Rev. Dr. Strawn is professor of Old Testament at Candler School of Theology. He has a special interest in ancient Near Eastern iconography, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Israelite religion, comparative Semitic philology, legal traditions of the Old Testament, and Old Testament theology. He has published articles in journals such as Revue de Qumran, Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, The Asbury Theological Journal, The Journal of Biblical Literature, Vetus Testamentum, Perspectives in Religious Studies, Ugarit-Forschungen, Teaching Theology and Religion, Homiletic, Journal for Preachers, Journal of Theological Interpretation, Biblica, Theology Today, Revue Biblique and Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. Dr. Strawn is on the editorial board of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly and the Journal of Biblical Literature. He is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church (North Georgia Conference) and one of the Old Testament editors for the Common English Bible.