André LACOCQUE (1927-present) was born in Liège, Belgium. He earned a PhD in Jewish Literature in 1957 and a ThD in Old Testament in 1961, both from the University of Strasbourg (France).He was married Claire Tournay who is now deceased.He taught in Brussels, at the Faculté Protestante Universitaire de Bruxelles, from 1957 to 1968, after studies and research at the Rabbinic School of Paris, the University of Strasbourg, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he visited two separate times -- 1951-53 and 1961-62.From 1969-1999, he taught at the Chicago Theological Seminary where he was Professor of Hebrew Scriptures and Founding Director of the Center of Jewish-Christian Studies.He also taught at Spertus College of Judaica in Chicago from 1969 to 1971. Dr. André LaCocque has authored many books and articles in French and English. He coauthored THINKING BIBLICALLY with Paul Ricoeur which was published by University of Chicago Press in 1998. The book won the prestigious University of Chicago Gordon J. Laing Prize (1999). This book is translated into nine foreign languages.The latest book so far is a positional reflection upon the historical person of Jesus and is entitled Jesus the Central Jew, his Times and his People (Atlanta: SBL/ECL, 2015).