Eric D. Huntsman

Eric D. Huntsman is Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. He received his PhD in Ancient History and Classics from the University of Pennsylvania. In Classics, his publications include: “And They Cast Lots: Divination, Democracy, and Josephus,” and “The Reliability of Josephus: Can He Be Trusted?” BYU Studies 36, no. 3 (1996–7): 365–377 and 392–402; “Levels of Meaning: The Ara Pacis Augustae and the Teaching of Roman History,” Interdisciplinary Humanities 15, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 62–76; and “Livia before Octavian,” forthcoming in Ancient Society. A coauthor of Jesus Christ and the World of the New Testament (Deseret Book, 2006), he has written several articles and chapters on New Testament subjects, most recently “The Lamb of God: Unique Aspects of the Passion Narrative in John,” in Behold the Lamb of God (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, 2008).