Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts is a historian and biblical scholar who serves as Professor Emeritus at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA. He is the author of several bestselling National Geographic publications, including The Biblical World, In the Footsteps of Jesus, Who’s Who in the Bible, and The Archaeology of the Bible. He is the writer/director of a 15-part video series called “Searching for the Historical Jesus,” shot on location in Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Turkey. His new book, America’s Fractured Kingdom: Healing the Rift Between the Christian Right and Left, is scheduled to be published in the Spring of 2023.