John Byron is Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary. He completed undergraduate studies at Elim Bible Institute in Lima NY, an M.A. at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA, a year of post-graduate work at Jerusalem University College in Jerusalem, Israel and a Ph.D. at the University of Durham in the UK. He is the author of six books and more than 30 articles. He served as a translator for the Common English Bible, is a regular columnist for Biblical Archaeology Review and excavated at Tel-Gezer in Israel. He has been married to Lori Byron since 1990. They spend their free time cycling and traveling together.
