Ronan James Head

RONAN HEAD {[email protected]} oversees religious education at an Anglican cathedral school in England, leads the Ancient Law Collections Online project (anelaws.byu.edu), and is active in various Mormon studies endeavours.

In The Nephite Courtroom | John W. Welch, The Legal Cases in the Book of Mormon

Articles/Essays – Volume 42, No. 3

John W. Welch’s CV is enough to trigger fatigue in even the most prolific of scholars. As founding director of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS), Welch introduced a new generation of Mormon readers to the work of Hugh Nibley and kick-started a renewed vigor in “faithful scholarship.” He serves as editor in chief of BYU Studies and has joined with others to oversee various projects from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism to the Library of Congress conference on Joseph Smith. His publications include work on topics as diverse as the art of Minerva Teichert and biblical law. Welch is particularly famous in Mormon apologetic circles for his discovery of chiasmus in the Book of Mormon. All of these activities run parallel to his day job as Robert K. Thomas Professor of Law at BYU.

Unity and the King James Bible

Articles/Essays – Volume 45, No. 2