Editing Daniel McClellan (section)

=== Education and academic career ===
From 2013 to 2023, McClellan worked as scripture translation supervisor for the LDS Church.

According to McClellan, he was expelled from the [[University of Northern Colorado]] before attending [[Collin College|Collin Community College]] in [[Plano, Texas]]. He received a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[Ancient Near East studies|ancient Near Eastern studies]] from Brigham Young University with a minor in [[Classical Greek]], a [[Master of Studies|master's degree]] in [[Jewish studies]] at the [[University of Oxford]], and [[Master of Arts|a master of arts]] in [[biblical studies]] from [[Trinity Western University]]. In 2020, he received a [[PhD]] from the [[University of Exeter]], where he wrote a dissertation under the supervision of [[Francesca Stavrakopoulou]]. A revised version of his dissertation was published in 2022, titled ''YHWH's Divine Images: A Cognitive Approach''.

McClellan's academic interests include [[Second Temple Judaism]], the early [[Israelites|Israelite religion]], the [[cognitive science of religion]], and textual criticism of the [[Hebrew Bible]]. He promotes a scholarly, historical-critical approach to biblical texts and advocates for incorporating perspectives from historically underrepresented groups.

McClellan's first full-length book titled ''The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture's Most Controversial Issues'' was published by [[St. Martin's Press]] in April 2025.