Stephen E. Robinson is a LDS scholar and was appointed as chairman of the Department of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University in 1991 where also recieved a B.A. in English Literature and a M.A. in Ancient Scripture. He received a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Duke University and was tenured at Lycoming College after teaching religion there and at Hampden-Sydney College and Duke. Robinson also served as chairman of the Religion Department at Lycoming.