Dr. Daniel Smith-Christopher is a Professor of Biblical Studies and has taught Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at Loyola Marymount University since 1989. A frequent speaker and teacher in Catholic contexts, Daniel was recently an invited lecturer at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, where he taught on "The Book of Daniel". He likes unusual approaches to teaching Scripture, and one of his past workshops at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress was, "The Bible and the Blues" which was well attended and received by participants.