Neil Snyder, author of HIS NAME IS YAHWEH, has a Ph.D. degree from the University of Georgia, and he taught at the University of Virginia for 25 years before retiring in 2004. Currently, he is the Ralph A. Beeton Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He served as deacon at Milledge Avenue Baptist Church in Athens, Georgia while working on his doctorate and at Crozet Baptist Church in Crozet, Virginia while teaching at the University of Virginia.