Izaak J. de Hulster is university researcher and docent at the University of Helsinki. One of his specializations is the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible through its contemporary visual culture. He is founding cochair of the SBL Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Bible program units. He is the author of—among others—Iconographic Exegesis and Third Isaiah (Mohr Siebeck, 2009) and editor (with Brent Strawn and Ryan Bonfiglio) of Iconographic Exegesis of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: An Introduction to Its Method and Practice (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015).