D. Kelly Ogden

D. Kelly Ogden is a professor emeritus of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University.  He taught courses in Hebrew, Old and New Testament, writings of Isaiah, the Bible as literature, history of the ancient Near East, biblical and modern geography of the Holy Land, Pearl of Great Price, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants.  For a span of fourteen years he helped administer BYU’s study programs in the Holy Land and guided students on field study trips all over Israel/Palestine, the Sinai, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, and Greece.  He led groups of students on many walks through the Holy Land, including retracing the “three-days’ journey” of Abraham and Isaac from Beersheba to Mount Moriah, the ninety-two miles Joseph and Mary traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem, the two hundred miles from Dan to Beersheba, and the two-hundred mile “Lehi Trek” from Jerusalem to the Red Sea.  He has climbed the traditional Mount Sinai 18 times.

Brother Ogden earned a B.A. in English and Spanish, an M.Ed. in International Education, an M.A. in Hebrew language and historical geography of the Bible, and a Ph.D. in Middle East Studies.  He has presented scholarly papers in Louisville, Kentucky; Washington, D. C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; Kansas City, Missouri; Honolulu, Hawaii; Seattle, Washington; Leuven, Belgium; Vienna, Austria; Santiago, Chile; and Oxford, England.

He is author of the following books:

1.  The Holy Land – A Geographical, Historical, and Archaeological Guide to the Land of the Bible 

(co-authored with Jeffrey R. Chadwick)

2.  Where Jesus Walked – The Land and Culture of New Testament Times

3.  Jerusalem, The Eternal City (with David B. Galbraith and Andrew C. Skinner)

1. Discovering the World of the Bible (with LaMar C. Berrett) 

5.  The President and the Preacher – Memoirs of a Mission President and Companion (with Marcia H. Ogden)

6.  Pioneering the East (30 years’ involvement in the Holy Land, 1972 – 2002)

7.  8 Mighty Changes God Wants for You—Before You Get to Heaven

8.  Verse by Verse: The Four Gospels (with Andrew C. Skinner)

9.  Verse by Verse: Acts through Revelation (with Andrew C. Skinner)

10.  The President and the Preacher II – Memoirs of a Missionary Training Center President and

Companion (with Marcia H. Ogden)

11.  Happy like Jesus – Lessons from Jesus Christ on How to Live

12.  Verse by Verse: The Book of Mormon – two volumes (with Andrew C. Skinner)

13.  Verse by Verse: The Old Testament – two volumes (with Andrew C. Skinner)

14.  Loving Life – Lessons I Have Learned from Heaven and Earth

15.  A Message to Doubters and Encouragement to the Faithful (with Marcia H. Ogden)