Eric D. Huntsman

Eric Huntsman is an associate professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University, where he is also affiliated with the programs of Classical Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Studies.  A graduate from BYU in classical Greek and Latin, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in ancient history.  He joined the faculty of BYU in 1994, where he taught Classics for nine years before transferring to Religious Education.  The author of Good Tidings of Great Joy: An Advent Celebration of the Savior’s Birth and God So Loved the World: the Final Days of the Savior’s Life, he was also one of the co-authors of Jesus Christ and the World of the New Testament.  In addition, he hosts Mormon Identities, a podcast on the Mormon Channel.

Eric served as a full-time missionary in the Thailand Bangkok mission and as a bishop in Provo, Utah.  An ordinance worker in the Provo Temple and a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, he is currently on leave from those callings as he and his family fill a one-year assignment at the BYU Jerusalem Center.  He and his wife Elaine are the parents of two children.

Eric D. Huntsman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture

Affiliated Faculty, Classics & Ancient Near Eastern Studies

Adjunct Research Fellow, Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies
Located on Mt. Scopus
Near Augusta Victoria Hospital
Jerusalem, 91196 Israel

phone 011 + 972 + (02) 626-5666

fax 011 + 972 + (02) 627-3413

web    My webpage (courses, publications, projects, more info)

          Huntsmans in the Holy Land, our BYU Jerusalem Center blog

          My university bio

          Mormon Identities, an internet radio program on the Mormon Channel