H. Gregory Snyder Ph.D. (1998), Yale University, is Professor of Religious Studies at Davidson College (Davidson, NC). He is the author of Teachers and Texts in the Ancient World (Routledge, 2000), as well as many articles on teachers in ancient Rome.

Christian Teachers in Second-Century Rome situates second-century Christian teachers such as Marcion, Justin, Valentinus and others in the social and intellectual context of the Roman urban environment, placing their teaching and textual activity in the midst of physicians, philosophers, and other religious experts.