David Rolph Seely

David Rolph Seely is professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University. He is a member of the international team of scholars that translated the Dead Sea Scrolls. Seely’s published work involving chiasmus includes the chapter, “Implanting Pious Qualities as a Theme in the Barki Nafshi Hymns” in The Dead Sea Scrolls Fifty Years after Their Discovery 1947–1999, presented at the proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress, July 20–25, 1997, and published by the Israel Exploration Society in cooperation with the Shrine of the Book, 2000.
BYU Studies Publications
- “With strong hand and with outstretched arm” (Deuteronomy 4:34); “With outstretched hand and with strong arm” (Jeremiah 21:5): Chiasmus in Deuteronomy and Jeremiah
- An Epistle from the New Testament Apostles
- From Jerusalem to Zarahemla
- Hugh Nibley Observed
- Old Testament Bibliography: Latter-day Saint Publications, 1997–2005
- Reading the Old Testament in Light of the Restoration: A Comprehensive Bibliography of LDS Writings on the Old Testament (1830–1997)
- Student Panel Discussion
- The Masada Fragments, the Qumran Scrolls, and the New Testament
