DANIEL M. PATTE, General Editor of "Global Bible Commentary, is professor of New Testament and early Christianity at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Patte was general editor of "Semeia: An Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism, of the Society of Biblical Literature (1992-98). He is now on the editorial boards of "The Bulletin of Contextual Theology in Southern Africa and of "Chinese Christianity: An Experimental Journal of Bible, Theology and Culture.