Daniel C. Peterson

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Daniel C. Peterson is a professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University and currently serves as editor-in-chief of BYU's Middle Eastern Texts Initiative. He is a member of the executive council of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. A native of California, Peterson received a bachelor's degree in Greek and philosophy from BYU and, after several years of study in Jerusalem and Cairo, earned his Ph.D. in near eastern languages and cultures from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Peterson is known for his work as an apologist and defender of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), of which he is a member. He has served as the editor of the FARMS Review of Books, a periodical produced by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies.

[edit] Publications

• Peterson, Daniel C. (2007), written at Grand Rapids, Michigan, Muhammad, Prophet of God, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (published February 26, 2007), ISBN 0802807542 .
• Peterson, Daniel C. & Ricks, Stephen D. (1998), Offenders for a Word, Foundation for Ancient Research & Mormon Studies (published October 1998), ISBN 0934893357 .