Dr. Havilah Dharamraj is a faculty member in Old Testament at the South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) in Bangalore, India. Her academic degrees include an MS in biochemistry, an MA in Christianity, and a PhD in Old Testament. Her areas of academic interest include Old Testament narrative, reception-centred intertextuality that engages texts across the biblical canon, and comparative literature that brings biblical texts intro conversation with the sacred texts of other faiths. She encourages the retrieval of traditional methods of storytelling for use in preaching.