FEDERICO G. VILLANUEVA holds a PhD from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. He is the Publications Secretary of the Asia Theological Association and General Editor of the Asia Bible Commentary series. Dr. Villanueva teaches part-time in several institutions in the Philippines, including the Asia Graduate School of Theology, Loyola School of Theology in Ateneo Manila, and Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay. He is author of The Uncertainty of a Hearing: A Study of the Sudden Change of Mood in the Lament Psalms (Brill, 2008) and It's OK to be Not OK (OMF Literature, 2012).