Professor John S. Kloppenborg is a professor in the Department for the Study of Religion in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto. He is a specialist in second Temple Judaism, Greco-Roman culture, Judean culture and early Christian origins, particularly the early Jesus movement in the land of Israel/Palestine. He is a scholar of the Q document and the Synoptic Problem, and explores the social world of the early Jesus movement, cultic associations, and the significance of Jesus' parables. With all of his expertise at the intersection of ancient Mediterranean society with early Christian developments, Kloppenborg is regarded as one of Canada’s foremost experts on Christian origins.