Robert L. Webb (PhD, University of Sheffield) is an independent scholar, writing and teaching in Toronto, Canada. He is the executive editor of the 'Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus' (Sage Publications) as well as the monograph series, the Library of Historical Jesus Studies (T&T Clark). His most recent publications include 'Jesus and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ' (Continuum, 2004; co-edited with Kathleen E. Corley) and 'Reading James with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of James' (T&T Clark, forthcoming; co-edited with John S. Kloppenborg).