Kent P. Jackson

Bio

Kent P. Jackson

Dr. Jackson is a Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. He received his B.A. cum laude in University Studies (Ancient Studies) at Brigham Young University, then went on to earn an M.A. and PhD in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan, specializing in Ancient Near East and Biblical Studies.

Books

Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible—Original Manuscripts (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004), edited with Scott H. Faulring and Robert J. Matthews.

How the New Testament Came to Be (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, and Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), edited with Frank F. Judd Jr.

Articles

"New Testament Prophecies of Apostasy," in Sidney B. Sperry Symposium: The New Testament, 1983 (Provo, UT: Religious Education, Brigham Young University, 1983), 145–56; repr. in Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed., Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, and Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 394–406.

"Early Signs of Apostasy," Ensign, December 1984, 8–16

"Jesus and the Gospels," in Studies in Scripture, Vol. 5: The Gospels, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Robert L. Millet (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1986), 1–9.

"The Bread of Life," in Studies in Scripture, Vol. 5: The Gospels, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Robert L. Millet (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1986), 288–95.

"Watch and Remember: The New Testament and the Great Apostasy," in By Study and Also By Faith: Essays in Honor of Hugh W. Nibley On the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday, Vol. 1, ed. John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and F.A.R.M.S., 1990), 81–117.

"Scenes from Paul's Missionary Journeys," Ensign, September 1991, 42–48.,International Magazine, October 1995 (in several languages).

"Foretelling the Apostasy," Church News, 25 November 1995, 5, 12.

1997 "Revolutionaries in the First Century," in Masada and the World of the New Testament, ed. John W. Welch and John F. Hall (Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 1997), 129–40; also BYU Studies 36, no. 3 (1996–97): 129–40.

1999 "Do We Believe in the Bible?" Religious Studies Center Newsletter, September 1999, 3–4.

2000 "Some LDS Perspectives on the Bible," Insights: A Window on the Ancient World, March 2000, 4, 7–8.

"Scenes from Early Christian History," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 455–69.

2003 "The Crucifixion," in The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, Vol. 3: From the Last Supper through the Resurrection—The Savior's Final Hours, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003), 318–37.

"The Process of Inspired Translation: Two Passages Translated Twice in the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible," with Peter M. Jasinski, BYU Studies 42, no. 2 (2003): 35–64.

2004 "Anti-Mormon Bug and Vermin Poison," Mormon Historical Studies 4, no. 2 (Fall 2003): 185–89.

"Grace, Mercy, Repentance, and Spiritual Rebirth," Devotionals and Speeches: Fall 2004 Devotionals, Brigham Young University-Hawaii, http://w3.byuh.edu/devotionals/media/2004/jackson11804.htm.

2005 "Foretelling the Coming of Jesus," in The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, Vol. 1: From Bethlehem through the Sermon on the Mount, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005), 3–20.

"New Discoveries in the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible," Religious Educator 6, no. 3 (2005): 149–60.

2006 "The Olivet Discourse," in The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, Vol. 2: From the Transfiguration through the Triumphal Entry, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 318–43.

"Chapters, Verses, Punctuation, Spelling, and Italics in the King James Version of the Bible," with Frank F. Judd Jr. and David R. Seely, Religious Educator 7, no. 2 (2006): 40–64.

"Asking Restoration Questions in New Testament Scholarship," in How the New Testament Came to Be, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, and Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 27–42.

2007 "Sacred study: Restored gospel offers priceless resources for New Testament readers," LDS Church News, January 6, 2007, 12.

Encyclopedia Articles

Andrew G. Traver, ed., From Polis to Empire—The Ancient World c. 800 b.c.–a.d. 500 (Westport, CN: Greenwood, 2001): "Ammonius," 19–20.

Dennis L. Largey, ed., Book of Mormon Reference Companion (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003): "Ammon¹," 48; "Babylon, Babylonia," 84–86; "Babylonian Captivity," 86–87; "Body of My Spirit," 98; "Concubines," 212; "High Priest(s)," 332; "Israel, Lost Tribes of," 417–18; "Israel, Scattering of," 418–19; "Jesus Christ, Premortal Appearances of," 460; "Law of Moses," 504–6; "Spaulding Theory," 734–35; "That Prophet," 756–57; "Virgin," 777.

Book Reviews

1985 Review of Richard Lloyd Anderson, Understanding Paul (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1983), BYU Studies 24, no. 2 (Spring 1984): 239–41.

