Rate My Professor Thomas Wayment

Wayment has produced an extensive body of scholarly work including books, edited volumes, and articles. Prominent publications feature The New Testament: A Translation for Latter-day Saints (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2019), From Persecutor to Apostle: A Biography of Paul (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2006), and The Text of the New Testament Apocrypha (140-400): Translation, Introduction, and Commentary (BYU Press, 2005). He edited Celebrating Easter, The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, and With Healing in His Wings, all published by the Religious Studies Center. Selected articles include "Latter-day Saint Engagement with Paul: Status Quaestionis in Understanding Covenants and Communities," "False Gospels: An Approach to Studying the New Testament Apocrypha," "Quest for Origins: The Joseph Smith Translation and Latin Version of the New Testament," and contributions to Religious Educator on topics such as New Testament variants in the Sermon on the Mount, the Joseph Smith Translation and italicized words in the King James Version, and discussions of difficult topics including race, priesthood, plural marriage, and the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Wayment received the Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Lecturer award in 2015 and the Richard Lloyd Anderson Research Award from Religious Education in 2013. He has presented at symposia including the BYU Church History Symposium and engaged in public discussions on biblical translation.