The Interpreter FoundationSupporting The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through scholarship2024-03-25T21:17:38Zhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/feed/atom/WordPresshttps://interpreterfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-if-icon-white-512x512-1-32x32.pnghttps://interpreterfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/black-logo.pngAdministrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=730912024-03-25T21:17:38Z2024-03-27T17:59:28ZJohn W. Welch and Jackson Abhau spoke at the Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses Conference on Saturday, September 19, 2020 about “The Priestly Interests of Moses the Levite.” The Bible states that Moses was the son of Amram, who was of the tribe of Levi (Exodus 6:16-20; 1 Chron. 6:1-3). Moses’s brother […]
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The post Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 14 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=729802024-03-18T15:16:59Z2024-03-26T17:59:35Z In the March 10th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Mark Johnson, Martin Tanner, Terry Hutchinson, and Kevin Christensen discuss Book of Mormon lesson 14, “Be Reconciled unto God through the Atonement of Christ” covering Jacob 1-4. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon in Context […]
The post Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 14 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Jonn Claybaughhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=719152024-01-09T16:25:50Z2024-03-26T16:00:07ZEditor’s Note: Four years ago, Jonn Claybaugh began writing the Study and Teaching Helps series of articles for Interpreter. We now have these wonderful and useful posts for all four years of Come, Follow Me lessons. Beginning this year we will be reposting these articles, with dates, lesson numbers, and titles updated for the current […]
The post Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 14 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=730852024-03-25T16:41:39Z2024-03-25T18:03:06Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=730792024-03-25T16:40:55Z2024-03-25T18:01:43Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=730782024-03-25T16:39:22Z2024-03-25T17:59:40Z In the March 17, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Bruce Webster, Kris Frederickson, and Martin Tanner. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 15, the Church’s security procedures, and the acquisitions from the Community of Christ. You can listen to or download the March 17th broadcast of […]
The post Interpreter Radio Show — March 17, 2024 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Kyler Rasmussenhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=730142024-03-21T11:28:48Z2024-03-22T18:01:03ZThis post is a summary of the article “King Benjamin’s Sermon as a Type of Temple Endowment” by Andrew I. Miller in Volume 61 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter series is available at […]
The post Interpreting Interpreter: The Endowment of Benjamin first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Andrew Millerhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=729982024-03-23T13:19:41Z2024-03-22T17:59:04ZAbstract: To more permanently unify the Mulekites and the Nephites as a reunited kingdom of Israel, King Benjamin gathered his people at the temple, and in his role as a king and priest after the order of Melchizedek, imparted teachings that bear resemblance to the Latter-day Saint temple endowment ceremony first introduced in Nauvoo. Several […]
The post King Benjamin’s Sermon as a Type of Temple Endowment first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>5Allen Wyatthttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=730192024-03-21T13:34:13Z2024-03-22T15:00:09ZGood morning! I’m pleased to share with you something that we have been working on at The Interpreter Foundation for quite some time. We are in the middle of a multimonth effort to rebrand the Foundation, and you’ll start to see the fruits of those efforts today. Most prominent among our rebranding efforts (at this […]
The post A New Look for the Foundation first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>8Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727462024-03-05T15:47:15Z2024-03-21T17:59:36Z“I am honored to inaugurate the Maxwell Institute lecture series on Hugh Nibley, surely the spiritual godfather, along with Elder Neal A. Maxwell, of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. Nibley’s mind was capacious enough to encompass nearly all of the institute’s multifarious projects. He may have been the first to grasp the […]
The post Hugh Nibley Observed: Hugh Nibley and Joseph Smith first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=728592024-03-16T12:10:13Z2024-03-20T17:59:44ZMatthew L. Bowen spoke at the Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses Conference on Saturday, September 19, 2020 about “‘The Word of My Power’: The Divine Word in the Book of Moses.” His paper frames the divine “word” as a narrative thread in Moses 1–8 has implications for the nature of the Genesis […]
The post Conference Talks: “The Word of My Power”: The Divine Word in the Book of Moses first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=728552024-03-15T15:56:26Z2024-03-19T20:00:39ZDuring 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen to and valuable to your Come, Follow Me study program this […]
The post Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 13 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=728432024-03-15T15:22:24Z2024-03-19T18:01:17Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=728412024-03-18T15:11:57Z2024-03-19T17:59:54Z In the March 3rd Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Hales Swift, Brent Schmidt, and Martin Tanner discuss Book of Mormon lesson 13, “He Shall Rise … with Healing in His Wings,” the lesson for Easter. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon in Context segment […]
