Patrick Gray is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He has published five books on the Bible, the history of biblical interpretation, and Hellenistic philosophy, including Opening Paul's Letters: A Reader's Guide to Genre and Interpretation.

Måns Broo is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Comparative Religion at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

Liang Cai is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Nathan McGovern is a postdoctoral fellow in the "Kingship and Religion in Tibet" program at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität in Munich.

Patrick Gray is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

R. Kevin Jaques is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Islamic Studies Program at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

Mark Leuchter is Associate Professor of Religion and Director of the Jewish Studies Program at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mark W. Muesse is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Asian Studies Program at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

Gil Raz is Associate Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.

"By examining the 'founders' of various religious traditions, this book helps us to better understand both those individual traditions and the connections between them. It is an especially useful resource for those who are interested in comparative theology." --Amir Hussain, Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University