Joel Willitts, Ph.D. (Cambridge University), is Professor in the Biblical and Theological Studies Department at North Park University in Chicago, IL. Joel has researched and published books, essays and journal articles about the Jewish context of the New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew, John and Revelation, Galatians and Messianic Judaism. He is currently working on projects on Davidic Christology in the New Testament and a brief biography on Herod the Great.