Sebastian Moll was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1980. He studied theology at the universities of Bonn and Lausanne, obtaining a doctorate in 2009 from the University of Edinburgh (UK). Since then he is a professor at the Faculty of Theology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.

His research focuses on the origins of Christianity, particularly in relations between orthodoxy and heresy.

In addition to journal articles, include the following works: Die christliche Eroberung des Alten Testaments (The Christian conquest of the Old Testament), 2012; and war kein Vegetarier Jesus (Jesus was not a vegetarian), 2012.