Bernard Brandon Scott is the Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament Emeritus at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is the author and editor of many books, including Hear Then the Parable (1989), The Trouble with Resurrection (2011), and The Real Paul (2015). He is coauthor with Margaret Lee of Sound Mapping the New Testament (2008, second edition: Cascade, 2022), and coauthor with Erin Vearncombe and Hal Taussig of After Jesus before Christianity (2021). Perry V. Kea is associate professor emeritus of biblical studies at the University of Indianapolis, Indiana. He participated in several Westar Seminars, including the Jesus Seminar, the Acts Seminar, and the Christianity Seminar. He served as the chair of the board of directors of Westar from 2014 to 2019.