John Gee is an expert in Egyptology, and currently occupies the position of William 'Bill' Gay Research Professor of Egyptology at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University.
Dr Gee is an outspoken advocate of the Egyptological study of the Joseph Smith papyri, over its use for polemic purposes. He holds the position that the remaining fragments of the Joseph Smith Papyri are not the source of the Book of Abraham.
Dr Gee has written several books on Egyptology, on subjects like the Joseph Smith papyri, Egyptian marriage and family life, religion and the Book of the Dead. He is also editor-in-chief of the 'Studies in the Book of Abraham' series, and editor of The Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities.
