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This year, Latter-day Saints will be studying the books of the Bible they call the "Old Testament" and scholars call the "Hebrew Bible" in Sunday school. Join Matthew Bowman, Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University for a wide-ranging conversation about these books with two guests. Joseph Spencer is a professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University and an expert in the Book of Mormon, and Tammi Schneider is the Danforth Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, an archaeologist, a specialist in the Hebrew Bible, and active in her synagogue. They will discuss how Jewish people read the Hebrew Bible, what scholarship has revealed about it, and what Latter-day Saints might learn as they study it this year.
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Tammi J. Schneider holds the Danforth Chair of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. She specializes in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East. She received her BA in Hebrew Language and Literature from the University of Minnesota and her doctorate in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania. She is presently the field manager at the archaeological excavation of Tel Akko in Israel. At her synagogue, she is the VP for Events for the Women of Temple Beth Israel.
Joseph Spencer
Brigham Young University
Joseph M. Spencer is a philosopher and an assistant professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University. He’s the author of five books and dozens of articles on scripture, philosophy, and theology. Most recent is his two-volume collection of essays, The Anatomy of Book of Mormon Theology, published last year by Greg Kofford Books. Spencer serves as the editor of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, as the associate director of the Latter-day Saint Theology Seminar, and as a vice president for the Book of Mormon Studies Association. He and his wife, Karen, live in Provo with their five children.
