recently, I co-edited the volume Torah Ethics and Early Christian Identity (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016). Besides composing other articles on this topic, I am currently working on a chapter for a volume in a series for Bloomsbury/T&T Clark on the reception of Paul in early Christianity. In one way or another, all of these research projects shed light on how the Jewish scriptures helped to frame the worldview, practices, and identity of early Christ-believers. Although I will continue to work in a similar area of research, I also hope to broaden my writing program over the next few years. At present, for example, I am working on a book that develops a biblical theology of vocation. This project arises out of my passion to see people more fully grounded in a biblical understanding of what it looks like to respond to the call of God. While the project charts a new direction for my research, it still revolves around the question of how the scriptures provide a framework for articulating the identity and practices of Christ-believers. Who has most influenced you as a scholar? Tells us a bit about it. Several people have influenced me over the years, but my dissertation supervisor, Stephen Westerholm, has played a particularly important role in my development. Steve always Susan Wendel is the associate professor of New Testament, as well as the interim dean of the seminary.