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D. Kelly Ogden is professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University and
has taught courses in Hebrew, Old and New Testament, writings of Isaiah, the
Bible as literature, history of the ancient Near East, biblical and modern
geography of the Holy Land, Pearl of Great Price, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine
and Covenants. For a span of fourteen years he helped administer BYU's study
programs in the Holy Land and guided students on field study trips all over
Israel/Palestine, the Sinai, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, and Greece. He led groups
of students on many walks through the Holy Land, including retracing the
"three-days' journey" of Abraham and Isaac from Beersheba to Mount Moriah, the
ninety-two miles Joseph and Mary traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem, the two
hundred miles from Dan to Beersheba, and the two-hundred mile "Lehi Trek" from
Jerusalem to the Red Sea. He has climbed Mount Sinai 18 times.
Brother Ogden earned a B.A. in English and Spanish, an M.Ed. in International
Education, an M.A. in Hebrew language and historical geography of the Bible, and
a Ph.D. in Middle East Studies. He has presented scholarly papers in
Louisville, Kentucky; Washington, D. C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia;
Leuven, Belgium; Vienna, Austria; and Santiago, Chile.
He is the author of several books, including
1. The Holy Land - A Geographical, Historical, and Archaeological Guide to the
Land of the Bible (co-authored with Jeffrey R. Chadwick)
2. Where Jesus Walked - The Land and Culture of New Testament Times
3. Jerusalem, The Eternal City (with David B. Galbraith and Andrew C. Skinner)
4. Discovering the World of the Bible (with LaMar C. Berrett)
5. New Testament Apostles Testify of Christ (with Andrew C. Skinner)
His articles have appeared in the Ensign, the Liahona (the International
Magazine of the Church), the Church News, the Studies in Scripture series, and
the Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
For five years Brother Ogden helped prepare the LDS editions of the Scriptures,
and he has served on the Gospel Doctrine Writing Committee for the Church.
Twice in the 1980s he served as president of the Jerusalem Branch in Israel. In
the early 1990s he served as a branch president at the Missionary Training
Center in Provo, Utah. He served as 1st counselor in a BYU Stake Presidency,
and as president of the Chile Santiago East Mission.
Nuestro Amado Presidente Ogden esta sirviendo como presidente del CCM de Guatemala. |
