Ancient Scripture Faculty

Daniel Becerra - Assistant Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2010
MTS, Harvard Divinity School, 2013
PhD, Duke University, 2019

Daniel Lee Belnap - Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1996
MA, Brigham Young University, 1999
MA, University of Chicago, 2002
PhD, University of Chicago, 2007

Lincoln Harris Blumell - Professor

BA, University of Calgary, 2001
MA, University of Calgary, 2003
MSt, University of Oxford, 2004
PhD, University of Toronto, 2009

Jason Robert Combs - Assistant Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2001
MAR, Yale University Divinity School, 2006
MA, Columbia University, 2008
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016

Amy Annette Easton-Flake - Associate Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2001
MA, Brigham Young University, 2003
PhD, Brandeis University, 2011

Mark D Ellison - Associate Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1990
Med, Brigham Young University, 1998
MA, University of South Florida, 2003
MA, Vanderbilt University, 2016
PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2016

Nicholas J Frederick - Assistant Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2004
MA, Brigham Young University, 2006
PhD, Claremont University, 2013

Matthew J Grey - Associate Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2003
MA, Andrews University, 2005
MSt, University of Oxford, 2006
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011

Tyler J Griffin - Teaching Professor

BA, Utah State University, 1998
MS, Utah State University, 2001
PhD, Utah State University, 2007

Jared Michael Halverson - Associate Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1999
MA, Brigham Young University, 2005
MA, Vanderbilt University, 2012
PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2022

John L Hilton - Associate Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2000
MEd, Harvard University, 2004
PhD, Brigham Young University, 2010

Shon David Hopkin - Associate Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1997
MA, Brigham Young University, 2001
PhD, University of Texas, Austin, 2011

Kerry Michael Hull - Professor

BA, Utah State University
MS, Georgetown University
PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

Eric D Huntsman - Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1990
MA, University of Pennsylvania, 1992
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1997

Frank F Judd - Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1993
MA, Brigham Young University, 1995
MA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1997
PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2003

Jared W Ludlow - Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1992
MA, University of California, Berkeley, 1994
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2000

Janice James Martin - Assistant Professor

BS, Brigham Young University, 1993
MS, Brigham Young University, 1997
MA, University of York, 2008
PhD, University of York, 2011

Byron Robert Merrill - Teaching Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1972
JD, University of California, Davis, 1975

Kerry M Muhlestein - Professor

BS, Brigham Young University, 1994
MA, Brigham Young University, 1997
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003

George A Pierce - Assistant Professor

BA, Clearwater Christian College, 1999
MSC, University of York, 2004
MA, Wheaton College, 2005
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2015

Krystal Victoria Lords Pierce - Assistant Professor

BA, University of California, Berkeley, 2003
MA, University of California, Berkeley, 2007
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2013

Aaron P Schade - Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1995
MA, The University of Toronto, 2000
PhD, The University of Toronto, 2005

Joshua Michael Sears - Assistant Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2010
MA, The Ohio State University, 2012
PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, 2018

David Rolph Seely - Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1981
MA, Brigham Young University, 1982
AM, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1985
PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990

Avram R Shannon - Assistant Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2007
MSt, University of Oxford, 2008
PhD, The Ohio State University, 2015

Henry Hank Ryan Smith - Assistant Teaching Professor

BA, Dixie State University, 2002
MA, Utah State University, 2005
PhD, Brigham Young University, 2014

Joseph M Spencer - Assistant Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2004
MLIS, San Jose State University, 2009
MA, University of New Mexico, 2012
PhD, University of New Mexico, 2015

Gaye Strathearn - Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1991
MA, Brigham Young University, 1992
PhD, Claremont Graduate University, 2004

Charles L Swift - Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1983
MA, Brigham Young University, 1987
PhD, Brigham Young University, 2003

Stephan D Taeger - Assistant Professor

BS, Utah Valley State College, 2007
MEd, University of Utah, 2010
PhD, Brigham Young University, 2018

Justin Brent Top - Assistant Teaching Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 2000
MA, Brigham Young University, 2007
PhD, Brigham Young University, 2021

David M Whitchurch - Associate Professor

BS, Utah State University, 1977
MEd, Brigham Young University, 1982
PhD, Brigham Young University, 1991

Bradley Ray Wilcox - Associate Teaching Professor

BA, Brigham Young University, 1985
MEd, Brigham Young University, 1990
PhD, University of Wyoming, 1994

Mark Alan Wright - Associate Professor

BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003
MA, University of California, Riverside, 2004
PhD, University of California, Riverside, 2008