David Gunn is A. A. Bradford Professor Emeritus of Religion at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. Among his many publications are The Story of King David (Sheffield Academic, 1978), Gender, Power, and Promise (Abingdon, 1993), and Judges Through the Centuries (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005). He has long pursued research interests in Hebrew Bible narrative, feminist criticism, and the use and influence (reception history) of the Bible in Western culture. He is currently working on Samuel Through the Centuries for the Wiley-Blackwell commentary series, of which he is a coeditor.