The post Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 13 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Jonn Claybaughhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=719122024-01-09T16:23:53Z2024-03-19T16:00:08ZEditor’s Note: Four years ago, Jonn Claybaugh began writing the Study and Teaching Helps series of articles for Interpreter. We now have these wonderful and useful posts for all four years of Come, Follow Me lessons. Beginning this year we will be reposting these articles, with dates, lesson numbers, and titles updated for the current […]
The post Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 13 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=729712024-03-18T14:59:02Z2024-03-18T18:01:14Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=729702024-03-19T00:41:14Z2024-03-18T17:59:11Z In the March 10, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Mark Johnson, Martin Tanner, Terry Hutchinson, and Kevin Christensen. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 14, the purchase of the Kirtland Temple, and Deuteronomists in the Book of Mormon. You can listen to or download the March […]
The post Interpreter Radio Show — March 10, 2024 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Dennis B. Hornehttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=729852024-03-19T00:42:24Z2024-03-18T16:00:48Z[Editorial Note: The Church Archives has just recently scanned and posted a letter written in 1947 by Elder Spencer W. Kimball, by then an apostle for only a few years. The letter is largely doctrinal in nature, being answers to questions posed by his missionary son Andrew. The below text constitutes about half of the […]
The post An Apostle’s Letter to a Missionary Son first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>2Jeffrey M. Bradshawhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=728172024-03-15T12:04:31Z2024-03-15T17:59:26ZAbstract: Bodily weakness, along with the varied circumstances into which we were born, provide the essential initial and ongoing conditions that shape the challenges and opportunities of our mortal probation. In life, we are not expected merely to preserve our innocence in defiance of worldly tendencies, nor are we compelled to cede to cynicism in […]
The post Premortal Life and Mortal Life: A Fearful Symmetry first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>4Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=728522024-03-15T15:23:04Z2024-03-15T16:02:31Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=728422024-03-15T15:20:08Z2024-03-15T16:00:13Z In the March 3, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Hales Swift, Brent Schmidt, and Martin Tanner. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 13. You can listen to or download the March 3rd broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. These audio tracks are also included in […]
The post Interpreter Radio Show — March 3, 2024 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727422024-03-05T15:43:21Z2024-03-14T17:59:17Z“So for those of you who are fans and admirers of Hugh Nibley as a scholar, I have to state up front that I am not an expert on Hugh Nibley as a scholar. It’s not an aspect of his personality and his career of which I know much; probably many people here know more […]
The post Hugh Nibley Observed: Graduate School through BYU first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727342024-03-05T14:21:59Z2024-03-13T17:59:53ZNoel Reynolds and Jeff Lindsay spoke at the Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses Conference on Saturday, September 19, 2020 about “‘Strong Like Unto Moses’: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Content Apparently from the Brass Plates.” Their paper discusses research in […]
The post Conference Talks: “Strong Like Unto Moses”: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Content Apparently from the Brass Plates first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>1Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727192024-03-04T22:24:09Z2024-03-12T20:02:38Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727152024-03-04T22:23:03Z2024-03-12T20:00:46ZDuring 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen to and valuable to your Come, Follow Me study program this […]
The post Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 12 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727062024-03-15T14:54:44Z2024-03-12T17:59:59Z In the February 25th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Steve Densley, John Thompson, and special guest Kerry Muhlestein discuss Book of Mormon lesson 12, “This Is the Way” on 2 Nephi 31-33. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon in Context segment of the February […]
The post Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 12 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Jonn Claybaughhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=719092024-01-09T16:20:53Z2024-03-12T16:00:31ZEditor’s Note: Four years ago, Jonn Claybaugh began writing the Study and Teaching Helps series of articles for Interpreter. We now have these wonderful and useful posts for all four years of Come, Follow Me lessons. Beginning this year we will be reposting these articles, with dates, lesson numbers, and titles updated for the current […]
The post Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 12 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Kyler Rasmussenhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727612024-03-08T15:43:54Z2024-03-08T19:01:02ZThis post is a summary of the article “Recovering the Lost Concept of Truth in the Restoration Scriptures: Another Key to Understanding God’s Word” by Blaine L. Hart in Volume 60 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to […]
