J. Daniel Hays (PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is dean of the Pruet School of Christian Studies and professor of Old Testament at Ouachita Baptist University. He is the author of From Every People and Nation , The Message of the Prophets , The Temple and the Tabernacle , and A Christian's Guide to Evidence for the Bible: 101 Proofs from History and Archaeology . He has coauthored or coedited Grasping God's Word ; Journey into God's Word ; Preaching God's Word ; The Baker Illustrated Bible Background Commentary ; Jeremiah and Lamentations ; The Story of Israel: A Biblical Theology ; and God's Relational Presence: The Cohesive Center of Biblical Theology . He teaches adult Sunday School at his local church in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and also speaks both regionally and internationally.