Johan Ferreira has taught biblical languages and exegesis for more than thirty years at various Bible colleges and universities. He is the author of several scholarly books, including Theological Education: Discipleship and Suffering (2020), Micah: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary (2017), Early Chinese Christianity: The Tang Christian Monument and Other Documents (2014), Biblical Hebrew: Essential Vocabulary, Grammar and Syntax for Exegesis (2008), New Testament Greek: Essential Vocabulary, Grammar and Syntax for Exegesis (2010), The Hymn of the Pearl: The Syriac and Greek Texts with Introduction, Translations, and Notes (2002), and Johannine Ecclesiology (1998).