The post Interpreting Interpreter: Oh Say, What is Truth? first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Blaine L. Harthttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727242024-03-13T17:41:08Z2024-03-08T18:59:59ZAbstract: The word “truth” has for practical purposes lost one of its original English-language meanings, and this has significant implications for understanding scriptures. The obvious, well-understood meaning is that which is real or factual. However, the earliest meaning in English is that which is true in an entirely different way, in the sense of fidelity, […]
The post Recovering the Lost Concept of Truth in the Restoration Scriptures: Another Key to Understanding God’s Word first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>2Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727392024-03-05T15:39:09Z2024-03-07T18:59:49ZPart of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Hugh Nibley Observed, edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Shirley S. Ricks, and Stephen T. Whitlock. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/hugh-nibley-observed/. To download this chapter in PDF format, click here. About the Interpreter Foundation Book Chapter Reprint Series The purpose of […]
The post Hugh Nibley Observed: An Intellectual Autobiography: Some High and Low Points first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727232024-03-05T14:08:31Z2024-03-06T18:59:20ZJeffrey Bradshaw, David Larsen, and Stephen Whitlock spoke at the Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses Conference on Saturday, September 19, 2020 about “Moses 1 and the Apocalypse of Abraham: Twin Sons of Different Mothers?.” Their paper highlights the striking resemblances between Moses 1 and a corresponding account from the Apocalypse of Abraham […]
The post Conference Talks: Moses 1 and the Apocalypse of Abraham: Twin Sons of Different Mothers? first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727132024-03-04T22:13:39Z2024-03-05T21:02:45Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727102024-03-04T22:12:16Z2024-03-05T21:00:22ZDuring 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen to and valuable to your Come, Follow Me study program this […]
The post Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 11 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=726752024-02-27T17:22:07Z2024-03-05T18:59:44Z In the February 18th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Bruce Webster, Robert Boylan, and Kris Frederickson discuss Book of Mormon lesson 11, “A Marvelous Work and a Wonder” covering 2 Nephi 26-30. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon in Context segment of the February […]
The post Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 11 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Jonn Claybaughhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=719062024-01-09T16:19:18Z2024-03-05T17:00:55ZEditor’s Note: Four years ago, Jonn Claybaugh began writing the Study and Teaching Helps series of articles for Interpreter. We now have these wonderful and useful posts for all four years of Come, Follow Me lessons. Beginning this year we will be reposting these articles, with dates, lesson numbers, and titles updated for the current […]
The post Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 11 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727012024-03-04T16:45:52Z2024-03-04T19:01:34Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=727002024-03-04T17:22:24Z2024-03-04T18:59:31Z In the February 25, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Steve Densley and John Thompson with special guest Kerry Muhlestein. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 12 and Kerry’s new book The Easter Connection. You can listen to or download the February 25th broadcast of the Interpreter […]
The post Interpreter Radio Show — February 25, 2024 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Kyler Rasmussenhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=726892024-03-01T15:25:01Z2024-03-01T19:01:45ZThis post is a summary of the article “Proper Names and Political Claims: Semitic Echoes as Foundations for Claims to the Nephite Throne” by Lyle H. Hamblin in Volume 60 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to the […]
The post Interpreting Interpreter: Kingly Names; Kingly Ambitions first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Lyle H. Hamblinhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=726792024-03-02T00:50:54Z2024-03-01T18:59:04ZAbstract: The Book of Mormon contains examples of phonemes in character names that resemble Semitic root words. The possible meanings of the names and their timing in the Book of Mormon narrative provide a deeper level of context to the Nephite political challenges in the books of Mosiah through 3 Nephi. Specifically, the English phonemes for […]
The post Proper Names and Political Claims: Semitic Echoes as Foundations for Claims to the Nephite Throne first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>7Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=724062024-02-08T19:23:59Z2024-02-29T18:59:23ZRebecca Fechser Everett says in Hugh Nibley Observed of her portrait of Hugh Nibley “I have enjoyed the whole process of creating this portrait from thought to finish. I’ve developed the piece to attempt to include as many images as I could associate with Brother Nibley and his life’s interests.” Part of our book chapter […]
