Presidential Voices The Society of Biblical Literature in the Twentieth Century

Harold W. Attridge is Dean of the Yale Divinity School and the Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament. In addition to serving as SBL president in 2001, he has authored and edited numerous works, including Hebrews: A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews (Fortress) and Psalms in Community (co-edited with Margot Fassler; Society of Biblical Literature).

James C. VanderKam is John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Notre Dame and the current editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature. In addition to editing volumes in the DJD series, he has authored, among others, An Introduction to Early Judaism (Eerdmans) and From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile (Augsburg Fortress).