“Matthew, apostle of Jesus Christ, to the churches” in the body of the Gospels. Yet this is not as significant as it might seem at first. R. T. France has pointed out that most books even today would have to be considered formally anonymous by this standard.1 Authors rarely identify themselves in the body of the work, unless the work is an autobiography. Instead, they identify themselves on the cover of the book and the title page. Authors of ancient books sometimes identified themselves by name