Dates

• Existence: 1940-

Biographical History

S. Kent Brown (b. 1940) was a professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

S. Kent Brown was born on October 1, 1940. Brown received a Bachelors degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967 in Classical Greek and minored in Near Eastern languages. In 1972, he received his Ph.D. from Brown University in Religious Studies with an emphasis in New Testament and early Christian studies. From 1993 to 1996, he served as the director of the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies and at one point he served as the director of Ancient Studies at BYU. He retired from BYU in 2006. Brown married Gayle Oblad and together they had five children.

Citation:

Familysearch, Aug. 21, 2014 (S Kent Brown: United States Public Records, 1970-2009; b. Oct. 1, 1940)

UPB Files, Aug. 21, 2014 (S. Kent Brown; professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University; current director of Ancient Studies on campus; director of the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies 1993-1996; B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967; Classical Greek; minor in Near Eastern languages; Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Brown University in 1972; emphasis in New Testament and early Christian studies)

BYU religious education, September 25, 2015 (S. Kent Brown; faculty member from 1971 to 2006; m. Gayle Oblad and had five children)

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