Often referred to as the “British Indiana Jones,” Tudor Parfitt is President Navon Professor of Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies at Florida International University and Emeritus Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies. The author or editor of twenty-six books, among them many best-sellers and award-winners, he has also presented documentaries for the BBC, PBS, Channel Four, the History Channel, and Netflix. His latest book is Black Jews in Africa and the Americas (Harvard University Press,2013), and his latest documentary is Secrets of the Bible.