Jared Ludlow

Bio: Jared has been teaching in the Ancient Scripture Department at BYU for the past four years.  Previous to that, he spent six years teaching Religion and History at BYU Hawaii, and served the last two years as Chair of the History Department there.  Jared received his Bachelor's degree from BYU in Near Eastern Studies, his Master's degree from the University of California at Berkeley in Biblical Hebrew, and his PhD in Near Eastern Religions from UC-Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union. His primary research interests are in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.  His dissertation was published as a book, Abraham Meets Death: Narrative Humor in the Testament of Abraham, by Sheffield Academic Press. 

Jared has regularly presented papers at the Society of Biblical Literature National Meetings and has participated in Sperry and FARMS symposia at BYU.  He enjoys teaching Bible courses, Book of Mormon, and History.  Jared served a mission to Campinas Brazil, and has also lived in Germany and Israel.  He really likes sports, snorkeling, and teaching.  He is married to Margaret (Nelson), whom he loves greatly, and they have five children: Jared Jr. (18), Joshua (15), Joseph (12), Marissa (9), and Melia (7).  

Courses Taught: Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon

Areas of Expertise: Bible, Ancient Judaism, Early Christianity

Areas of Research: Second Temple Judaism, Pseudepigrapha, Early Christianity

Languages: Hebrew (reading); Greek (reading); Aramaic (reading); Portuguese (reading and speaking); German (reading)