Andrew Bernhard graduated Magna cum Laude from Willamette University in 1998. As a Religious Studies major focusing on early Christianity, he studied classical Greek (Koine and Attic) for four years. He was awarded Willamette's Dr. Norman A. Huffman Religious Studies Scholarship award for both the 1996-97 and 1997-98 school years and was inducted into the University's Phi Beta Kappa chapter in 1998. He established and maintains gospels.net, an award-winning, online resource featuring introductions, fresh translations, annotated bibliography and links for canonical, non-canonical and hypothetical gospels from the first two centuries.