Risto Nurmela is Adjunct Professor at Åbo Akademi University. He received his Doctor of Divinity from Åbo Akademi University. In addition to this book he is the author of three scholarly works, including Prophets in Dialogue: Inner-Biblical Allusions in Zechariah 1-8 and 9-14, and The Levites: Their Emergence as a Second Class Priesthood.