Steven Craig Harper (born 1970) is a professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. He was a historian for the Church History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From 2019, he is the Editor-in-Chief of BYU Studies Quarterly.

Steven Craig Harper
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Born1970 (age 53–54)
Websitestevencraigharper.com

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Harper is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He served a mission for the LDS Church in Canada Winnipeg Mission.[1]

Harper earned his B.A. in history from BYU in 1994. While a student at BYU he worked as an editorial assistant at BYU Studies in the compilation of the journals of William E. McLellin for publication.[2] Harper earned an M.A. in American history from Utah State University in 1996, and a Ph.D. in early American history from Lehigh University in 2001.[3] During his graduate studies Harper also took a summer seminar in Latter-day Saint history directed by Richard L. Bushman.[4]

He taught history and religion at BYU-Hawaii from 2000 to 2001 and joined the faculty in the Department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, in 2002. Since that time he has also served as an editor of The Joseph Smith Papers, working on volumes in the Revelations and Translations Series and the Documents Series.[3]

At the start of 2019 Harper became editor-in-chief of BYU Studies Quarterly.

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Books

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  • Harper, Steven C. (2005). Joseph the Seer. Provo, UT: Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9773879-0-9.
  • —— (2006). Promised Land: Penn's Holy Experiment, the Walking Purchase, and the Dispossession of Delawares, 1600-1763. Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press. ISBN 0-934223-77-7.
  • —— (2007). The Word of Wisdom. Setting the Record Straight. Orem, UT: Millennial Press. ISBN 978-1-932597-43-1.
  • —— (2008). Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants: A Guided Tour Through Modern Revelation. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. ISBN 978-1-59038-921-8.
  • Smith, Joseph Jr. (2009). Harper, Steven C.; Jensen, Robin Scott; Woodford, Robert J. (eds.). Revelations and Translations: Manuscript Revelation Books. The Joseph Smith Papers (Facsimile ed.). Salt Lake City: Church Historian's Press. ISBN 978-1-57008-850-6.
  • Harper, Steven C. (2019). First Vision: Memory and Mormon Origins. New York City: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-932947-2.

Harper has also been co-editor of Prelude to the Restoration: Apostasy to the Restored Church with Fred E. Woods, Andrew H. Hedges, Patty Smith and Thomas R. Valletta. In 2010 Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints that he co-edited with Richard E. Turley, Jr. was published. In 2012 Exploring the First Vision that he co-edited with Samuel Alonzo Dodge. In 2008 Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: The Pacific Isles that Harper co-edited with Fred E. Woods, Reid L. Neilson, Craig K. Manscill and Mary Jane Woodger was published.

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Notes

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  1. ^ "About Me". Steven C. Harper. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ Article on Harper
  3. ^ a b c d e "Contributor Bios". The Joseph Smith Papers. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  4. ^ Lloyd, R. Scott (6 June 2015). "New generation of historians presenting a better view of Mormonism to the world, speaker says". Deseret News. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "MHA Awards" (PDF). Mormon History Association. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2010-03-01.

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