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Obery HendricksObery Hendricks
Professor of Biblical Interpretation
New York Theological Seminary
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Obery Hendricks is a Professor of Biblical Interpretation at the New York Theological Seminary. He earned his M.Div. at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he was later a visiting scholar, and his Ph.D. at Princeton University. He has served as a professor at Drew University and as president of Payne Theological Seminary. He is an Ordained Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the author of The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus' Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted and Living Water, a novel.