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Department of Ancient Scripture
Religious Education

Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature
Brigham Young University

Classes Scheduled Summer 2008

• Rel 211, New Testament Gospels
  • section 1 (MTuWTh 9:00-9:50 a.m., 179 JSB)
  • section 2 (MTuWTh 10:00-10:50 a.m., 179 JSB)
• ClCv 241, Greek and Roman Mythology
  • section 1 (MW 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., B152 JFSB)

Late Summer Honors 2008

• Hon P 100, The Lamb and The Lion: The Revelation of Jesus Christ in the Writings of John
  • section 6

Classes Scheduled Fall 2008

• ClCv 363, Judaism and Christianity in the Classical Near East
  • section 1 (MWF 4:00-4:50 p.m., 2113 JKB)
• Greek 311, Gospel of Mark
  • section 1 (MWF 11:00-11:50, 235 SWKT)

• Rel A 121, Intro to the B ook of Mormon (1 Nephi - Alma 29)211, New Testament Gospels
  • section 90, Honors Freshman Academy (MW, 2:00-2:50 p.m., 170 JSB)
• Rel A 211, New Testament Gospels
  • section 11 (TTh, 9:00-9:50 a.m., 323 MARB)
• Rel A 301, Introduction  to the Old Testament (Genesis-2 Samuel)
  • section 2 (MW, 9:00-9:50 a.m., W141 BNSN)

Seasonal Materials

• "From Palm Sunday to Easter Morning: Easter Seasons Materials for Holy Week
• Advent and Christmas

Education Week, August 2007

• The Messages of the New Testament Gospels: The Unique Perspectives of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John

• The Lamb and the Lion: The Testimony and Revelation of Jesus Christ in the Writings of John

Jesus Christ and the World of the New Testament: An Illustrated Reference for Latter-day Saints by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Eric D. Huntsman, and Thomas A. Wayment (Deseret book 2006), now available!

Upcoming and Recent Addresses and Lectures

"The Lamb of God: Unique Insights of John on the Atoning Sacrifice," Easter Conference, Brigham Young University, April 7, 2007.

"Gethsemane and the Trial," Beholding Salvation Lecture Series, Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, March 14, 2007.

The Occasional Nature, Composition, and Style of the Pauline Epistles, Sperry Symposium Lecture, October 2006.

The Messages of the New Testament Gospels: The Unique Perspectives of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, Education Week, August 2006(Tu22-F25Aug, B002 JFSB)

Other Items of Possible Interest

• "The Bread of Life Sermon," address at the 2006 BYU Easter Conference; the text of the chapter on which this presentation was based has been posted by Deseret Book

• "Mary Magdalene: Biblical Enigma"

• "History, Poetry, and Scripture," address to the 2005 Hinckley Scholarship Banquet

Background

2008 - , Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture
2003-2008 , Assistant Professor of Ancient Scripture
1997-2003, Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient History
1997 PhD, University of Pennsylvania
1994-97, Instructor of Classics
1994 joined BYU faculty
1992 MA, University of Pennsylvania
1990 BA, Brigham Young University

Interests

• New Testament Studies: Johannine Writings, Luke-Acts, Pauline Epistles

• Book of Mormon

• Early Christianity and the Roman Empire

• Greek History

• Roman Imperial History

• Greek and Latin Language and Grammar; Classical Historians and Historiography

• Livia Drusilla, the emperor Augustus' wife

• Women in Antiquity 

Courses
(syllabi available as *.pdf documents that can be easily read and printed with Adobe Acrobat)

 

Religious Education Courses

Rel 121  Introduction to the Book of Mormon (1 Nephi through Alma 29)
Rel 122  Introduction to the Book of Mormon (Alma 30 through Moroni 10)
Rel 211  The New Testament (Gospels)
Rel 212  The New Testament (Acts, the Epistles, and the Apocalypse)
Rel 314 Historical Background of the Bible

Ancient Near Eastern Studies Courses (ANES): New Testament Greek and Koine Literature

The ANES program, with tracks in Hebrew Bible and Greek New Testament, begins with the 2005-2006 academic year, Dr. Dana Pike, director.

