Herbert R. Marbury is associate professor of Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt Divinity School. His research centers on how biblical texts come to meaning both in the ancient world and in modern US communities. His first book Imperial Dominion and Priestly Genius(Sopher Press, 2012) focuses on Judah under Persian and Hellenistic imperial domination. His recent book, Pillars of Cloud and Fire: The Politics of Exodus in African American Biblical Interpretation (New York University Press, 2015), recovers trajectories of counter-history in African American biblical interpretation.