S. Kent Brown papers on Journal of Book of Mormon studies, 2001-2007

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 6287 Series 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, articles, research, memoranda, reviews, submission discs, and other papers by editors and contributors to the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (JBMS). Material dates from 2001-2007.

Dates

Creation: 2001-2007

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.