Gerd Theissen

Gerd Theissen is Professor of New Testament at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and author of The Religion of the Earliest Churches (Fortress Press, 1999) and The Shadow of the Galilean (Fortress Press, 1987). He is coauthor of The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide (Fortress Press, 1988) and coeditor of The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels (Fortress Press, 2001).