Conspectus

Dustin Burlet, Millar Bible College (MB)

Moses Vongjen, Theological College of Northern Nigeria

Rev. Dr. Reuben Turbi Luka (PhD, ECWA Theological Seminary, Jos) is a Senior Lecturer at the ECWA Theological Seminary, Jos (JETS) in Farin Gada, Jos, Nigeria. His current research interests include African Ancestral Christology, African Public Theological Discourse, Christian engagement with the Society, Christian Apologetics, and Worldview. He serves as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at ECWA Theological Seminary, Jos (JETS).

Mr. Kevin Muriithi Ndereba (PhDc, University of South Africa; to graduate end of 2021) lectures in youth ministry, theology, and apologetics at Pan Africa Christian University. He is the current secretary for the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology (ASET) and has contributed to the International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry (IASYM). He worked as an electrical engineer before pursuing his call to pastoral ministry and theological education, currently serving with the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.

Rev. Isaac Boaheng recently completed a PhD program (awaiting graduation) at the University of the Free State, South Africa, where he also serves as a Research Fellow. He holds a Master of Theology degree from the South African Theological Seminary and a Master of Divinity degree from the Trinity Theological Seminary, Accra, Ghana. Boaheng serves the Christian Service University College, Ghana and has over fifty publications in Translation Studies, Systematic Theology, Biblical Studies, Methodist Studies and African Christianity, among others.

Dr. Christopher Porter, PhD (Ridley College, ACT) is a New Testament scholar working as postdoctoral research fellow at Trinity College University Theological School of Divinity. Originally trained in Psychology at the Australian National University, he brings a Social Identity (Tajfel & Turner, et al.) framework to the consideration of the biblical text and theology. His recent work has been in the identity formative function of the Fourth Gospel in the context of a post-Temple milieu and the particular environment of religious enmity in the first and twenty-first century.

Dr. Cornelia van Deventer obtained her PhD in New Testament from Stellenbosch University in 2018. Her dissertation explored a drama-critical reading of John’s prologue and crucifixion scenes. Her research interests lie in the literary dimensions of the Fourth Gospel, including its rhetorical effect(s) in the lives of its hearers. Cornelia serves as a senior lecturer and the coordinator of Faculty Research at the South African Theological Seminary. She has also recently taken over as editor of Conspectus.

Dr. Bill Domeris is a Senior Academic at South Africa Theological Seminary and a Research Fellow from the University of the Free State. He wrote his doctorate under the supervision of the late Professor Kingsley Barrett, on the Holy One of God (John 6:69). His studies range across the testaments, from Deuteronomy, through Amos and Jeremiah, to the Gospels including, of course, the Gospel of John. His present research interests include re-reading the Beatitudes in the light of their intertexts and the Shame-Honour reversals of the marginalized in the Psalms.

Prof. Dan Lioy is a professor of biblical theology at the Institute of Lutheran Theology, a senior research academic at the South African Theological Seminary, and a project faculty advisor at Portland Seminary.

Rev. Dr. Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh holds a PhD in New Testament Studies. He is a Senior Lecturer and also the Acting Rector of Perez University College and adjunct faculty at Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon Ghana. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Ghana Association of Biblical Exegetes (GABES), Missiological Society of Ghana (MSG), West Africa Association of Theological Institutions (WAATI), and Institute for Biblical Scholarship in Africa (IBSA). His recent publications include, Biblical, Traditional, and Theological Framework for Understanding Christian Prophetism in Ghana Today (2019) and Ethnicity, Miracle, and Lepers in Luke: Inner Texture Analysis of Luke 17:11–19, in Troubling Topics, Sacred Texts: Readings in Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Qur’an (2021), edited by Roberta Sterman Sabbath.

Dr. Tony Costa serves as Professor of Islam and Apologetics at Toronto Baptist Seminary, instructor at the University of Toronto in Gospel Studies and Archaeology of the Bible and the Near East, and adjunct Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis, Systematic Theology, and Christian Apologetics at Providence Theological Institute, Franklin, Tennessee.

PhD in Linguistics (UCLA), Dr. Lynell Zogbo has served for over 30 years as a translation consultant with United Bible Societies in West Africa. Co-author of many UBS translation handbooks and translation-related articles in English and French, she has taught at FATEAC in Abidjan, UFS, and Jerusalem Center for Bible Translation. She has recently joined the South African Theological Seminary as a thesis supervisor.

Prof. Elizabeth Mburu (Liz) is the Regional Coordinator of Langham Literature in Africa. She is an Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek and teaches part-time at Pan Africa Christian University, Kenya and is an extraordinary researcher at Northwest University’s Faculty of Theology (Subgroup: African Spiritualities and Leadership), Mahikeng, SA. She completed her PhD in New Testament at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, NC. She is the author of Qumran and the Origins of Johannine Language and Symbolism, African Hermeneutics, several chapters in various books, and numerous articles. She is currently on the Africa Bible Commentary Board as the NT editor, chairperson of the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology, and co-convenor of the Africa Baptist Theological Education Network.

Dr. Lydia McGrew is a widely published analytic philosopher and the author of Hidden in Plain View: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Acts, The Mirror or the Mask: Liberating the Gospels from Literary Devices, and The Eye of the Beholder: The Gospel of John as Historical Reportage.

Prof. Paul N. Anderson serves as Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies at George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon. He also holds the position of Extraordinary Professor of Religion at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.