Cilliers Breytenbach is Professor for Literature, Religion and History of Early Christianity at the Humboldt University of Berlin and Professor extraordinaire for New Testament at the University of Stellenbosch. He has published on a wide range of topics, including the Gospel of Mark, reconciliation and the death of Jesus in Pauline theology as well as the history of Judaism and Christianity in ancient Asia Minor.Johan C. Thom is Professor of Classics at the University of Stellenbosch. His publications include books and articles on philosophical and religious texts from the Hellenistic world (including Pythagorean, Stoic, and Epicurean texts), and their relationship to New Testament material.Jeremy Punt is Senior Lecturer in New Testament at the University of Stellenbosch. He has published on various topics related to biblical hermeneutics as well as on the reception of the Bible, with a focus on postcolonial and related theories, and the Bible in Africa, in the popular media and in politics.