Robert L. Millet

Dr. Robert L. Millet (b. December 30, 1947, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a professor of ancient scripture and emeritus Dean of Religious Education at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Millet is a distinguished Latter-day Saint author and speaker with more than 60 published works on virtually all aspects of Mormonism.

He appears frequently as a commentator on BYUTV and in other visible roles at assorted media outlets as Manager of Outreach and Interfaith Relations for Church Public Affairs. As a religion instructor, Millet has become known for his "milk before meat" approach of avoiding less popular LDS doctrines when discussing the church with non-Mormons. [BYUTV, October 1, 2006, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMJvqBq_Qa8 YouTube] ]

Millet is considered one of the foremost scholars on the Joseph Smith Translation (also known as the Inspired Version) of the Bible.

Millet received a Ph.D. from Florida State University in biblical studies and contemporary theology and a Master's Degree in Psychology from BYU. Millet has been a member of BYU faculty since 1983.

Millet has six children with his wife, Shauna Sizemore Millet, whom he wed in 1971.

Among other writtings of Millet are "The Historical Jesus: A Latter-day Saint Perspective" in Paul Y. Hoskisson, edited "Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures".

External links

* [http://religion.byu.edu/FacWebs/millet.htm BYU Religious Education profile]
* [http://deseretbook.com/authors/author-info?author_id=7995 Deseret Book author information]
* [http://www.mormonwiki.org/Robert_Millet Robert Millet] (MormonWiki.org)