Jason R. Combs is an assistant professor in the Department of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. He holds master’s degrees in Biblical Studies from Yale University Divinity School and in Classics from Columbia University, and he earned his Ph.D. in Religious Studies, specializing in the New Testament and early Christianity, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. When he isn’t teaching and writing, you’ll find him attending the theater—most commonly, musicals.