Radiance Richardson is a doctoral student in Hebrew Bible. Her research interests include the transmission of visual symbolism in the ancient Levant and Egypt, biblical monsters, prophetic metaphors and the human-Divine relationship in ANE divinatory literature, and Caribbean hermeneutics in biblical interpretation. She has approached these topics through the lenses of postcolonial and trauma theory, considering questions of cultural exchange, identity, and the shaping of communal memory. Radiance received bachelor’s degrees in Religion and Psychology from Pepperdine University (2020), a M.A.R. in Hebrew Bible from Union Theological Seminary (2023), and a Master of Sacred Theology in Hebrew Bible from Union Theological Seminary (2024).

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