William P. Brown is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA, and an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Bill has also taught at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA, and at Emory University in Atlanta. He is the author of several books and numerous essays in biblical studies, including The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and The Ecology of Wonder, and Seeing the Psalms: A Theology of Metaphor.