vănThanh Nguyễn, S.V.D. (STD, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome) is Professor of New Testament Studies and the holder of the Francis X. Ford, M.M., Chair of Catholic Missiology at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, U.S.A. He has authored several books and numerous articles, including Stories of Early Christianity and “Acts” in The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the 21st Century.