Francis J. Moloney, SDB (1940 - 2025) studied at the Salesian Pontifical University, at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, both in Rome, and at the University of Oxford. He was foundation professor of theology at Australian Catholic University, dean and professor of New Testament at the Catholic University of America, a member of the Order of Australia, and a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He also served as senior professorial fellow at the Catholic Theological College in Melbourne, Australia, a part of the ecumenical University of Divinity. Moloney is the author of more than forty books, including Reading Revelation at Easter Time; Life of Jesus in Icons: From the Bible of Tbilisi; and The Gospel of John in the Sacra Pagina series published by Liturgical Press.