Ancient Scripture-Religious Education, CFS Professorial, may be filled with visitor
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Job Description
Job Title: Ancient Scripture, CFS Professorial Track, may be filled with visitor
Posting End Date: January 16, 2026
*NOTE: Last day to apply is Thursday, January 15, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m. MST
Position Start Date: July 1, 2026
Required Degree:PhD in Hebrew, New Testament, ANES, Education, or closely related field from an accredited university.
The required degree must be completed by the start date.
Experience:Candidates must demonstrate unusual potential for excellent teaching of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, in particular courses on the Book of Mormon and the Bible, to undergraduate students at BYU. This will often, but not always, be demonstrated by teaching experience in religious education in the Church Educational System (CES). (See description in paragraph three of job description below).
Job Description:
BYU Department of Ancient Scripture is dedicated to furthering the Aims of Brigham Young University, which is to provide students with an education that is spiritually strengthening, intellectually enlarging, character-building, and leads to lifelong learning and service. BYU Department of Ancient Scripture seeks to hire individuals who have demonstrated the ability to provide this type of education through the highest quality teaching, citizenship, and scholarship. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
Candidates must be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in good standing. Candidates must have the personal character, faith, testimony, and qualities of life that are powerful role models for our students. Candidates must also be sound doctrinally.
Candidates must be familiar with, support, and strive to fulfill the principles and direction contained in the document "Strengthening Religious Education in Institutions of Higher Education (https//religion.byu.edu/Strengthening_Religious_Education).As stated in the SRE document, "The purpose of religious education is the teach the restored gospel of Jesus Christ from the scriptures and modern prophets in a way that helps each student develop faith in and a testimony of Heavenly Father . . . , the Savior, Jesus Christ, . . . and the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, . . . become lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ, . . . and strengthen their ability to find answers . . . in whatever challenges they may face."
Duties/Expectations:
Teaching: Typically, full-time faculty must teach four sections (two credits each) of classes offered by the Department of Ancient Scripture each fall and winter semester. This fall/winter teaching load will normally consist of two different class preps (e.g., two sections of Book of Mormon and two sections of New Testament). Candidates must also teach two sections (two credits each) of classes offered by the Department of Ancient Scripture, either spring or summer term (normally consisting of one class prep). Each of these classes will normally contain between thirty and seventy students. If desired, funds will be provided to hire a student assistant to help with grading.
Citizenship: Full-time faculty must be good citizens in the Department of Ancient Scripture as well as on the college level (BYU Religious Education) and the university level. This includes attending department, college, and university faculty meetings, fulfilling committee obligations, and other ad-hoc assignments.
Scholarship: Professorial faculty are required to publish quality peer-reviewed scholarship, which must include gospel scholarship of high quality directed primarily to Latter-day Saints. Additionally, those professors with relevant interests and expertise are encouraged to publish academic research of high quality directed primarily to non-Latter-day Saint audiences in academic publishing venues and/or pedagogical scholarship aimed at improving teaching and learning. Professorial faculty are required to publish one peer-reviewed article/chapter per year. Funds are available for travel to conferences in which the faculty member is participating (i.e., giving a presentation, moderating a session, or participating in another way).
Information required at the time of application: Please list the individual contact information for each of your three recommenders on the faculty application. Do not request recommenders to send letters. At some point during the selection process, we may contact them to submit their letters of reference electronically.
Documents Required at the Time of Application: Please attach your updated curriculum vitae, cover letter and Mission Alignment Statement to the faculty application.
Letter of intent (no more than three pages). Address this letter to the Department of Ancient Scripture chair Kerry Hull. This letter should concisely state: (1) Why you want to work for the BYU Department of Ancient Scripture and your qualifications (i.e., education, teaching, scholarship, other relevant experience, etc.) for doing so. (2) Your philosophies on citizenship, teaching, and scholarship in light ofhow each of these duties is outlined in the SRE document (https://religion.byu.edu/Strengthening_Religious_Education). (3) A statement in which you articulate your views related to belonging and inclusion and how your plans (i.e., concrete pedagogical practices) to create an inclusive learning environment will help to accomplishthe purposes of Religious Education as expressed in the SRE document. For further information on BYU's efforts and approach in this area, see the announcement and description of BYU's Office of Belonging at https://news.byu.edu/announcements/byu-forms-new-office-of-belonging.
