Mary Katherine Y. H. Hom-Smith (PhD, University of Cambridge) is currently on faculty with Multnomah Biblical Seminary at Jessup University and Pillar Seminary. She has published in various scholarly journals (including Vetus Testamentum, Novum Testamentum, Journal of Biblical Literature, Biblische Notizen, and Journal of the Adventist Theological Society), lectured and taught in numerous countries, and been featured in biblical studies podcast interviews. She is also the author of The Characterization of the Assyrians in Isaiah and The Characterization of an Empire.