Daniel McClellan

American scholar of the Bible and religion

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Daniel O. McClellan^[1] is an American biblical scholar and social media personality. He is a public scholar of the Bible and religion and an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. McClellan was the winner of the Society of Biblical Literature's 2023 Richards Award for Public Scholarship.^[2]

Biography

Daniel McClellan is originally from West Virginia.

He has previously worked as scripture translation supervisor for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[1] McClellan has completed a bachelor's degree in ancient Near Eastern studies from Brigham Young University, a master's degree in Jewish studies at the University of Oxford, and master of arts in biblical studies at Trinity Western University.^[1]^[3] In 2020 he received a PhD from the University of Exeter, where he wrote a dissertation under the supervision of Francesca Stavrakopoulou.

His formal academic areas of expertise include cognitive linguistics and the cognitive science of religion.^[4] In 2022 he published a revised version of his doctoral dissertation, titled YHWH's Divine Images: A Cognitive Approach.^[2]^[3]

Since 2021, McClellan has been active on social media, confronting misinformation being shared on social media about the academic study of the Bible and religion.^[3] He leads online classes, cohosts the Data Over Dogma Podcast, and is also active on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter.^[2] On TikTok he has become popular by "stitching" videos containing misinterpretations of the Bible.^[5]

Publications

Theses

McClellan, Daniel O (December 2013). "You Will be Like the Gods": The Conceptulization of Deity in the Hebrew Bible in Cognitive Perspective (PDF) (Master of Arts in Biblical Studies thesis). British Columbia, Canada: Trinity Western University, Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. ISBN 9780499255105. OCLC 1019486334.
McClellan, Daniel O (18 May 2020). Deity and Divine Agency in the Hebrew Bible: Cognitive Perspectives (PhD in Theology and Religion thesis). UK: University of Exeter.

Other Publications

McClellan, Daniel O (2022). YHWH’s Divine Images: A Cognitive Approach.Ancient Near East Monographs (PDF). Atlanta, GA, USA: Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 1628374381. OCLC 1345581122.
McClellan, Daniel O. (7 May 2015). Psalm 82 in Contemporary Latter-day Saint Tradition (1st ed.). The Interpreter Foundation.

Book chapters

McClellan, Daniel (September 2018), "Religion and Description", Method Today: Redescribing Approaches to the Study of Religion: 106–113, doi:10.17613/vybm-9p24
McClellan, Daniel (2021), Shannon, Avram R. (ed.), "'Go Ye and Learn What That Meaneth': Mercy and the Law in the Old Testament's Prophetic Literature and in the Gospels", Covenant of Compassion: Caring for the. Marginalized and Disadvantaged in the Old Testament, BYU Religious Studies Center, doi:10.17613/aw8k-9d82
McClellan, Daniel (25 February 2021), "Forming Divine Bodies in the Hebrew Bible", Life and Death: Social Perspectives on Biblical Bodies: 171–194, doi:10.17613/atkd-xr22, retrieved 14 January 2024
McClellan, Daniel (2019), Blumell, Lincoln (ed.), "The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament." (PDF), New Testament History, Culture, and Society: A Background to the Texts of the New Testament., BYU Religious Studies Center: 497–513

Articles

“Forming divine bodies in the Hebrew Bible.” Pages 171–94 in Life and Death: Social Perspectives on Biblical Bodies. Edited by Francesca Stavrakopoulou (T&T Clark, 2021).
2 Nephi 25:23 in Literary and Rhetorical Context. Utha, USA: Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, 29, 20200401, 1. OCLC 9700686633.
“As Far as It Is Translated Correctly”: Bible Translation and the Church. Religious Educator 20.2 (2019): 53–83. https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:30471/
“Religion and Description.” Pages 106–13 in Method Today: Redescribing Approaches to the Study of Religion. Edited by Brad Stoddard (Equinox, 2018)
The Gods-Complaint: Psalm 82 as a Psalm of Complaint Journal of Biblical Literature 137.4 (2018): 833–51. https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:30469/
McClellan, Daniel (2017), "Cognitive Perspectives on Early Christology", Bible Interpretation (PDF), vol. 25, pp. 647–662
McClellan, Daniel. "The Angel of YHWH - TheTorah.com". www.thetorah.com. The Torah .com. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
"Names of God". Bible Odyssey. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
McClellan, Daniel (2019), ""As Far as It Is Translated Correctly": Bible Translation and the Church", Religious Educator, vol. 20, Religious Studies Center, pp. 52–83, retrieved 14 January 2024
“As Far as It Is Translated Correctly”: Bible Translation and the Church in Religious Educator Vol. 20 No. 2 · 2019. https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-20-no-2-2019/far-it-translated-correctly-bible-translation-church
Outreach: A Conversation with James E. Faulconer in Religious Educator Vol. 10 No. 3 · 2009. https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-10-no-3-2009/outreach-conversation-james-e-faulconer
Ancient Studies: Research Update in Review Magazine Fall 2009 https://rsc.byu.edu/fall-2009/ancient-studies
The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament in New Testament History, Culture, and Society. https://rsc.byu.edu/new-testament-history-culture-society/use-old-testament-new-testament
"Go Ye and Learn What That Meaneth", Covenant of Compassion, Religious Studies Center
The Church of Jesus Christ in Kosrae in Battlefields to Temple Grounds.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "McClellan, Daniel O. | Religious Studies Center". rsc.byu.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Daniel McClellan: 2023 Richards Award for Public Scholarship" (PDF). sbl-site.org. Society of Biblical Literature. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dan McClellan". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
^ "Daniel McClellan – Humanities Commons". Retrieved 2023-08-21.
^ Clayton, Jerry (2024-01-28). "Biblical scholar Dan McClellan fights misinformation about the Bible on social media". Texas Public Radio. Retrieved 2024-03-24.