Robin Griffith-Jones was born in London, England, in 1956 and holds one of the most historic positions in the Anglican Church.

Robin's next book on the New Testament is The Gospel according to Paul, Harper San Francisco 2004. " Griffith-Jones's brilliant ability to set Paul and his letters within context is the key that will enable readers to gain great rewards." - Dr David G Burke, Dean Emeritus, NIDA Institute for Biblical Scholarship/American Bible Society.

The son of the well-known lawyer Mervyn Griffith-Jones, prosecutor of the famous "Lady Chatterley's Lover" case, Robin was not the first child to resist the encouragement of a father to follow in his footsteps.

As Robin describes, "The more my father spoke of my future as an attorney, the more recalcitrant I became. He spoke of law, so I buried myself in the classics -- until that seemed unduly conformist, and I jumped horses (with disastrous results) to mathematics and philosophy."

To the church official who first assessed young Robin's vocation, he described himself as a rebel. There was a bemused silence as the church official surveyed Robin's biography: Westminster, an old-established private school in London; New College at Oxford; and a job with the fine art auctioneers Christie's.

"A rebel?" the official asked. "What on earth are you rebelling against?"

Having left the Christian faith during his youth, Robin's journey back to the church began with his experience of hearing Michael Green lecture on the gospels while at Oxford. So taken was he by this chance encounter with the gospels that he became a volunteer for Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India, and a dedicated worker for the homeless in London. After seminary training at Cambridge, his first post as an ordained minister was in a public housing project, Cantril Farm in Liverpool whose sad reputation was summed up in its local nickname: Cannibal Farm.