Stanley E. Porter is an award-winning editor and author. He has edited over forty volumes, including the Handbook of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period (1997), the Handbook to Exegesis of the New Testament (1997) and, with Craig Evans, the Dictionary of New Testament Background (2000). He has also written ten books, including Early Christianity and its Sacred Literature (2000) with Lee McDonald and The Criteria for Authenticity in Historical-Jesus Research (2000). He is President, Dean and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.