The post Hugh Nibley Observed: About the Portrait of Hugh Nibley first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=726402024-02-21T00:23:43Z2024-02-28T18:59:36ZRyan Dahle spoke about “Centralizing Scriptural Resources” at the Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses Conference on Saturday, September 19, 2020. All of the conference presentations were filmed, and both video and audio recordings of each presentation are available. Videos, audio recordings and transcripts are available at https://interpreterfoundation.org/conferences/2020-book-of-moses-conference/papers/. The videos are also available […]
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The post Interpreter Radio Show — February 18, 2024 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=724812024-02-12T19:58:10Z2024-02-27T21:00:32ZDuring 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen to and valuable to your Come, Follow Me study program this […]
The post Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 10 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=726022024-02-27T17:22:41Z2024-02-27T18:59:21Z In the February 11th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen discuss Book of Mormon lesson 10, “We Rejoice in Christ” covering 2 Nephi 20-25. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon in Context segment of the February 11 broadcast […]
The post Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 10 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Jonn Claybaughhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=722652024-01-31T00:16:38Z2024-02-27T17:00:04ZEditor’s Note: Four years ago, Jonn Claybaugh began writing the Study and Teaching Helps series of articles for Interpreter. We now have these wonderful and useful posts for all four years of Come, Follow Me lessons. Beginning this year we will be reposting these articles, with dates, lesson numbers, and titles updated for the current […]
The post Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 10 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Kyler Rasmussenhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=726532024-02-22T14:49:16Z2024-02-23T19:01:21ZThis post is a summary of the article “Prophet or Loss: Mosiah1/Zeniff, Benjamin/Noah, Mosiah2/Limhi and the Emergence of the Almas” by Val Larsen in Volume 60 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter series is […]
The post Interpreting Interpreter: Contrasting Mosiah’s Dynasties first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Val Larsenhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=726432024-02-23T23:36:33Z2024-02-23T18:59:44ZAbstract: Mormon’s overwhelmingly dominant rhetorical purpose is to testify of Christ, which he and his protagonists often directly do. But he also communicates his testimony more subtly through carefully crafted historical narratives. His use of frame narratives is especially artful. In the Book of Mosiah, Mormon frames the dispiriting account of Zeniff and Noah’s rule […]
The post Prophet or Loss: Mosiah1/Zeniff, Benjamin/Noah, Mosiah2/Limhi and the Emergence of the Almas first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>2Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=724032024-02-08T19:26:34Z2024-02-22T18:59:35ZJohn Welch says in his foreword to Hugh Nibley Observed “He is sincerely comfortable thinking of himself as a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord. … In a word, Hugh Nibley is no ordinary doorman. But then, as far as that goes, he doesn’t stand by ordinary doorways either.” Part of our book chapter […]
The post Hugh Nibley Observed: Foreword first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=726122024-02-21T00:13:18Z2024-02-21T18:59:37ZElder Bruce C. Hafen (emeritus) and Sister Marie K. Hafen gave the keynote address, “Adam, Eve, the Book of Moses, and the Temple: The Story of Receiving Christ’s Atonement” at the Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses Conference on Friday September 18, 2020. All of the conference presentations were filmed, and both video […]
The post Conference Talks: Adam, Eve, the Book of Moses, and the Temple: The Story of Receiving Christ’s Atonement first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=725992024-02-19T18:37:14Z2024-02-20T18:59:32Z In the February 4th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Martin Tanner, Hales Swift, and Brent Schmidt discuss Book of Mormon lesson 9, “His Name Shall Be Called … The Prince of Peace” covering 2 Nephi 11-19. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon in Context […]
The post Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 9 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Jonn Claybaughhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=722642024-01-31T00:11:55Z2024-02-20T17:00:08ZEditor’s Note: Four years ago, Jonn Claybaugh began writing the Study and Teaching Helps series of articles for Interpreter. We now have these wonderful and useful posts for all four years of Come, Follow Me lessons. Beginning this year we will be reposting these articles, with dates, lesson numbers, and titles updated for the current […]
The post Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 9 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>2Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=725942024-02-19T18:29:53Z2024-02-19T19:01:31Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=725932024-02-19T18:29:13Z2024-02-19T18:59:30Z In the February 11, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 10, the importance of the sabbath day, and the pros and cons of Book of Mormon study editions. You can listen to or download […]
