Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

Daniel L. Smith-Christopher (born 1955) is an American Hebrew Bible scholar and author. He is Professor of Theological Studies and Director of New Zealand Study Abroad Programs at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and is frequently quoted on the History Channel's religious programs.

Early life and education Smith-Christopher was born on 12 April 1955 in Portland, Oregon. He attended George Fox College (B.A.); Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, Indiana; M.Div.) and received his doctorate in Old Testament Studies at Oxford University in England, in 1987.

Career Since 1989 he has taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Smith-Christopher lectures frequently for various adult education venues of the Roman Catholic, United Methodist, Uniting Church in Australia, and other Christian churches. He is frequently quoted in the History Channel's Mysteries of the Bible and other documentaries on religious themes for A&E, the History Channel, National Geographic, and PBS. on a live presentation and program comparing Blues music with the Book of Lamentations, during which Pearl performs blues selections, as well as working with Zydeco and Flamenco musicians on thematic comparisons between these musical forms and Biblical themes. Smith-Christopher was invited to write the entry on "Blues" for the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts.

Works The Religion of the Landless (1989) The Citizen-Temple Community, Joel Weinberg (Translated from German by Daniel Smith-Christopher, 1994) Commentary on Daniel (for The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. 7: Abingdon Press, Nashville, 1996) Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah (Oxford Bible Commentary, 2001) Practiced in the Presence: Essays in Honor of T. Canby Jones (with D. N. Snarr, 1994) Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Nonviolence in Religious Traditions (1998) A Biblical Theology of Exile (Overtures to Biblical Theology) (2002) The Old Testament: Our Call to Faith and Justice - High School Textbook (2005) The Old Testament: Our Call to Faith and Justice-Teachers Edition (with Janie Gustafson, Ph.D., 2005) Jonah, Jesus, and Other Good Coyotes: Speaking Peace to Power in the Bible (2007) Lost Books of the Bible for Dummies (with Stephen Spignesi, 2008) Micah: A Commentary (The Old Testament Library), 2015