Christopher Zeichmann received his PhD from St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto and teaches at Emmanuel College in the University of Toronto and Ryerson University. He is editor of the forthcoming book Essential Essays for the Study of the Military in New Testament Palestine with Wipf and Stock Press. His research has been published in Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, New Testament Studies, Early Christianity, Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, The Bible and Critical Theory, various other journals, and several collected volumes. He also created and runs the Database of Military Inscriptions and Papyri of Early Roman Palestine.