Annette Merz, currently works as Professor of New Testament at the Protestant Theological University (Amsterdam & Groningen, NL). Annette does research on the New Testament and Early Christianity. She has published on the Historical Jesus and the Gospels, on early Christian Pseudepigraphy (esp. the Pastoral Epistles) and the Acts of Paul and Thecla. She uses many approaches, e.g. (socio-)historical and literary methods, esp. those who are interested in the role of the ancient/modern reader. She is a trained conducter of bibliodrama and does research on the way, bibliodrama works and can enrich personal spirituality and exegetical research alike.