Brendan Byrne, SJ, is a professor of New Testament at Jesuit Theological College, within the United Faculty of Theology, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of" Romans" (1996) from the Sacra Pagina series, "Galatians and Romans" (2010), "A Costly Freedom: A Theological Reading of Mark's Gospe"l (2008), "Lifting the Burden: Reading Matthew's Gospel in the Church Today" (2004), and "Life Abounding: A Reading of John s Gospel "(2014), published by Liturgical Press.