Anders Runessonis associate professor of religious studies at McMaster University, Ontario. He has authored a number of studies on New Testament and theology in Danish and in English including The Origins of the Synagogue: A Socio-Historical Study (2001). He has also co-edited The Ancient Synagogue: A Sourcebook (2008) and Mark and Matthew: Comparative Readings I: Understanding the Earliest Gospels in their First Century Settings (2011).
