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William James Hamblin (born 1954) is a professor of history at Brigham Young University (BYU). He is a former board member of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) at BYU.
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Biography
Hamblin served as an LDS missionary in Italy from 1973–75.
Hamblin received his bachelor's degree in history from BYU. He did his graduate studies from the University of Michigan, receiving an M.A. in history in 1981, an M.A. in Near East Studies in 1984, and a Ph.D. in history in 1985. The title of his Dissertation was The Fatimid Army During the Early Crusades. Prior to joining the faculty of BYU in 1989, Hamblin was a history professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, an instructor at Campbell University and a Middle East intelligence analyst for the United States Department of Defense. Hamblin contributed many articles to The International Military Encyclopedia.
During the summer of 2008 Hamblin was a student sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities at a five-week course sponsored through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga entitled "Holy Land and Holy City in Classical Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
He has taught as a professor at the BYU Jerusalem Center and is currently teaching at Brigham Young University in the History Department.
Apologetics
Hamblin is also known in his role in Mormon apologetics. He has written on archaeology and the Book of Mormon, both in general articles for the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies and in response to criticisms to the historicity of the Book of Mormon.
In 1994, as a response to Brent Metcalfe, a critic of the Book of Mormon, Hamblin published a paper in the 1994 FARMS Review which included an encrypted message stating "Metcalfe is Butthead." After the Review went to press, the editors became aware of this barb and hastily removed it.
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Personal life
Hamblin lives in Provo, Utah. He has three children with his ex-wife, Loree. The two divorced in 2013.