Jaime Clark-Soles has taught New Testament at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University since 2001. She received her B.A. from Stetson University where she studied Philosophy and Russian Studies.  She earned her M.Div. from Yale Divinity School and her Ph.D. in New Testament from Yale University.  Her specialties include "The Gospel of John" and "Evil, Suffering, Death, and Afterlife in the New Testament."

She is the author of Engaging the Word: The New Testament and the Christian Believer (WJK, 2010), Death and Afterlife in the New Testament (T&T Clark, 2006), and Scripture Cannot Be Broken (E.J. Brill, 2003). Dr. Clark-Soles enjoys speaking widely and writing for both academic and popular audiences. She has contributed articles to preaching resources in print and online (including Feasting on the Word and workingpreacher.org). She also writes and speaks about teaching the Bible effectively (especially using resources from popular culture).  Currently, she is writing a book on the Gospel of John as well as a book on Women in the Bible for the Interpretation series (WJK Press). Dr. Clark-Soles appears in the Johannine videos in the Disciple Bible Study series.

As an ordained American Baptist minister, Rev. Clark-Soles has served in both parish and hospice settings. She is a member at Church in the Cliff in Dallas, TX.

"The word delightful rarely attaches itself to an introduction to New Testament study, but Engaging the Word is an exception.  Clark-Soles surveys a handful of crucial topics (including translation, the study of the Gospels and Paul, the historical Jesus debate and interpretative politics) in a way that is substantive, accessible, and respectful of her audience.  This would be an excellent resource for church groups seeking an alternative to the next media frenzy about Jesus and early Christianity.

Beverly Roberts Gaventa, Professor of New Testament literature and exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary, in The Christian Century, October 18, 2011, page 22.