Herbert R. Marbury is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Black Religious Studies in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University. He researches textuality—particularly how biblical interpretations in communities of the Black Atlantic direct power. He holds a B.A. from Emory University, where he studied English literature and African American Studies. He completed his M.Div. at Gammon Theological Seminary in the Interdenominational Theological Center. He holds the Ph.D. in Religion from Vanderbilt University. Prior to joining the faculty at Vanderbilt, he served as University Chaplain at Clark Atlanta University and a pastor in The United Methodist Church. His most recent book, Pillars of Cloud and Fire: The Politics of Exodus in African American Biblical Interpretation (New York University Press, 2015), which won the Vanderbilt University Chancellor’s Award, focuses on the ways African American communities deploy scriptures to construct counter-narratives of political resistance as they negotiate ongoing oppression.