#60;b#62;Stephen Westerholm#60;/b#62;, D. Th., is Professor of Early Christianity in the Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University, Canada, where he has taught since 1984. Specializing in Pauline studies, he has published #60;i#62;Israel#8242;s Law and the Church#8242;s Faith: Paul and His Recent Interpreters#60;/i#62; (1988)#60;i#62;, Understanding Paul #60;/i#62;and #60;i#62;Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The "Lutheran" Paul and His Critics #60;/i#62;(2004)#60;i#62;,#60;/i#62; in addition to studies on the Synoptic Gospels and historical Jesus.#60;/p#62;