Coomber, Matthew J. M.: - Matthew J. M. Coomber is professor of biblical studies and theology at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, and an Episcopal priest. His research focuses on how biblical texts that challenge systemic poverty might provide tools for confronting modern injustice. His publications include Bible and Justice (2011) and The Common Good: A Biblical Ethos against Poverty (forthcoming). He is also co-editor of Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha (2014) and editor of the six-volume Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice Series Guide to the Bible and Economics (Cascade).