Avram R. Shannon

Avram R. Shannon is an associate professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University. He has degrees from BYU, Oxford, and The Ohio State University, specializing in Hebrew and ancient religions. His research focuses on the ways that communities understand and deploy scripture in their discourse and religious life.

BYU Studies Publications

After Whose Order?: Kingship and Priesthood in the Book of Mormon
Mormons and Midrash: On the Composition of Expansive Interpretation in Genesis Rabbah and the Book of Moses
The Genesis Creation Account in Its Ancient Context(2025)
The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis