Brant Gardner
Brant Anderson Gardner (born 1951)[1] is an American researcher, writer and speaker on the Book of Mormon, and Mesoamerican studies.
Biographical background[]
Gardner is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From 1971 to 1973, he served as a missionary for the church in the Spain Madrid Mission.[2]
Gardner received a B.A. in University Studies from Brigham Young University in 1975, and an M.A. in Anthropology from the State University of New York, Albany (SUNY) in 1978.[3] From 1978–80, Gardner continued at SUNY, completing all the course work, but not exams or a dissertation,[3] toward a Ph.D. in Mesoamerican ethnohistory.[4]
In Mesoamerican studies, Gardner has published on classical Nahuatl kinship terminology, ethnohistoric investigation of Coxoh in southern Mexico, and the Aztec Legend of the Suns.[4] He has published with the New World Archaeological Foundation and the Institute for Mesoamerican Studies.[3]
Professionally, Gardner has worked in software consulting[5] and product management.[4]
Gardner lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[6]
Mormon studies[]
Gardner has published widely on the Book of Mormon and its possible geographical settings. He has often written for the FARMS Review of Books[5] and has presented in the conferences of the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR) during 2000–4, and 2008.[7] In 2007 he presented on "DNA and the Book of Mormon" to the Book of Mormon Archaeological Forum.[8]
Gardner is the author of Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon (ISBN 1589580478), published by Greg Kofford Books in 2007. This six-volume commentary on the Book of Mormon focuses on its spiritual, theological, cultural, textual, and historical context.[9] For years much of this work was presented online as The Multi-dimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon, which Gardner further revised for publication and took offline.
Published works[]
- Campbell, Lyle; Ventur, Pierre; Stewart, Russell; Gardner, Brant (1978). Bibliography of Mayan Languages and Linguistics. Publication. 3. New York: State University of New York at Albany, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies. ISBN 094204102X.
- Campbell, Lyle; Gardner, Brant (1988). "Coxoh". The Linguistics of Southeast Chiapas, Mexico. Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation. 50. Provo, Utah: New World Archaeological Foundation, Brigham Young University. pp. 315–38.
- Gardner, Brant (1975). Mecayotl and Mexicayotl : The Role of Kinship in Nahua Society (M.S. Anthropology thesis).
- ——. "A Structural and Semantic Analysis of Classical Nahuatl Kinship Terminology". Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl. 15: 89–124.
- —— (March 1986). "The Christianization of Quetzalcoatl: A History of the Metamorphosis". Sunstone. Vol. 10 no. 11. Salt Lake City, Utah: Sunstone Education Foundation. pp. 6–10.
- —— (1986). "The Aztec 'Legend of the Suns': A Multi-Dimensional Approach to the Ethnohistory of Myth". In Gary Gossen (ed.). Symbol and Meaning Beyond the Closed Community. New York: Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, State University of New York, Albany. pp. 19–34. ISBN 0-942041-10-0.
- —— (1997). "Quetzalcoatl's Fathers: A Critical Examination of Source Materials". AZTLAN E-Journal. John W. Hoopes, University of Kansas. Archived from the original on 2009-06-26.
- —— (2004). "An Exploration in Critical Methodology: Critiquing a Critique". FARMS Review. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. 16 (2): 173–223.
- —— (2007). Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon. [six volumes]. Salt Lake City, Utah: Greg Kofford Books. ISBN 9781589580473.
- —— (2011). The Gift and Power: Translating the Book of Mormon. Greg Kofford Books. ISBN 9781589581319.
- —— (2015). Traditions of the Fathers: The Book of Mormon As History. Greg Kofford Books. ISBN 9781589586659.
Sources[]
- ^ "Church History Catalog". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ^ "Alumni Address List". Mision de Espana. Spain Madrid Mission Alumni. Archived from the original on 2003-06-27. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ^ a b c Gardner, Brant. "Academic Vita". Brant Gardner's Page. Archived from the original on 2002-04-19. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ a b c Gardner, Brant (September 2002). "Too Good to be True: Questionable Archaeology and the Book of Mormon" (PDF). FAIR Papers. Mesa, Arizona: Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ a b "Brant Gardner". Authors. The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ "Brant Gardner fireside". LDS Mormon Forums. November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ "FAIR Conference Speakers". Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ Moore, Carrie A. (October 23, 2007). "DNA claims rebutted on Book of Mormon". Deseret Morning News. Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ "Introduction to "Second Witness" with Brant Gardner". Life On Gold Plates. September 3, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
External links[]
- Bio page from FARMS
- "Likening With Care" - articles about Gardner's work in 2008
- 1951 births
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
- 20th-century Mesoamericanists
- 21st-century Mesoamericanists
- American Mesoamericanists
- American Mormon missionaries in Spain
- Brigham Young University alumni
- Living people
- Mormon apologists
- Writers from Albuquerque, New Mexico
- University at Albany, SUNY alumni
- Latter Day Saints from New Mexico
- Latter Day Saints from New York (state)
- Latter Day Saints from Utah
- Missionary linguists