Boda is professor of Old Testament, McMaster Divinity College. He has authored twelve books, edited nineteen volumes of collected essays, and written over 100 articles on various topics related to the OT and Christian theology.
Barker is assistant professor of biblical studies at Heritage College, and author of From the Depths of Despair to the Promise of Presence: A Rhetorical Reading of the Book of Joel (Eisenbrauns, 2014).