Hall received his B.A. from
Brigham Young University, his M.A. from
Princeton University, and Ph.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania. Hall is a past president of the
Classical Association of the Middle West and South, a professional organization for Classicists. He was instrumental in arranging, organizing, and hosting the inaugural exhibit of the
Brigham Young University Museum of Art,
The Etruscans, which featured artifacts from the
Vatican's collection of Etruscan antiquities. Professor
Nancy T. DeGrummond, the US's premier Etruscologist, also advised the exhibit. In connection with this exhibit, Hall edited the volume
Etruscan Italy, which featured contributions from noted Roman historians, Etruscologists, and members of the BYU faculty. Hall is the author of several important works on early Christianity, particularly in terms of providing insight into the LDS (Mormon) perspective. He has written
Charting the New Testament,
Masada and the World of the New Testament and parts of
Apostles and Bishops in early Christianity, which is composed of lecture notes of his teacher Hugh Nibley which Hall pieced together, edited and footnoted for publication in a book format. His most informative work is
New Testament Witnesses of Christ: Peter, John, James, and Paul, a discussion of the "pillars of early Christianity" both in a biographic fashion and also in respect to their doctrinal teachings about Christ. An editor of the forthcoming
BYU New Testament Commentary, Hall is also author of several of its 15 volumes, including volume four about the Gospel of John. == Bibliography ==