The post Interpreter Radio Show — February 11, 2024 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Jeffrey M. Bradshawhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=725482024-02-17T18:42:29Z2024-02-17T18:59:13ZFor more information on the “Not by Bread Alone: Stories of the Saints in Africa” series, go to https://notbybreadalonefilm.com/en/For more information in French, go to https://notbybreadalonefilm.com/fr/To see all of our posts about The Church in Africa, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/africa/ At last, we have finished the first episode of the “Not by Bread Alone” film series. […]
The post Not by Bread Alone Episode 1: Stories of the Saints in the DR Congo first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Kyler Rasmussenhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=725392024-02-16T15:41:21Z2024-02-16T19:01:15ZThis post is a summary of the article “Trees and the Love of God” by David M. Belnap and Nalini M. Nadkarni in Volume 60 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter series is available […]
The post Interpreting Interpreter: A Love for Trees first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0David M. Belnaphttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=725022024-02-19T22:32:25Z2024-02-16T18:59:45ZAbstract: Trees play real and metaphorical roles in the beliefs and holy scriptures of many world religions, and believers and non-believers throughout the world are uplifted spiritually by trees. In the Book of Mormon, a tree with delicious, sweet fruit appeared in two visions and one parable. Respectively, the tree represents the love of God […]
The post Trees and the Love of God first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>2Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723982024-02-08T19:03:52Z2024-02-15T18:59:50ZStephen Whitlock says about Hugh Nibley Observed “I am grateful for all those who have contributed their thoughts, memories, and other reminiscences about Hugh Nibley to this volume. Although he would never ask for it, I hope it provides a suitable memorial honoring his life and work. And I hope it encourages people to read […]
The post Hugh Nibley Observed: Appreciation first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723652024-02-05T23:04:06Z2024-02-14T18:59:23ZMatthew Roper spoke on “Clothed with Glory: Sacred Vestments and the Restoration” at the fourth Temple on Mount Zion Conference, held on Saturday, November 10, 2018 in the Tanner Building at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. The presentations were filmed, and both video and audio recordings of each presentation are available. The videos are currently […]
The post Conference Talks: Clothed with Glory: Sacred Vestments and the Restoration first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=724792024-02-12T19:42:45Z2024-02-13T21:02:58Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=724752024-02-12T19:58:02Z2024-02-13T21:00:37ZDuring 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen to and valuable to your Come, Follow Me study program this […]
The post Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 8 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723452024-02-05T18:30:06Z2024-02-13T18:59:21Z In the January 28th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Steve Densley and John Thompson discuss Book of Mormon lesson 8, “O How Great the Plan of Our God!” covering 2 Nephi 6-10. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon in Context segment of the January […]
The post Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 8 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Jonn Claybaughhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=719022024-01-09T16:17:17Z2024-02-13T17:00:04ZEditor’s Note: Four years ago, Jonn Claybaugh began writing the Study and Teaching Helps series of articles for Interpreter. We now have these wonderful and useful posts for all four years of Come, Follow Me lessons. Beginning this year we will be reposting these articles, with dates, lesson numbers, and titles updated for the current […]
The post Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 8 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=724682024-02-12T17:39:49Z2024-02-12T19:01:25Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=724672024-02-12T17:38:03Z2024-02-12T18:59:22Z In the February 4, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Martin Tanner, Hales Swift, and Brent Schmidt. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 9, Church relief efforts, and temples and their relationship to Freemasonry. You can listen to or download the February 4th broadcast of the Interpreter […]
The post Interpreter Radio Show — February 4, 2024 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Kyler Rasmussenhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=724192024-02-09T16:49:56Z2024-02-09T19:05:28ZThis post is a summary of the article “Second Nephi as a Legal Document” by Martin Oman Evans in Volume 60 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter series is available at https://interpreterfoundation.org/interpreting-interpreter-on-abstracting-thought/. The […]
The post Interpreting Interpreter: Proving Christ in 2 Nephi first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Martin Oman Evanshttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723832024-02-09T16:50:10Z2024-02-09T19:03:54ZAbstract: Considering conventions of the ancient Near East, 2 Nephi can be understood as a legal document or legal archive. Factors supporting this view include 1) Nephi’s allusions to sealing the record and to a bar of judgment, 2) discussion of the law of witnesses and reference to Isaiah and Jacob as witnesses, 3) components […]
The post Second Nephi as a Legal Document first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Kyler Rasmussenhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=724162024-02-09T16:30:36Z2024-02-09T19:01:10ZThis post is a summary of the article “‘Rise Up, O Light of the Lord’: An Appropriate and Defensible Etymology for Cumorah” by Paul Hoskisson in Volume 60 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter […]
