Middendorf, Michael P.: - Michael P. Middendorf is Professor of Theology at Concordia University, Irvine, California. He is the author of several books and articles including The ""I"" in the Storm: A Study of Romans 7 and ""The Bud Has Flowered: Trinitarian Theology in the New Testament."" He also serves on the Commission on Theology and Church Relations of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Mark Schuler is Professor of Theology, Greek, and Archaeology at Concordia University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, and codirector of the Hippos/Sussita Excavations in Israel for whom he has coauthored five volumes of excavation reports published by the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa.