Thomas Shepherd, PhD, DrPH, is senior research professor of New Testament at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan. He has taught New Testament for 30 years. He and his family have been missionaries in Malawi, Africa, and Brazil, South America. He and his wife, Sherry Shepherd, MD, have two grown children and six grandchildren. Dr. Shepherd is a cellist, power walker, cyclist, weight lifter, and amateur astronomer.