The post Interpreting Interpreter: The Lord’s Light Rises first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Paul Y. Hoskissonhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723692024-02-10T01:02:11Z2024-02-09T18:59:34ZAbstract: This article explores issues with past suggestions concerning the etymology of the name Cumorah and suggests a slightly updated etymology, “Rise up, O Light of the Lord.” It then suggests that Book of Mormon references to the Hill Cumorah appear to confirm the proposed etymology, thus becoming an apt description of the Restoration. No […]
The post “Rise Up, O Light of the Lord”: An Appropriate and Defensible Etymology for Cumorah first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>1Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723932024-02-09T20:51:02Z2024-02-08T18:59:26ZJeffrey Bradshaw introduces Hugh Nibley Observed where readers will discover that the personal stories and perspectives behind the scholarship are sometimes even more captivating than his brilliant and witty intellectual breakthroughs. This comprehensive three-part collection of essays sheds fascinating new light on Hugh Nibley as a scholar and a man. Part of our book chapter […]
The post Hugh Nibley Observed: Introduction first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723612024-02-05T23:03:15Z2024-02-07T18:59:45ZAvram Shannon spoke on “Consecration and Sacrilege in Early Rabbinic Judaism” at the fourth Temple on Mount Zion Conference, held on Saturday, November 10, 2018 in the Tanner Building at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. The presentations were filmed, and both video and audio recordings of each presentation are available. The videos are currently available […]
The post Conference Talks: Consecration and Sacrilege in Early Rabbinic Judaism first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=720662024-01-22T22:33:43Z2024-02-06T21:00:11ZDuring 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen to and valuable to your Come, Follow Me study program this […]
The post Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 7 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723412024-02-05T18:28:55Z2024-02-06T18:59:30Z In the January 21st Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Bruce Webster, Kris Frederickson, and Robert Boylan discuss Book of Mormon lesson 7, “We Lived after the Manner of Happiness” on 2 Nephi 3-5. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon in Context segment of the […]
The post Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 7 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Jonn Claybaughhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=722632024-01-31T17:11:01Z2024-02-06T17:00:56ZEditor’s Note: Four years ago, Jonn Claybaugh began writing the Study and Teaching Helps series of articles for Interpreter. We now have these wonderful and useful posts for all four years of Come, Follow Me lessons. Beginning this year we will be reposting these articles, with dates, lesson numbers, and titles updated for the current […]
The post Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 7 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723352024-02-05T18:01:16Z2024-02-05T19:03:05Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723332024-02-05T17:59:58Z2024-02-05T19:01:03Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723322024-02-05T18:16:04Z2024-02-05T18:59:00Z In the January 28, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Steve Densley, Kevin Christensen, and John Thompson. They discuss two recent articles in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship and Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 8. You can listen to or download the January 28th […]
The post Interpreter Radio Show — January 28, 2024 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Kyler Rasmussenhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723192024-02-02T16:10:38Z2024-02-02T19:01:57ZThis post is a summary of the article “Temple Themes in the Book of Abraham” by Stephen O. Smoot in Volume 60 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter series is available at https://interpreterfoundation.org/interpreting-interpreter-on-abstracting-thought/. […]
The post Interpreting Interpreter: Abrahamic Temple Themes first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Stephen O. Smoothttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=722532024-02-02T21:14:38Z2024-02-02T18:59:44ZAbstract: The Book of Abraham is replete with temple themes, although not all of them are readily obvious from a surface reading of the text. Temple themes in the book include Abraham seeking to become a high priest, the interplay between theophany and covenant, and Abraham building altars and dedicating sacred space as he sojourns […]
The post Temple Themes in the Book of Abraham first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>1Jeffrey M. Bradshawhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=723032024-02-02T04:06:57Z2024-02-02T00:00:07ZI have heard people say that the Book of Mormon does not contain the fulness of the Gospel because the only references to the higher temple ordinances are short and superficial. However, a careful examination of the writings of Nephi and Lehi, including the well-known verses of 2 Nephi 31:19–20, will reveal that the Book […]
The post The Covenant Path in 2 Nephi 31:19–20 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>1Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=715572024-01-26T22:04:18Z2024-02-01T18:59:01ZCamille Fronk Olson highlights the significant ways that women influenced and shaped ancient Israelite worship, including song and dance as a means of proclaiming revelatory truths. Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Sacred Time, Sacred Space, & Sacred Meaning, Proceedings of the Third Interpreter Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference […]
