Sheldon Greaves

SHELDON GREAVES earned his B.A. and M.A. in Near Eastern studies at BYU, and went on to complete a Ph.D. in Near Eastern studies at the University of California at Berkeley. He is a co-founder and chief academic officer at Henley-Putnam University in San Jose, California. In addition to his administrative duties, he teaches courses on religious extremism and secret societies. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his spouse, Denise, and three cats.

Cosmos, Chaos, and Politics: Biblical Creation Patterns in Secular Contexts

Articles/Essays – Volume 31, No. 3

The conceptual link between the state and the cosmos has been explored many times by scholars over the last several decades. Mircea Eliade gave us his reflections in his book The Myth of the Eternal…

The Education of a Bible Scholar

Articles/Essays – Volume 42, No. 2

I first heard the tales of Hugh Nibley, the brilliant and eccentric LDS scholar whose fertile and fecund brain defended and expanded the faith of thoughtful Church members, virtually at my mother’s knee. I remember as a child listening rapt with wonder at the accounts of his marvelous ability with languages, his wartime service with Allied Army intelligence, and his vast knowledge of things ancient and arcane.