William J. Hamblin

William James Hamblin (born 1954)[1] is a professor of history at Brigham Young University (BYU). He is a former board member of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) at BYU.

Biography

Hamblin served as an LDS missionary in Italy from 1973–75.

Hamblin received his bachelor's degree in history from BYU. He did his graduate studies from the University of Michigan, receiving an M.A. in history in 1981, an M.A. in Near East Studies in 1984, and a Ph.D. in history in 1985. The title of his Dissertation was The Fatimid Army During the Early Crusades. Prior to joining the faculty of BYU in 1989, Hamblin was a history professor at the University of Southern Mississippi,[2] an instructor at Campbell University and a Middle East intelligence analyst for the United States Department of Defense. Hamblin contributed many articles to The International Military Encyclopedia.[3]

During the summer of 2008 Hamblin was a student sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities at a five-week course sponsored through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga entitled "Holy Land and Holy City in Classical Judaism, Christianity and Islam.[4]

Hamblin lives in Provo, Utah. He has three children with his ex-wife, Loree. The two divorced in 2013.[5] He has taught as a professor at the BYU Jerusalem Center and is currently teaching at Brigham Young University in the History Department.[6]

Apologetics

Hamblin is also known in his role in Mormon apologetics. He has written on archaeology and the Book of Mormon, both in general articles for the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies[7] and in response to criticisms to the historicity of the Book of Mormon.[8]

In 1994, as a response to Brent Metcalfe, a critic of the Book of Mormon, Hamblin published a paper in the 1994 FARMS Review which included an encrypted message stating "Metcalfe is Butthead." After the Review went to press, the editors became aware of this barb and hastily removed it.[9]

Writings

References

  1. ↑ "The Fatimid army during the early Crusades / William James Hamblin". Copyright Catalog (1978 to present). United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
  2. ↑ "Symposium This Week at BYU on Warfare in Book of Mormon". Deseret News. March 23, 1989.
  3. ↑ Tobias, Norman, ed. (1997), "Contents of Volume 1", The International Military Encyclopedia, Gulf Breeze, Florida: Academic International Press, ISBN 0875691595, OCLC 27147565, retrieved 2008-08-29
  4. ↑ Deseret News, June 4th, 2008
  5. ↑ http://www.utahsright.com/divorceprofile.php?id=2373096
  6. ↑ https://history.byu.edu/Pages/Faculty/Hamblin.aspx
  7. ↑ Hamblin, William J. (1993). "Basic Methodological Problems with the Anti-Mormon Approach to Book of Mormon Geography and Archaeology and Warfare". Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute. 2 (1). Retrieved 2008-08-29.
  8. ↑ Hamblin, William J. (1993). "Archaeology and the Book of Mormon". FARMS Review. Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute. 5 (1). Retrieved 2008-08-29.
  9. ↑ Anderson, Vern (March 22, 1994). "Book of Mormon Scholars Unleash Salvo of Barbs". Deseret News (AP).
  10. ↑ "Warfare In Ancient Near East". Eisenbrauns Inc. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
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