Mary Smith

Biography

Dr. Mary Katherine Smith

Mary has had several specialized, published or presented interests in HB/OT research: ancient Near Eastern contexts; Assyrians in the OT; Girardian theory; geoarchaeology and the Bible; archaeology and the Bible; narratology; prophetic literature; chiasmus; the books of Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Isaiah, and Jonah; the use of the OT in the NT; psychology and the Bible; and—yes—even Baby Yoda, Christmas, and the HB. These days, Mary is far more interested in the application of the Scriptures to one’s life and relationship to God, Church, and the world, while greatly respecting the need to understand what the Bible says before presuming to apply it. Dr. Smith has had the privilege of traveling to forty countries, many of which she has taught, lectured, or served in (as well as learned from), and she is the author of The Characterization of the Assyrians in Isaiah: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives (LHBOTS); The Characterization of an Empire: The Portrayal of the Assyrians in Kings and Chronicles (Pickwick, Wipf and Stock); and When Grandma Looked at the Moon: A Memoir of Generations, Faith, and Life (Resource Publications, Wipf and Stock). Mary and her husband, Nate, reside in the mountains of California and are active members in their local Orthodox church.