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Rasmussen taught at BYU for over thirty years.<ref name=DBauthor/><ref>Beginning in 1949 to at least 1981.</ref> By the 1960s he was chair of the Biblical Languages Department,<ref name=Lessons/> followed by chair of the Ancient Scripture Department,<ref>{{Citation | author=Christensen, Carl Landus | title=An Analysis of Visual Religious Symbols Appearing in the Improvement Era, Ensign, and New Era Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1952-1972 | series=Master's thesis | date=August 1974 | page=14 | publisher=Department of Art and Design, [[Brigham Young University]] | location=Provo, Utah | url=http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4594/ | accessdate=2010-01-12}}</ref> and Assistant Dean of Religious Instruction.<ref name=SEHA/><ref>{{cite journal | author=Rasmussen, Ellis T. | title=What do we know of Jesus' use of the Hebrew scriptures? | journal=[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]] | date=January 1975 | page=23 | url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1975/01/i-have-a-question | accessdate=2010-01-12}}</ref> In 1976, Rasmussen became dean of Religious Instruction and Director of BYU's [[Religious Studies Center]], replacing [[Jeffrey R. Holland]] who had left to become [[Commissioner of Church Education]]. In 1981, Rasmussen stepped down from these positions and was replaced by [[Robert J. Matthews]].<ref>Rasmussen served as dean from 1976-81. See: {{cite journal | author=McCarlie, V. Wallace | title=Sidney B. Sperry: Father of Religious Education at BYU | journal=Religious Education Review | date=Winter 2009 | url=http://byureligiouseducationreview.com/2009WinterSidneySperry.php}}</ref><ref>The Religious Education dean is also the RSC general director. For Rasmussen, see: {{cite journal | author=Anderson, Lavina Fielding | authorlink=Lavina Fielding Anderson | title=A Respectful Meeting of the Minds | journal=[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]] | date=June 1978 | page=70| url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/06/a-respectful-meeting-of-the-minds | accessdate=2009-05-18}}</ref> He received the Division Faculty Teaching Award from the BYU Division of Continuing Education in 1980,<ref>{{cite book | author=Richard H. Henstrom, Keith R. Oakes | title=A History of the Division of Continuing Education | publisher=[[s.n.]] | location=Provo, Utah | year=1997 | page=812 | format=[[PDF]] | url=https://ceweb.byu.edu/intra/pdf/history/chapter38.pdf | accessdate=2010-01-12}}</ref> and was retired from teaching by the mid-1980s.<ref>Professor emeritus of Religious Education in January 1987 {{cite journal | author=Rasmussen, Ellis T. | title=What are the best evidences to support the authenticity of the Book of Mormon? | journal=[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]] | date=January 1987 | pages=53–55 | url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1987/01/i-have-a-question | accessdate=2010-01-12}}</ref> |
Rasmussen taught at BYU for over thirty years.<ref name=DBauthor/><ref>Beginning in 1949 to at least 1981.</ref> By the 1960s he was chair of the Biblical Languages Department,<ref name=Lessons/> followed by chair of the Ancient Scripture Department,<ref>{{Citation | author=Christensen, Carl Landus | title=An Analysis of Visual Religious Symbols Appearing in the Improvement Era, Ensign, and New Era Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1952-1972 | series=Master's thesis | date=August 1974 | page=14 | publisher=Department of Art and Design, [[Brigham Young University]] | location=Provo, Utah | url=http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4594/ | accessdate=2010-01-12}}</ref> and Assistant Dean of Religious Instruction.