The post Women in Public Worship in Ancient Israel first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=722912024-01-31T17:08:47Z2024-01-31T22:02:08Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=722902024-01-31T17:08:28Z2024-01-31T22:00:19Z In the January 21, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Bruce Webster, Kris Frederickson, and Robert Boylan. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 7, how well members know the Book of Mormon, and the best resources for Book of Mormon study. You can listen to or download […]
The post Interpreter Radio Show — January 21, 2024 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=720932024-01-26T22:07:21Z2024-01-31T18:59:00ZStephen Smoot spoke on “The Symbolism of the Cupped Hand in Ancient Egypt and Israel: Iconography, Text, and Artifact” at the fourth Temple on Mount Zion Conference, held on Saturday, November 10, 2018 in the Tanner Building at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. The presentations were filmed, and both video and audio recordings of each […]
The post Conference Talks: The Symbolism of the Cupped Hand in Ancient Egypt and Israel: Iconography, Text, and Artifact first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=720642024-01-22T22:24:52Z2024-01-30T21:02:07Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=720592024-01-22T22:23:56Z2024-01-30T21:00:11ZDuring 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen to and valuable to your Come, Follow Me study program this […]
The post Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 6 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=721302024-02-05T18:21:22Z2024-01-30T18:59:41Z In the January 14th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, Kevin Christensen, and Mark Johnson discuss Book of Mormon lesson 6, “Free to Choose Liberty and Eternal Life, through the Great Mediator” on 2 Nephi 1-2. You can listen to or download the Book of […]
The post Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 6 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Jonn Claybaughhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=721342024-01-30T19:34:01Z2024-01-30T17:00:38ZEditor’s Note: Four years ago, Jonn Claybaugh began writing the Study and Teaching Helps series of articles for Interpreter. We now have these wonderful and useful posts for all four years of Come, Follow Me lessons. Beginning this year we will be reposting these articles, with dates, lesson numbers, and titles updated for the current […]
The post Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 6 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>1Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=721282024-01-29T16:33:38Z2024-01-29T19:05:40Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=721262024-01-29T16:31:19Z2024-01-29T19:03:44Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=721222024-01-29T16:30:30Z2024-01-29T19:01:41Z0Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=721212024-01-31T17:08:00Z2024-01-29T18:59:38Z In this episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, Kevin Christensen, and Mark Johnson. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 6, the Presidency of President Russell M. Nelson, Allen Wyatt’s recent article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, and the use […]
The post Interpreter Radio Show — January 14, 2024 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0Kevin Christensenhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=720752024-01-31T12:00:05Z2024-01-26T19:03:15ZReview of Grant Hardy, The Annotated Book of Mormon (New York: Oxford University Press, 2023). 912 pages; $37.95 (hardcover). Abstract: Oxford University Press has published an annotated edition of the Book of Mormon. This represents a significant event and provides a useful study resource. At the same time, the author’s determination to follow the conclusions […]
The post An Important Addition to the Library first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>10Kyler Rasmussenhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=721022024-01-26T15:23:42Z2024-01-26T19:01:35ZThis post is a summary of the article “Joseph Smith and the “Red Sea” in 2 Nephi 19:1” by E. Jan Wilson in Volume 60 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter series is available […]
The post Interpreting Interpreter: A Sea of Red first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0E. Jan Wilsonhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=720712024-01-26T21:56:16Z2024-01-26T18:59:40ZAbstract: When Nephi quotes Isaiah 9:1 in 2 Nephi 19:1, Isaiah’s the “way of the sea” (KJV translation) becomes “the way of the Red Sea” in the Book of Mormon, a change that is often said to reflect an egregious blunder by Joseph Smith or a scribal error. However, there may be a scenario in […]
The post Joseph Smith and the “Red Sea” in 2 Nephi 19:1 first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>1Administrationhttps://interpreterfoundation.org/?p=715512024-01-03T11:54:38Z2024-01-25T18:59:43ZPart of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Sacred Time, Sacred Space, & Sacred Meaning, Proceedings of the Third Interpreter Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference “The Temple on Mount Zion,” 2 November, 2016, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/sacred-time-sacred-space-sacred-meaning/. David Calabro illuminates […]
The post The Choreography of Genesis: The Book of Abraham as a Ritual Text first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.]]>0