Allen Brent is a Professor of Early Christian History and Literature, currently at University of London, King's College. His work explores the interface between Early Christianity and Classical Culture, with particular emphasis on non literary iconographical and epigraphic sources that illuminate the literary evidence. Born in the East End of London during the Second World War, following education at an East End London Grammar School and evening classes, he studied at Emmanuel College Cambridge, and subsequently at the Universities of London and Leeds. His DD, awarded for examination of the corpus of his published works, he received in 1998 from the University of Cambridge