<ref name=SEHA/><ref>{{cite journal | author=Rasmussen, Ellis T. | title=What do we know of Jesus' use of the Hebrew scriptures? | journal=[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]] | date=January 1975 | page=23 | url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1975/01/i-have-a-question | accessdate=2010-01-12}}</ref> In 1976, Rasmussen became dean of Religious Instruction and Director of BYU's [[Religious Studies Center]], replacing [[Jeffrey R. Holland]] who had left to become [[Commissioner of Church Education]]. In 1981, Rasmussen stepped down from these positions and was replaced by [[Robert J. Matthews]].<ref>Rasmussen served as dean from 1976-81. See: {{cite journal | author=McCarlie, V. Wallace | title=Sidney B. Sperry: Father of Religious Education at BYU | journal=Religious Education Review | date=Winter 2009 | url=http://byureligiouseducationreview.com/2009WinterSidneySperry.php | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126183328/http://byureligiouseducationreview.com/2009WinterSidneySperry.php | archivedate=2010-01-26 | df= }}</ref><ref>The Religious Education dean is also the RSC general director. For Rasmussen, see: {{cite journal | author=Anderson, Lavina Fielding | authorlink=Lavina Fielding Anderson | title=A Respectful Meeting of the Minds | journal=[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]] | date=June 1978 | page=70| url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/06/a-respectful-meeting-of-the-minds | accessdate=2009-05-18}}</ref> He received the Division Faculty Teaching Award from the BYU Division of Continuing Education in 1980,<ref>{{cite book | author=Richard H. Henstrom, Keith R. Oakes | title=A History of the Division of Continuing Education | publisher=[[s.n.]] | location=Provo, Utah | year=1997 | page=812 | format=[[PDF]] | url=https://ceweb.byu.edu/intra/pdf/history/chapter38.pdf | accessdate=2010-01-12}}</ref> and was retired from teaching by the mid-1980s.<ref>Professor emeritus of Religious Education in January 1987 {{cite journal | author=Rasmussen, Ellis T. | title=What are the best evidences to support the authenticity of the Book of Mormon? | journal=[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]] | date=January 1987 | pages=53–55 | url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1987/01/i-have-a-question | accessdate=2010-01-12}}</ref> |
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At BYU Rasmussen had been an early member of the [[Society for Early Historic Archaeology]] in 1949, where he served on its advisory committee and as symposium chairman in 1972.<ref name=SEHA/> He also spent time in Israel for BYU as a leader of travel study tours<ref name=SEHA/> and Special Representative.<ref>Unpublished manuscript in [[BYU]]'s [[Harold B. Lee Library]]: {{Citation | author=Smith, Robert J. | title=My Perspective of a Life's Journey | chapter=Church Activities and Positions | page=96 | date=February 2001 | url=http://catalog.lib.byu.edu/uhtbin/pcnum/2881853 | accessdate=2016-02-06}}</ref> |
At BYU Rasmussen had been an early member of the [[Society for Early Historic Archaeology]] in 1949, where he served on its advisory committee and as symposium chairman in 1972.<ref name=SEHA/> He also spent time in Israel for BYU as a leader of travel study tours<ref name=SEHA/> and Special Representative.<ref>Unpublished manuscript in [[BYU]]'s [[Harold B. Lee Library]]: {{Citation | author=Smith, Robert J. | title=My Perspective of a Life's Journey | chapter=Church Activities and Positions | page=96 | date=February 2001 | url=http://catalog.lib.byu.edu/uhtbin/pcnum/2881853 | accessdate=2016-02-06}}</ref> |
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Ellis Theo Rasmussen (September 21, 1915 – June 6, 2011)[1][2] was an American professor and dean of Religious Instruction at Brigham Young University (BYU). He helped produce the edition of the Bible published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1979.
