Thomas A. Wayment

Thomas A. Wayment is a professor of classical studies at Brigham Young University. He was previously an assistant professor of ancient scripture in the Department of Religious Education. He served as the publications director of the BYU Religious Studies Center from 2013 to 2018. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Wayment holds an MA and PhD in New Testament Studies at Claremont Graduate University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Classics from the University of California at Riverside. He has authored, coauthored, and edited numerous articles and books. His titles include The New Testament: A Translation for Latter-day Saints; Go Ye Into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles; The Fulness of the Gospel: Foundational Teachings from the Book of Mormon; Celebrating Easter; “Behold the Lamb of God”: An Easter Celebration; The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture; With Healing in His Wings; and From Persecutor to Apostle: A Biography of Paul. He co-wrote Making Sense of the New Testament: Timely Insights and Timeless Messages (with Richard Holzapfel); What Da Vinci Didn’t Know: An LDS Perspective (with Andrew Skinner and Richard Holzapfel); and Jesus the Christ and the World of the New Testament (with Eric D. Huntsman and Richard Holzapfel).