Gard Granerød is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (Oslo). He is the author of Dimensions of Yahwism in the Persian Period: Studies in the Religion and Society of the Judaean Community at Elephantine (de Gruyter, 2016), which explores the religion and society of the Judean colony at Elephantine, and Abraham and Melchizedek: Scribal Activity of Second Temple Times in Genesis 14 and Psalm 110 (de Gruyter, 2010), which discusses the background and development of Gen 14 and Ps 110. He is currently writing on the book of Lamentations.