Join us for an academic lecture with Clay Smith.

Clay Smith is a Faculty Fellow in the Seaver College of Pepperdine University. He began his appointment last year after completing a PhD in religious studies at Baylor University with a focus upon the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. His dissertation looks at the relationship between Deuteronomy’s legal reasoning and Assyrian loyalty oaths. Among other outcomes, this project provides a venue for considering how ritual contributes to identity formation, which is a primary interest informing his larger research agenda. Clay has previously taught a variety of courses related to the Christian Scriptures at Baylor University, Harding School of Theology, and Harding University, and he is excited to continue sharing his love for the Christian Scriptures with students at Pepperdine.