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John Byron Ph.D. (University of Durham) is Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary. He is the author of Slavery Metaphors in Early Judaism and Pauline Christianity (Mohr Siebeck, 2003), Recent Research on Paul and Slavery (Sheffield Phoenix, 2008), as well as a number of scholarly articles. His more recent work has focuses on Jewish and Christian interpretations of the Cain and Abel story (Brill, 2011). In addition to teaching and research Byron is an active participant in the Tel-Gezer excavation project. You can interact with John Byron on his blog The Biblical World (http://thebiblicalworld.blogspot.com).