Hard Sayings of the Bible
Kaiser is Colman M. Mockler Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Old Testament and president emeritus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. For many years he served as professor of Old Testament and as dean and vice president for education at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, Illinois).  A frequent speaker at churches, camps and conferences, he has written numerous books, includingToward an Exegetical Theology, Toward an Old Testament Theology, Toward Old Testament EthicsandThe Messiah in the Old Testament.Peter H. Davids is a professor of Christianity at Houston Baptist University and part-time professor at Houston Graduate School of Theology. He has taught biblical studies at Regent College (Vancouver, British Columbia) and Canadian Theological Seminary (Regina, Saskatchewan), and he continues to teach in  theological schools in Europe. He is the author of commentaries on James and 1 Peter.F. F. Bruce (1910-1990) was Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester in England. During his distinguished career, he wrote more than forty bestselling commentaries and books, including several titles published by InterVarsity Press,A Mind for What MattersandPaul, Apostle of the Heart Set Free.He also served as general editor of The New International Commentary on the New Testament.Manfred T. Brauch (Ph.D., McMaster University) is retired professor of biblical theology and past president of Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the author ofSet Free to Be: A Study in Romans,andHard Sayings of Paul,and a contributor toHard Sayings of the Bible.Since 2004, Brauch and his wife have done long-term volunteer work in medical missions and theological education in Chile, Russia and Cameroon, West Africa.