Kenneth Bailey is an ordained Presbyterian minister and a well-respected New Testament scholar, teacher, and author. He has taught at seminaries and institutes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem, and Cyprus, as well as Pittsburgh and McCormick Presbyterian Seminaries and Fuller Seminary. His books include The Cross and the Prodigal, God Is?Dialogues on the Nature of God, Poet and Peasant, Through Peasant Eyes, and Finding the Lost: Cultural Keys to Luke 15.