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Sacred Time, Sacred Space, & Sacred Meaning
Proceedings of the Third Interpreter Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference “The Temple on Mount Zion,” 5 November 2016
Temple on Mount Zion Series 4
Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw (eds.)
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Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2
Review of Colby Townsend, “Returning to the Sources: Integrating Textual Criticism in the Study of Early Mormon Texts and History,” Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies 10, no. 1 (2019): 55–85, https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/imwjournal/vol10/iss1/6/. ...
Pre-print of Revisions in the Analysis of Archaic Language in the Book of Mormon
In The Nature of the Original Language [of the Book of Mormon] (hereafter, NOL), Royal Skousen and Stanford Carmack indicated that additional research into the language of the Book of Mormon might mean that some of the archaic words, phrases, and expressions...
Interpreter Radio Show — October 11, 2020
You can listen to or download the October 11 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The hosts were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee and Kevin Christensen. In this...
Interpreter Radio Show — October 4, 2020
You can listen to or download the October 4 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The hosts were Neal Rappleye, Jasmine Rappleye, and Hales Swift. In this episode,...
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 42 (Mormon 1-6)
This is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 42, “I Would That I Could Persuade All … to Repent,” on Mormon chapters 1-6. The panelists for this roundtable were Bruce Webster and Kris Frederickson. This roundtable was extracted...
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 44 (Ether 1-5)
This is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 44, “Rend That Veil of Unbelief,” on Ether chapters 1-5. The panelists for this roundtable were Neal Rappleye, Jasmine Rappleye, and Hales Swift. This roundtable was extracted from the...
Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 42: Mormon 1-6
Mormon 1 Mormon’s Own Book Mormon was an exceptional prophet who had been a “sober child” who was “quick to observe” (verse 1). In the beginning of his book he is “about” ten years old (verse 2) and has been chosen by Ammaron...
Tocqueville on New Prophets and the Tyranny of Public Opinion
Abstract: Louis Midgley discusses the rise and fall in popularity of Alexis de Toqueville’s unrivaled volumes entitled Democracy in America and the impressive renaissance of interest they have enjoyed since 1930. They were published at a time when Europe was...
Essay #25: Enoch’s Grand Vision: A Chorus of Weeping (Moses 7:18–49)
Within the Book of Moses, the stories of rescue and exaltation in the accounts of Noah and Enoch share a common motif of water. On one hand, Noah’s waters are the waters of destruction, the floods of an all-consuming deluge that cleanses the earth as a prelude to a new creation. On the other hand, Enoch’s waters are the waters of sorrow, the bitter tears that precede the terrible annihilating storm.
Textual Criticism and the Book of Moses: A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 1 of 2
Review of Colby Townsend, “Returning to the Sources: Integrating Textual Criticism in the Study of Early Mormon Texts and History.” Intermountain West Journal of Religious Studies 10, no. 1 (2019): 55–85,...
Latter-day Saint Beliefs on the Apocalypse with Christopher J. Blythe
The Interview: The mayhem of 2020 has brought the Apocalypse to the forefront of many people’s minds, but for Latter-day Saints, this kind of thinking is nothing new. Christopher J. Blythe describes in his new book, Terrible Revolution: Latter-Day Saints...
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 41 (3 Nephi 27-4 Nephi)
This is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 41, “There Could Not Be a Happier People” on 3 Nephi 27-4 Nephi. The panelists for this roundtable were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee and Kevin Christensen. This roundtable was extracted...
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