TIMOTHY BEAL

Timothy Beal is the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion at Case Western Reserve University. He is the Editor-in-Chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts (in progress) and has published thirteen books, including The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book (2011). He has written essays on religion and culture for The Huffington PostThe Chronicle of Higher Education, and The New York Times, among others.