Conspectus

Dr. Ferdinand Okorie is a member of the Claretian Missionaries. He is Vice President and Academic Dean of Catholic Theological Union and an Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He received an M.Div. and an M.A. in Theology with a concentration in Biblical Languages and Literature from Catholic Theological Union Chicago. He also obtained a Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Christianity at Loyola University Chicago.

Dr. Sofanit T. Abebe is a Lecturer in New Testament and Greek at Oak Hill College in the UK having previously served as Lecturer Program Leader and Dean of Students at the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology. She received her Ph.D. in the New Testament from the University of Edinburgh in 2022. Her research interests include 1–2 Peter Jude 1 Enoch and other early Jewish apocalyptic texts.

Dr. Bungishabaku Katho has a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from the University of Natal Pietermaritzburg South Africa. He is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the Université Shalom de Bunia DRC where he also serves as Director of Postgraduate Studies for the School of Theology. He is also a Senior Researcher at the Centre de Recherche Multidisciplinaire pour le Développement de Bunia (CRMD Bunia). Dr. Katho is the Founder and Executive Director of the Jeremiah Center for Faith and Society and he has written and presented extensively on the book of Jeremiah including a commentary in French in the Commentaires Bibliques Contemporains series.

Dr. Yacouba Sanon is Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Hebrew at the Alliance Theological Seminary in Abidjan (FATEAC) at Université de l’Alliance Chrétienne d’Abidjan (UACA). He also serves as the Head of the Biblical Studies Department at the Seminary. He earned his Ph.D. in Theological Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield IL USA. He is the current Chairman of the Board and General Editor of the Africa Bible Commentary. He is also Regional Coordinator for the Langham Literature for Francophone Africa. His areas of specialization and interests include lament theology suffering and faith African spirituality biblical anthropology and African cultures.

Dr. Daniel K. Darko has a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from King’s College London and is the Dean for Global Engagement Executive Director of the Spencer Center for Global Engagement and Professor of Biblical Studies at Taylor University Upland IN. He was the inaugural Wilson- Ockenga Professor of Biblical Studies and Director of Church Relations at Gordon College MA. A native of Ghana Dan served in executive and pastoral roles in Ghana Croatia England and United States. He is the Executive Director of Africa Potential and a member of ‘Association Directors’ of Vision New England and author of No Longer Living as the Gentiles (T&T Clark, 2008) among other publications.

Dr. Batanayi I. Manyika is the Academic Dean at the South African Theological Seminary (SATS). He holds theological degrees from the University of Wales and Stellenbosch University and a Ph.D. in New Testament from SATS. His research interests are in Pauline literature Early Christianity the social world of the New Testament Christianity in Africa and Public Theology. Bat has been involved in church leadership in the UK Zimbabwe and South Africa. He is married to Vanesha and they live in the North of France.

Dr. Helen Nambalirwa Nkabala is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religion and Peace Studies College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Makerere University Uganda. She holds a Ph.D. (VID, Stavanger) an M.Phil. in Theology (Bergen) a Master of Arts in Peace and Reconciliation Studies (Coventry) a PGDE/ME in Educational Technologies (University of Cape Town) and a B.A. (Makerere).

Dr. Misheck Nyirenda is a Global Translation Advisor and Bible Translation Consultant

with the United Bible Societies, UK. He is also a Research Fellow at the University

of Free State. Formerly, he was an Associate Professor of Bible at Pan Africa Christian

University, Kenya. He holds a B.Th. (TTC, Zambia), a Dip. CS and MCS, OT (Regent College,

Vancouver, BC, Canada), an M.Th. Translation Studies (University of Free State, South

Africa), an M.Th. (Research) and a Ph.D. (New College, University of Edinburgh).