[Review of the book Mel Gibson's Passion: The Film, the Controversy, and Its Implications, edited by Zev Garber]

Mark Goodacre is Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University. He specializes in the New Testament and Christian Origins. He earned his MA, M.Phil and DPhil at the University of Oxford. He has been at Duke since 2005.

His research interests include the Gospels and the Historical Jesus. Goodacre is the author of five books including The Case Against Q (Trinity Press International, 2002), Thomas and the Gospels (Eerdmans, 2012), and The Fourth Synoptic Gospel (Eerdmans, 2025). He is well known for creating web resources on New Testament and Christian origins, including his podcast, the NT Pod. Goodacre has acted as consultant for several TV and radio programs including The Passion (BBC / HBO, 2008) and Finding Jesus (CNN, 2015-17).