S. Kent Brown

S. Kent Brown (born c. 1940s) is an American professor of ancient scripture and the director of ancient studies at Brigham Young University.

Biography

Brown received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in classic Greek with a minor in Near Eastern Studies. He then went on to received his Ph.D. from Brown University. He joined the faculty of BYU in 1971. From 1978-1979 he was a fellow of the American Research Center in Egypt. From 1993-1996 he was the director of the BYU Jerusalem Center. He has also served as a fellow of the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies.

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Brown has served as a bishop among other callings. [ [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=fea5d7630a27b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 Author description for article by Brown in "Ensign" November 1988, p. 7] ]

Brown served as an editor of the "Encyclopedia of Mormonism" and as the managing editor of the "Coptic Encyclopedia". He has also been an editor of the "Journal of Book of Mormon Studies". He also edited the "Historical Atlas of Mormonism" along with Donald Q. Cannon and Richard H. Jackson. [https://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/0130451479]

Brown has written and edited a wide variety of books dealing with Lehi, the Book of Mormon, Judaism between Malachi and the New Testament, the New Testament and Pearl of Great Price.

Brown was a consultant in the production of the film "The Prince of Egypt".

Sources

* Parry et. al, ed., "Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon", (Provo: FARMS, 2002) p. 501.
* http://farms.byu.edu/authors/?authorID=11
* [http://religion.byu.edu/sing_fac.php?f=S.%20Kent&l=Brown BYU faculty biography page]
* [http://www.allbookstores.com/author/S_Kent_Brown.html listing of books by Brown]
* [http://deseretbook.com/authors/author-info?author_id=8124 Deseret Book bio]
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/649253/Dr-S-Kent-Brown]

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