Jason P. Rosenblatt, Emeritus Professor of English at Georgetown University, is the author of John Selden: Scholar, Statesman, Advocate for Milton's Muse (Oxford, 2021), Renaissance England's Chief Rabbi: John Selden (Oxford, 2006), and Torah and Law in 'Paradise Lost' (Princeton, 1994); editor of Milton's Selected Poetry and Prose (W. W. Norton, 2011); and co-editor, with Joseph Sitterson, of a book on biblical narrative, 'Not in Heaven' (Indiana, 1991). He has held Guggenheim, Folger Library, and NEH fellowships. A recipient of the Milton Society of America's Hanford and (2) Shawcross awards, he was the Society's Honored Scholar for 2015.

Joshua Eckhardt, Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, wrote Manuscript Verse Collectors and the Politics of Anti-Courtly Love Poetry (OUP, 2009) and Religion Around John Donne (Penn State UP, 2019), which received a Distinguished Publication Award from the John Donne Society.