Brent A. Strawn is D. Moody Smith Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and Professor of Law at Duke University. He has edited over twenty-five volumes to date, including the award-winning The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law (2015). He has authored over 250 articles, essays, and contributions to reference works, as well as six books, most recently The Incomparable God: Readings in Biblical Theology (2023). Strawn is an ordained elder in the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church and has appeared on CNN on matters ranging from Easter celebrations to Pope Francis to gun violence.