Professor in the Dunn Chair of Biblical Interpretation at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Dr. Kampen is an internationally renowned scholar who has examined, interpreted, and published on the Dead Sea Scrolls.  He has written Wisdom Literature (2011), a volume in the Eerdmans Commentary Series on the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as numerous other books and articles on such topics as the Gospel of Matthew, the books of the Maccabees, Apocalypticism, and the Qumran community.  He has been twice named a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow to the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem.