Dr. Hans Bayer earned his M.A. and M.Div. from Ashland Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. He taught for ten years at the German Theological Seminary in Giessen, where he also planted and copastored a church. Since then, he has served as professor of New Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Bayer has published English and German monographs, essays, and dictionary articles, primarily on the Gospels and the book of Acts.