Kenton L. Sparks is Professor of Biblical Studies, Vice President of Enrollment Management, and Special Assistant to the President at Eastern University. He is the author of several books, including Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Israel (Eisenbrauns, 1998), Ancient Texts for the Study of the Hebrew Bible (Hendrickson, 2005), God’s Word in Human Words (Baker, 2008) and Sacred Word, Broken Word (Eerdmans, 2013). At present he is preparing a monographic treatment of Israelite origins for Oxford University Press.