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About the Editors
Stephen O. Smoot is an adjunct instructor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University and a doctoral candidate in Semitic and Egyptian languages and literature at the Catholic University of America. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Toronto in Near and Middle Eastern civilizations and bachelor’s degrees from Brigham Young University in ancient Near Eastern studies and German studies. Outside academia, Stephen has worked as a research associate with Book of Mormon Central and the B. H. Roberts Foundation.
Brian C. Passantino is a research consultant for the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is also a doctoral student at the University of Utah in history. He earned a master’s degree in history at Utah State University, where he wrote an award-winning thesis on Orson Pratt’s expansion of the Doctrine and Covenants. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in ancient Near Eastern studies at Brigham Young University. Brian currently resides in Utah with his wife, Cara, and their three children, Chaz, Max, and Sicily.