Biography
Born to Wilford and Kate Nelson Rasmussen.[3]
As a young man in the 1930s, Rasmussen attended Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, where he was forensic manager of the student body and received an associates degree in education.[4][5]
In the 1940s,[6] Rasmussen married Oda Fonnesbeck. They had five children[7] and live in Orem, Utah.[3][6][8] Rasmussen died at his home on June 6, 2011.[9]
Church service
In 1939 Rasmussen served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the West German Mission.[10] When the German borders were closing during the onset of World War II,[11] Rasmussen led several missionaries in an escape to Denmark, then back to the United States.[12] He completed his missionary service in the Southern States Mission,[6] where he served as mission secretary.[13]
Throughout his life Rasmussen served in the LDS Church, including as a bishop, high councilor,[14] counselor in a stake presidency, temple ordinance worker,[7] and Stake Patriarch in Orem, Utah.[15]
Education
After his mission, in 1942, Rasmussen received his bachelor's degree from BYU.[8] That fall, he went to Weston, Idaho to teach in high school and LDS Church seminary. During the summer, he continued graduate work at BYU under his mentor, Sidney B. Sperry, who urged him to study Old Testament languages. Sperry helped Rasmussen become a part-time teacher at BYU in 1949.[6] This helped him complete his master's degree in 1951[16] and then begin teaching full-time at BYU.[6]
With Sperry's encouragement, a sabbatical leave grant, and a private donation,[6] Rasmussen pursued doctoral studies in the language and literature of the Old Testament at Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[7] from 1957–58.[6] He completed his Ph.D. at BYU in 1967, with his dissertation entitled "Relationship of God and Man According to a Text and Targum of Deuteronomy".[17]
Career
Rasmussen taught at BYU for over thirty years.[7][18] By the 1960s he was chair of the Biblical Languages Department,[4] followed by chair of the Ancient Scripture Department,[19] and Assistant Dean of Religious Instruction.[17][20] In 1976, Rasmussen became dean of Religious Instruction and Director of BYU's Religious Studies Center, replacing Jeffrey R. Holland who had left to become Commissioner of Church Education. In 1981, Rasmussen stepped down from these positions and was replaced by Robert J. Matthews.[21][22] He received the Division Faculty Teaching Award from the BYU Division of Continuing Education in 1980,[23] and was retired from teaching by the mid-1980s.[24]
At BYU Rasmussen had been an early member of the Society for Early Historic Archaeology in 1949, where he served on its advisory committee and as symposium chairman in 1972.[17] He also spent time in Israel for BYU as a leader of travel study tours[17] and Special Representative.[25]
Rasmussen assisted several significant LDS Church publishing efforts. In the 1970s he served on the church's Correlation Committee[26] and on a committee to assist the church's Ensign magazine with scriptural articles.[27] Being skilled in Hebrew, Rasmussen was given leave from his administrative duties at BYU during 1973–74 to work on the church's Scripture Publication Committee that produced the 1979 LDS edition of the Bible.[28][29][30] He later also assisted in developing the 1981 LDS editions of the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price.[30][31] He contributed articles on the Old Testament to the 1992 Encyclopedia of Mormonism[32] and participated in the encyclopedia's final editing.[33]
Rasmussen has been described as among the LDS scholars familiar with "biblical languages and modern critical methodology" seeking academic credibility, yet "dogmatic" and "apologetic" in their support of traditional LDS orthodoxy.[34]
Writings
Rasmussen authored the LDS Church's 1965 Sunday School manual on the Old Testament,[4] and his best known work is A Latter-day Saint Commentary on the Old Testament, published in 1993.
Books
- —— (1965). Patriarchs of the Old Testament. Gospel Doctrine Class manual for the Sunday Schools. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Sunday School Union.
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has numeric name (help) - —— (1974). An Introduction to the Old Testament and Its Teachings. Syllabus for Religion 302, part II (2nd ed.). Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, College of Religious Instruction. p. 157.
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Articles
- —— (February 1962). "Isaiah: A Messenger of God". The Instructor. 97.
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has numeric name (help) - ——. "Abrahamic Covenant". In Daniel H. Ludlow (ed.). Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan. pp. 9–10.
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Papers
- Rasmussen, Ellis T. (1951), Textual Parallels to the Doctrine and Covenants and Book of Commandments as Found in the Bible, Master's thesis, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, Division of Religion.
- —— (1954), Search the Scriptures, Leadership Week, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, p. 56
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has numeric name (help). - —— (June 4–9, 1960), "Gospel Teachings from the Old Testament", BYU Leadership, 37th Annual Leadership Week, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, pp. 31–48
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has numeric name (help). - —— (1975). "Abraham the Prophet". Pearl of Great Price Symposium, 22 November 1975. pp. 88–94.
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has numeric name (help) - —— (August 16–18, 1979). "The New LDS Edition of the King James Version of the Bible: Its Development and Significance". Church Educational System Religious Educators' Symposium. pp. 27–30.
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Notes
- ^ Ellis Theo Rasmussen Obituary 1915-2011 "Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary".
