William L. Lane was Professor Religious Studies at Western Kentucky University for fifteen years, having served before that as Professor of New Testament and Judaic Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is no Dean of the School of Religion at Seattle and Professor of Biblical Studies at Seattle Pacific University. He holds degrees from Gordon Divinity School and Westminster Theological Seminary, with a Th.D. in Biblical Studies from Harvard University. His prior publications include the New International Commentary volume on the Gospel of Mark.