Kenneth Mathews (PhD, University of Michigan) is Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Birming- ham, Alabama, where he has taught Old Testament Studies and Biblical Interpretation for twenty years. Mathews’s major publications include the original publication of a Dead Sea Scroll, The Leviticus Scroll,a two- volume commentary on the book ofGenesis, and a preaching commentary on Leviticus. He is currently under- taking a commentary on Joshua.