Julie M. Smith

Julie M. Smith has a degree in biblical studies from the Graduate Theological Union. She is on the executive board of the Mormon Theology Seminar and the steering committee of the BYU New Testament Commentary; she is the author of Search, Ponder, and Pray: A Guide to the Gospels (2003; reprint 2014). She lives near Austin, Texas, where she homeschools her children. She would like to thank James Faulconer for his helpful feedback on this paper.