ClCv 363, Judaism and Early Christianity in the Classical Near East
Greek 311R, Luke, Mark, Matthew
Greek 411R, Pauline Epistles, Johannine Writings, Luke-Acts

Honors Courses

Hon P 100 sec 008 (Summer 2006)  Late Summer Honors - "The Writings of Paul"

Courses in Classical Studies and Ancient History

ClCv 110   Introduction to Greek and Roman Literature (Basic Classics)
ClCv 201   The Classical Tradition
ClCv 241   Greek and Roman Mythology 
ClCv 245   The Golden Age of Greece 
ClCv 246   The Golden Age of Rome
ClCv 304   Greek History Survey 
ClCv 307   Roman History Survey
Clscs 430R   Senior Seminar in Greek and Roman history: topics taught include Archaic Greece , Rise and Fall of Athens , the Julio-Claudians , and Imperial Rome
Latin 111 and 201  Accelerated Beginning and Intermediate Latin 
Latin 302  Latin Prose: Cicero and Sallust 
Latin 490R  Suetonius and Latin Biography 
Greek 201  Intermediate Greek 
Greek 433  Thucydides 
Greek 437  Attic Orators

Selected Publications, Presentations, and Projects

Jesus Christ and the World of the New Testament: An Illustrated Reference for Latter-day Saints, with Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment.  Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, September 2006.

"The Bread of Life Sermon" in From the Transfiguration through the Triumphal Entry, edited by Richard N. Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, vol. 2. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, March 2006.  Presentation at the 2006 Easter Conference, BYU.; revised, pages 87-112 in Celebrating Easter.  Edited by Thomas A. Wayment and Richard Neitzel Holzapfel.  Provo: Religious Studies Center, 2006.

"Teaching through Exegesis: Helping Students Ask Questions of the Text," Religious Educator 6.1 (Winter 2005).

"Galilee and the Call of the Apostles," in From Bethlehem to the Sermon on the Mount, edited by Richard N. Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, vol. 1. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005.

"Mary Magdalene: Biblical Enigma," Original presentation: February 25, 2004 as part of the Museum of Art lecture series Mystery, Metaphor, and Meaning: LDS Perspectives on The Da Vinci Code; Revised presentation: May 26, 2004, KBYU Studios; electronically published by Meridian Magazine, June 14–15, 2004.

"Christ Before the Romans," in From the Last Supper Through the Resurrection: The Savior’s Final Hours, edited by Richard N. Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment. The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, vol. 3. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003.

"Levels of Meaning: The Ara Pacis Augustae and the Teaching of Roman History," Interdisciplinary Humanities 15.1 (Spring 1998), 62-76.

"The Reliability of Josephus: Can He Be Trusted?," Masada and the World of the New Testament. BYU Studies 36.3 (1996-7) 392-402.

"And They Cast Lots: Divination, Democracy, and Josephus," Masada and the World of the New Testament. BYU Studies 36.3 (1996-7) 365-377.

Forthcoming

"Your Faith Should Not Stand in the Wisdom of Men: Greek Philosophy, Corinthian Behavior, and the Teachings of Paul," forthcoming in The New Testament Brought to Light: Latter-day Insights into Acts through Revelation.

"The Lamb of God: Unique Aspects of the Passion Narrative in John," forthcoming in the publication of the 2007 BYU Easter Conference.

"And the Word Was Made Flesh: An LDS Exegesis of the Blood and Water Imagery in John," submitted to BYU Studies.

"The Textus Receptus," "Greek Manuscripts and Later English Translations" "The Jewish Context of the New Testament," "Biases in New Testament Scholarship," and "LDS New Testament Scholarship" submitted to BYU Studies (Summer 2006).

The Epistle of John with John F. Hall.  BYU New Testament Commentary series.  BYU Press forthcoming sometime in 2008.

Gospel of Luke. BYU New Testament Commentary series with S. Kent Brown, scheduled for sometime in 2008.

Affiliations

Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) since 1991; CAMWS finance committee August 1994 to April 2004; state vice-president 1998.  See also the Utah Classics Resource web site.

Association of Ancient Historians (AAH) since 1998.

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) since 2001.

Mormon Tabernacle Choir since 2003.

Utah Running and Races

Utah Triathlon

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