Richard B. Hays is George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School. He lives near Durham, North Carolina. His publications include Reading the Bible Intertextually (edited with Stefan Alkier and Leroy A. Huizenga, 2009) and Reading Backwards (2014).

Stefan Alkier is Professor for New Testament and History of the Early Church at Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.