Brian M. Hauglid (born 1954) is an emeritus professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University (BYU).

[4][5][8][9] Some of Hauglid's work is cited in the Church's Gospel Topics essay on the Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham.

[11][8] In a 2018 Facebook post, Hauglid publicly stated that after a "transformative journey" he had revised some of the views he expressed in A Textual History and "was no longer interested" in apologetics.

[8] Hauglid explained he did not believe the Book of Abraham came from a missing section of the Joseph Smith papyri, a theory advanced in his earlier works, and he added that his current views aligned with and were "much more open to" those expressed in a YouTube video by historian Dan Vogel (Vogel had referred and responded to Hauglid's A Textual History in the video).

[8][11] Publications reflecting Hauglid's more recent thoughts on the Book of Abraham include the following: Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts, The Pearl of Greatest Price: Mormonism's Most Controversial Scripture, and Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith’s Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity.