Thomas Wayment

Bio: I joined the Ancient Scripture faculty in June of 2000 after completing a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies at the Claremont Graduate School. Since coming to BYU, I have worked on several projects on the life of the Savior and the historical time period of His ministry. I am also involved in studying the manuscript tradition of the New Testament and what light it sheds on modern revelations such as the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible. This work has helped me get involved in digitizing the Freer manuscript of the Gospels and Paul. I am currently serving as the Bishop of my home ward.

Courses Taught: Book of Mormon, New Testament

Areas of Expertise: New Testament, Textual Criticism, History of Early Christianity

Areas of Research: Historical life of Jesus, New Testament manuscript traditions, life of Paul, Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

Languages: Greek (fluent reading); Latin (fluent reading); Coptic (fluent reading); Hebrew (reading); Italian (fluent reading and speaking); German (reading); French (reading); Spanish (reading)