J. Webb Mealy holds a PhD in Biblical Studies from the University of Sheffield, England, and is an experienced editor of academic books in biblical studies. A Christian theologian, biblical scholar, and peace activist, he makes his home in West Oakland, California. #13; #13; Trained as a scholar of New Testament and biblical studies, J. Webb Mealy discovered his passion for biblical translation as an undergraduate at Westmont College, where he translated the Gospel of John. #13; #13; After completing undergraduate degrees in Religious Studies and Philosophy at Westmont, an MA in Humanities at Western Kentucky University, and a PhD in biblical Studies (emphasis in New Testament) at the University of Sheffield in England, he became Senior Biblical Studies Editor and then Managing Editor at Sheffield Academic Press, which during his tenure was the leading academic biblical studies publishing house in the world. There he commissioned three series and numerous individual titles and edited numerous of articles and technical books involving biblical Greek.#13; #13; He is author of an influential scholarly monograph on the millennium and judgment of Revelation 20: After the Thousand Years: Resurrection and Judgment in Revelation 20 (JSNTSup, 70; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1992).

#13; #13; In 1995 he left Sheffield in order to participate in the development of an experimental Christian community in Oakland, California. Since then, Webb has focused on translating the New Testament, writing theology, teaching in an urban training center for Christian lay people, building spiritual community, and managing a website that he designed to help individuals identify and begin recovering from process addictions. He has supported these activities for many years as a freelance consultant in forensic analysis and multimedia design and communications. #13; #13; Between 2005 and 2008 he developed SENT, an entirely new translation of the New Testament into Spoken English, refining and testing his work through liturgical reading, church small group reading, and more than a dozen specially convened reading focus groups.#13; #13; In January of 2009 he became President and Executive Director of Share First Oakland, Incorporated, a charitable organization devoted to solving, by direct service and education, the food insecurity problems of Oakland's most vulnerable constituencies, such as the homeless, people in life recovery from substance addictions, women and children fleeing domestic violence, and low income seniors.#13; #13; Webb enjoys wilderness camping, nature photography, peace and social justice activism through public art, and innovation towards sustainable living patterns.