1991 How Not to Read the Scriptures, review of Dan Vogel, ed., The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1990), self-published.

2007 Review of Simcha Jacobovici and Charles Pellegrino, The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence that Could Change History (New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2007), BYU Studies 46, no. 1 (2007): 151–59.

Published Photography

1991 "The main street of the ancient city of Ephesus," Ensign, September 1991, 44–45; International Magazine, October 1995, 40.

"An ancient stone bas-relief of an ox draped with garlands," Ensign, September 1991, 44.

"The street called Straight in Damascus," Ensign, September 1991, 44; International Magazine, October 1995, 37.

"Colonnades line a street in the ruins of Ephesus," Ensign, September 1991, 46–47.

"The ruins of Philippi," Ensign, September 1991, 46; International Magazine, October 1995, 39.

"Part of the Roman road extending from the Aegean Sea to Philippi," Ensign, September 1991, 47.

"At the ruins of Corinth," Ensign, September 1991, 47.

"The temple of Artemis in Ephesus," Ensign, September 1991, 48; International Magazine, October 1995, 41.

1995 "The street called Straight in Damascus," International Magazine, October 1995, 37.

"The Unexcavated Mound of Lystra," International Magazine, October 1995, 38.

"The ruins of Philippi," International Magazine, October 1995, 39.

"The main street of the ancient city of Ephesus," International Magazine, October 1995, 40.

"The temple of Artemis in Ephesus," International Magazine, October 1995, 41.

1996 "The Site of Constantine's lakeside palace at Nicea," in Kent P. Jackson, From Apostasy to Restoration (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996), 38.

"The remains of the Church of St. Mary at Ephesus," in Kent P. Jackson, From Apostasy to Restoration (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996), 49.

1997 "Site of Latter-day Saint settlement of Haun's Mill," Religious Studies Center Newsletter, September 1997, 2.

"Millstone from Haun's Mill," Religious Studies Center Newsletter, September 1997, 4.

2000 "First-century synagogue at Gamla near the Sea of Galilee," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 457.

"Relief of Salome dancing," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 458.

"Christ's crucifixion place over Adam's burial site," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 459.

"First-century street at the southwest corner of Herod's Temple, Jerusalem," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 460.

"Straight Street, Damascus, Syria," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 461.

"Relief of a bull with garlands," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 462.

"Erastus stone from Corinth, Greece," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 463.

"Statue of Artemis of Ephesus," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 464.

"Full-body statue of Artemis of Ephesus," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 465.

"Island of Patmos, Greece," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 466.

"Cave of the Apocalypse, traditionalist site of John's vision in the book of Revelation," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 467.

"Jewish synagogue at Sardis, Turkey," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 468.

"Monuments to Asklepios, god of healing," in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, UT: F.A.R.M.S., 2000), 469.

Major Papers Presented

1981 "Names and Titles of Deity in the Doctrine and Covenants and Their Biblical Parallels." Religious Educators' Symposium, at Brigham Young University, August 21, 1981.

1983 "The New Testament as a Witness to the Apostasy." Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, at Brigham Young University, January 29, 1983. Publication listed above.

1984 "An Analysis of New Testament Prophecies of the Apostasy of Early Christianity." Religious Educators' Symposium, at Brigham Young University, August 16, 1984.

"New Testament Evidence of the Apostasy of the Early Christian Church." Religious Educators' Symposium, at Brigham Young University, August 17, 1984.

1985 "The Beginnings of Christianity in the Book of Mormon." First Annual Book of Mormon Symposium, at Brigham Young University, September 27, 1985. Publication listed above.

1995 "Reflections on the LDS Canon." Mormon Studies Conference, at Nottingham University, Nottingham, England, April 8, 1995.

2006 "Asking Restoration Questions in New Testament Scholarship." Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, at Brigham Young University, October 28, 2006. Publication listed above.

Other Significant Presentations

"Grace, Mercy, Repentance, and Spiritual Rebirth," Brigham Young University-Hawaii devotional address, November 18, 2004.

Broadcast Speeches

"Grace, Mercy, Repentance, and Spiritual Rebirth," Brigham Young University-Hawaii devotional address, filmed November 18, 2004, broadcast several times on BYU-TV.

"Asking Restoration Questions in New Testament Scholarship." Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, at Brigham Young University, filmed October 28, 2006, first broadcast on February 4, 2007 on BYU-TV.

Curriculum Vitae

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