with an emphasis on theological interpretation. Her latest book is Our Mother Saint Paul, John Knox Press (2007).

John J. Pilch

Dr. Pilch teaches Scripture at Georgetown University. He is the author of many articles and books including Social Science Commentary on the Letters of Paul, Fortress Press (2006), co-authored with Bruce Malina.

Frank J. Matera

Professor Matera is The Andrews-Kelly-Ryan Professor of Biblical Studies Catholic University of America and a priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford. A student of Paul, he is the author of commentaries on Galatians and 2 Corinthians and is presently working on a commentary on Romans for John Knox Press.

University of Notre Dame

Dr. Aune is Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins. His particular area of interest is the study of the New Testament and early Christian literature in the context of Greco-Roman society and culture. He is editor of Rereading Paul Together: Protestant and Catholic Perspectives on Justification, Baker (2006).