About the Author:
BRYAN BALL

Retired academic, church administrator and author. With a PhD from the University of London, he has contributed to The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and The Encyclopaedia of World Faiths, among other publications, and is the co-editor of The Essential Jesus.

Originally from the United Kingdom, Dr Ball is now an Australian citizen and, with his wife, Dawn, lives in the Lake Macquarie region, New South Wales, Australia.