S. Kent Brown papers on Oman and Yemen-Jordan, 1999-2005

Series — Carton: 3, Folder: 1-4

Identifier: MSS 6287 Series 4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Contains contacts in the Middle East, trip itineraries and descriptions of goods for Journey of Faith, correspondences, memoranda, newspaper clippings, ship building photographs, maps, leaflets, and other papers concerning Middle Eastern trips and research. Material dates from 1999-2005.

Dates

1999-2005

Creator

Brown, S. Kent (creator, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from S. Kent Brown papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

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.