What if you had a guidebook that you could turn to at each stage of your academic journey to help you navigate through the process of getting a Ph D in Biblical Studies and succeeding in the academic world? Prepare, Succeed, Advance is precisely intended to fill that need. From theory to practice, you will find discussions and answers to the most pertinent and pressing questions that prospective and current doctoral students are faced with. Alongside the questions about the process, there are also smaller matters. This guidebook tackles all of these questions and many more in three parts: Prepare focuses on getting into a Ph D program; Succeed guides you through the doctoral program, especially the writing of the dissertation; and Advance treats issues that relate to success in the academic world.