K. C. Hanson (PhD Claremont Graduate School) is editor in chief at Wipf and Stock Publishers (Eugene, Oregon), after having taught biblical studies for sixteen years (1982-1998) and working as senior editor for biblical studies at Fortress Press (1998-2005). In addition to writing two volumes in the Proclamation series for Fortress, he compiled and edited seven volumes for Fortress Classics in Biblical Studies. He translated Andre LaCocque's Ruth from the French for the Continental Commentary series (Fortress, 2004) and Renate Bethge's Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Brief Life (Fortress, 2003). He also edited Sigmund Mowinckel's Religion and Cult(Cascade, 2012) and translatedand edited Hermann Gunkel's Elijah, Yahweh, and Baal (Cascade, 2014).
Martin Dibelius (1883-1947) was Professor of New Testament at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and one of the most important biblical scholars of the twentieth century. Among his many publications in English are From Tradition to Gospel (1934), The Sermon on the Mount (1940), Paul (1953), and The Pastoral Epistles (Hermeneia; Fortress Press, 1972).
