About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Allison Holker, Arthur Vivian Watkins, Ashly DelGrosso, Avraham Gileadi, Brett Helquist, Chad Lewis, Daniel K Judd, Eli Herring, Ellis T. Rasmussen, Erin Thorn, Ernie Lopez, George P. Lee, H. Donl Peterson, Ivan J. Barrett, James B. Allen (historian), Karl Barksdale, Keith Clearwater, Kent Gilbert, Kurt Bestor, LaVell Edwards, Mac Van Valkenburg, Noelle Pikus-Pace, Norman L. Nielsen, Patti Miner, Quinn Allman, Ray Noorda, Rex D. Pinegar, Ross T. Christensen, Royal Skousen, Scott Pinckney, Shauna Rohbock, Stephen Sandstrom, Tai Wesley, Travis Hansen, W. Val Oveson. Excerpt: Ellis Theo Rasmussen (September 21, 1915 - June 6, 2011) 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. Born to Wilford and Kate Nelson Rasmussen. 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. In the 1940s, Rasmussen married Oda Fonnesbeck. They had five children and live in Orem, Utah.Rasmussen passed away peacefully at his home on June 6, 2011. In 1939 Rasmussen served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the West German Mission. When the German borders were closing during the onset of World War II, Rasmussen led several missionaries in an escape to Denmark, then back to the United States. He completed his missionary service in the Southern States Mission, where he served as mission secretary. Throughout his life Rasmussen served in the LDS Church, including as a bishop, high councilor, counselor in a stake presidency, temple ordinance worker, and Stake Patriarch in Orem, Utah. After his mission, in 1942, Rasmussen received his bachelors degree from BYU. 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. This helped him complete his master's degree in 1951 and then begin teaching full time at BYU. With Sperry's encouragement, a sabbatical leave grant, and a private donation, Rasmussen pursued doctoral studies in the language and literature of the Old Testament at Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1957-58. He completed his Ph.D. at BYU in 1967, with his dissertation entitled "Relati
