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Dr. N. Blake Hearson is associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Midwestern Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. He is currently the book review editor of the Midwestern Journal of Theology and served as the managing editor in the past. He has served as an associate pastor of small groups at Crossroads Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio and is a member of the faculty at Columbia Evangelical Seminary and has taught at Hebrew Union College. He has done special lectures on Sacred Space and the Dead Sea Scrolls and does occasional guest speaking at churches and conferences. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters, Emma and Claire. He earned his doctorate and a Master of Philosophy degree in Hebraic and Cognate Studies from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also holds a Master of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts and the Master and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Wheaton College, in Wheaton, Illinois. He is co-editor of and contributor to the book Coffee Shop Conversations: Evangelical Perspectives on Current Issues. He has published articles and reviews, presented papers, and contributed to the Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary. He is also the editor-in-chief of the Old Testament of the Modern English Version Bible and is the author of Go Now to Shiloh: God’s Changing Relationship with Sacred Places (B&H, forthcoming).