Arthur Rowe graduated from Cambridge in History and Theology and followed this with postgraduate studies in Nottingham and King's College London. He has taught in schools and colleges and worked for the Inner London Education Authority and Thames Polytechnic before coming to teach at Spurgeon's College. Here his responsibilities have included teaching New Testament and World Religions. He has contributed to reference books on the Bible and Religious Education and written articles and reviews for a number of periodicals in this country and abroad.