Erhard S. Gerstenberger, Professor of Old Testament at Philipps-Universität Marburg, received his Ph.D. in 1961 from the University of Bonn, where he studied under such luminaries as Martin Noth and Otto Plöger. Since then he has authored numerous articles, essays, and books, including Der bittende Mensch: Bittritual und Klagelied des Einzelnen im Alten Testament (WMANT; 1980), Psalms: Part 1, with an Introduction to Cultic Poetry (FOTL; 1988), Das 3. Buch Mose: Leviticus (ATD; 1993), Yahweh the Patriarch (1996), Psalms: Part 2, with Lamentations (FOTL; 2001), and Theologies in the Old Testament (2002).