Arthur J. Dewey is a distinguished teacher, writer, translator and commentator. He is co-founder of the Healing Deadly Memories Program, a unique project that conducts workshops on how to deal with the question of anti-Semitism in the New Testament. A specialist on the historical Jesus and the Gospels, he has also taught and written extensively on Paul, the Gospel of Peter, the Gospel of Thomas, the Acts of John, and on the oral, written and electronic gospel. He served as co-chair of the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media Group of the Society of Biblical Literature and was the recipient of a Wheeler Grant for investigating and reporting on Religion in the Media, a seminar surveying the use and abuse of religion in print journalism. His poetry has appeared in the Christian Century. His poetic perspective, on the Saturday Morning Edition, has been heard for over a dozen years on the Public Radio Station WVXU (91.7) in Cincinnati.