- ^ Rasmussen's middle-name and birth-year are from "Time Had Come: Producers of Edition Remembered". LDS Church Periodical Index. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ^ a b "Death: Philo Rasmussen". Deseret News. January 19, 1998. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ a b c "BYU Professor Writes Lessons". Church News. Deseret News. August 29, 1964. p. 5. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ "Play Written In Utah Chosen at Snow College". Deseret News. October 12, 1934. p. 15. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g Rasmussen, Ellis T. (Spring 1995). "Sidney B. Sperry, As I Remember and Appreciate Him". Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. 4 (1): xxv–xxvi. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ a b "Ancient Scripture Faculty" (PDF), BYU 2007–2008 Undergraduate Catalog, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, p. 334, 2007, retrieved 2010-01-12
- ^ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=ellis-theo-rasmussen&pid=151647661
- ^ Boone, David F. (August 1981). "The Worldwide Evacuation of Latter-day Saint Missionaries at the Beginning of World War II". Master's thesis. Provo, Utah: Department of History, Brigham Young University: 251. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
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(help) - ^ Rasmussen, Ellis T. (December 1943). "Border Incidents: Inside Germany". Improvement Era.
- ^ Williams, Lane (September 1, 1989). "LDS Missionaries Used Lessons Learned From WWI to Flee Germany". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ "Southern States Mission". Liahona, The Elders' Journal. 37 (24): 572. May 28, 1940. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ "Sharon Stake Names New Counselor in Presidency". Church News. Deseret News. March 9, 1955. p. 8. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Rasmussen, Ellis T. (July 1986). "Sidney B. Sperry: Student of the Book of Mormon". Ensign: 24. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Rasmussen, Ellis T. (1951), Textual Parallels to the Doctrine and Covenants and Book of Commandments as Found in the Bible, Master's thesis, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, Division of Religion, retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ a b c d "Advisory Committee Created" (PDF). Newsletter and Proceedings of the S.E.H.A. The Society for Early Historic Archaeology: 10–11. September 1972. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Beginning in 1949 to at least 1981.
- ^ Christensen, Carl Landus (August 1974), An Analysis of Visual Religious Symbols Appearing in the Improvement Era, Ensign, and New Era Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1952-1972, Master's thesis, Provo, Utah: Department of Art and Design, Brigham Young University, p. 14, retrieved 2010-01-12
- ^ Rasmussen, Ellis T. (January 1975). "What do we know of Jesus' use of the Hebrew scriptures?". Ensign: 23. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Rasmussen served as dean from 1976-81. See: McCarlie, V. Wallace (Winter 2009). "Sidney B. Sperry: Father of Religious Education at BYU". Religious Education Review. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26.
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- ^ Richard H. Henstrom, Keith R. Oakes (1997). A History of the Division of Continuing Education (PDF). Provo, Utah: s.n. p. 812. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Professor emeritus of Religious Education in January 1987 Rasmussen, Ellis T. (January 1987). "What are the best evidences to support the authenticity of the Book of Mormon?". Ensign: 53–55. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Unpublished manuscript in BYU's Harold B. Lee Library: Smith, Robert J. (February 2001), "Church Activities and Positions", My Perspective of a Life's Journey, p. 96, retrieved 2016-02-06
- ^ Rasmussen, Ellis T. (October 1973). "The Unchanging Gospel of Two Testaments". Ensign. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Todd, Jay M. (December 1972). "Search the Scriptures". Ensign. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Anderson, Lavina Fielding (October 1979). "Church Publishes First LDS Edition of the Bible". Ensign: 9. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Mortimer, Wm. James (August 1983). "The Coming Forth of the LDS Editions of Scripture". Ensign: 35. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ a b Harper, Bruce T. (October 1981). "The Church Publishes a New Triple Combination". Ensign. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Manscill, Craig K. (2004). "The Explanatory Introduction: A Guide to the Doctrine and Covenants". Sperry Symposium Classics: The Doctrine & Covenants. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ "Deuteronomy", "Abrahamic Covenant", and "Old Testament".
- ^ Daniel H. Ludlow, ed. (1992). "Acknowledgments". Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Vol. 1. p. lxiii. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Hutchinson, Anthony A. (Spring 1982). "LDS Approaches to the Holy Bible". Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 15 (1): 104–05. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ Largey, Dennis (February 1994). "Refusing to Worship Today's Graven Images". Ensign. Retrieved 2010-01-12.