Roy E. Gane is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Director of the Ph.D./Th.D. and M.Th. programs at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. Born in Sydney, Australia, he graduated from Pacific Union College in 1977 with a B.A. in theology and a B.Mus. in piano performance. He completed his M.A. (1983) and Ph.D. (1992) in Hebrew language and literature at the University of California and taught in the Religion Department of Pacific Union College from 1992-94 before moving to Andrews University.

Dr. Gane has authored a number of articles for scholarly and lay readers, Adult Bible Study Guides (Sabbath School quarterlies) on Judges (spring, 1996) and Isaiah (spring, 2004), and six books: God's Faulty Heroes (Review and Herald, 1996-on stories in Judges); Altar Call (Diadem, 1999-how to interact with Christ in His sanctuary), Ritual Dynamic Structure (Gorgias Press, 2004); the Leviticus, Numbers volume of the NIV Application Commentary series (Zondervan, 2004); Cult and Character: Purification Offerings, Day of Atonement, and Theodicy (Eisenbrauns, 2005); Who's Afraid of the Judgment? (Pacific Press, 2006-how God's judgment reveals His character), as well as the Leviticus portion of the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary on the Old Testament (forthcoming). Having specialized in the biblical sanctuary services, Gane is particularly interested in applying insights from them to modern spiritual life and to the SDA understanding of how Christ saves His people. He has often spoken at camp meetings and workers' meetings.

Dr. Gane's interest in the ancient Near East is shared by his wife, Connie Clark Gane. Together they have studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and participated in archaeological excavations in Iraq and Jordan. Connie is in the dissertation phase of her Ph.D. in Mesopotamian archaeology at the University of California, Berkeley, and is teaching in the Seminary. The Ganes have a teenage daughter, Sarah, and live in Berrien Center, Michigan with two dogmatic dogs, two cats, a chicken, and a duck.

 Altar Call DVD