Mark Wilson (D.Litt. et Phil., South Africa) is the founder and director of the Asia Minor Research Center in Antalya, Turkey, a country in which he and his wife Dindy have lived since 2004. He is Visiting Professor of Early Christianity at Regent University, Associate Professor Extraordinary of New Testament at Stellenbosch University, and Research Fellow in Biblical Archaeology at the University of South Africa. He serves as the English editor of the Turkish archaeological journals Adalya and Anmed and also blogs online for the Bible History Daily. He is the author and editor of numerous books, articles, and reviews including the “Acts” section for the forthcoming ESV Archaeology Study Bible. Wilson is a member of twelve academic societies including the Society of Biblical Literature, the Evangelical Theological Association, the Institute of Biblical Research, and the New Testament Society of South Africa. His particular research interests are the ancient Jewish communities, Roman roads, and biblical history in Turkey. He has been married to Dindy for forty years; they have four adult children, four granddaughters, and four grandsons.