Current CV. This should include contact information as well as sections on education (degrees earned, universities attended, majors, etc.), teaching experience (courses taught or co-taught [if co-taught, specify your role], dates, universities/seminaries/institutes, etc.), publications, presentations of your scholarship, and other relevant experience. For publications, please give complete and accurate bibliographic information and clearly indicate which are "in process," which means they are, for example, officially submitted to a venue for consideration and are currently under review, or they are forthcoming because they have been accepted for publication, but they are not published yet. Please annotate each entry in this section and explain its status.
Five-year publication plan. This should be a realistic and annotated list of specific research projects (articles, chapters, books you are currently or will be working on in both areas of gospel scholarship and, where applicable, scholarship for the academy), how much you have already completed on each project, name of venue or publisher you will submit each project to, and when you expect to complete each project and submit it for publication, etc. We understand that plans will be adjusted over time, but this is a chance to show us your current realistic plan for each of the next five years.
Two samples of your best scholarship.
Additional material to be submitted separately to the search committee chair Nick Frederick (nick_frederick@byu.edu) to be placed in a private BYU Box folder which is only available to Ancient Scripture full-time faculty:
1) : A recent video of your best college-level teaching of Ancient Scripture content (Bible or Book of Mormon). (Either send a link to the YouTube video or send actual mp4 file.) Whenever possible, this video should be of you teaching a class of college-aged students in person. 2) Optional but recommended: Electronic copies of each of your publications not submitted with the application. (If you have published a book, then send an electronic copy of one chapter or selection).
Mission Alignment Statement: BYU is committed to hiring faculty members who enthusiastically embrace and energetically advance its unique mission. To this end, please include a one-page mission statement as part of your application that addresses how you might, as a BYU faculty member: (1) live a life of loyalty to Jesus Christ and His restored Church and align yourself with doctrines and teachings declared by living prophets, seers, and revelators; (2) demonstrate intentionality in building faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His restored gospel among students and others in the BYU community; and (3) teach your subject matter with the Spirit of God and strive to keep it "bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel" (Spencer W. Kimball).
Applicants who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include a one-page mission alignment statement that describes their understanding of and commitment to the Mission of Brigham Young University and the AIMS of a BYU Education (https://aims.byu.edu/).
#LI-DNIAll qualified candidates, including women, people of color, and people with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.
Equal Opportunity Employer: m/f/Vets/DisabilityBrigham Young University, an equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, or against qualified individuals with disabilities. All faculty are required to abide by the university's honor code and dress and grooming standards. Preference is given to qualified members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Note: Failure to attach the required documents may result in your application not being considered.
Mission Alignment Statement
BYU is committed to hiring faculty members who enthusiastically embrace and energetically advance its unique mission. To this end, please include a one-page mission alignment statement as part of your application that addresses how you might, as a BYU faculty member: (1) live a life of loyalty to Jesus Christ and His restored Church and align yourself with doctrine and teachings declared by living prophets, seers, and revelators; (2) demonstrate intentionality in building faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His restored gospel among students and others in the BYU community; and (3) teach your subject matter with the Spirit of God and strive to keep it “bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel” (Spencer W. Kimball).
Applicants who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include a one-page mission alignment statement that describes understanding of and commitment to the Mission of Brigham Young University and the AIMS of a BYU Education.
Employment Requirements
All new employees who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be required to hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.
All faculty are required to abide by the university’s Honor Code and Dress & Grooming Standards. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Successful candidates are expected to support and contribute to the academic and religious missions of the university within the context of the principles and doctrine of the affiliated church.
Equal Opportunity
Brigham Young University is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
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