Paul Y. Hoskisson (born 1943)[1] is an American professor of Ancient scripture and former associate dean of Religious Education at Brigham Young University (BYU).
[2] He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from BYU and received a Ph.D. in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from Brandeis University in 1986.
[citation needed] Hoskisson has published research on the Book of Mormon, the Old Testament, and other LDS subjects.
scimitars in the Middle East, thus making their presence possible among Lehi and his descendants in the new world in ways that were previously denied.
In September 2008, Hoskisson was appointed the director of BYU's Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Research.