Dr. Joshua Bowen holds a BS in Religion from Liberty University, a ThM in Old Testament from Capital Bible Seminary, an MA in Ancient Near Eastern Studies and a PhD in Assyriology (with a minor in Hebrew Bible) from the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Bowen has written books and articles in the fields of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, including The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament, Did the Old Testament Endorse Slavery? Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian, Learn to Read Ancient Hebrew, Learn to Read Ancient Akkadian, and a commentary on the book of Leviticus (forthcoming). He teaches courses on ancient languages, including learning how to read Sumerian, Akkadian, and Biblical Hebrew. He spends a great deal of time on social media engaging with Christian apologetics, including topics in the Hebrew Bible like intertextuality, slavery, rape, and divine commands of violence and genocide.