John BartonJOHN BARTON is a theologian who served as the Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford in England for 23 years, and has been an ordained and serving priest in the Church of England since 1973. He hs studied and taught the Bible throughout his academic career, and has written many books on it including Ethics in Ancient Israel, and The Bible: The Basics. He is the editor in chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. He lives in Abingdon, United Kingdom. Read More Read Less