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2022 Temple on Mount Zion Conference
2022 Temple on Mount Zion ConferenceThe Sixth Interpreter
Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference
Saturday, November 5, 2022
Sponsored by The Interpreter Foundation
Invited guests: Margaret Barker (presenting from England) and Samuel Zinner
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Freemasonry and the Origins of Latter-day Saint Temple Ordinances
Freemasonry and the Origins of Latter-day Saint Temple OrdinancesBy Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Published by The Interpreter Foundation in cooperation with Eborn Books
With over 150 color photographs and figures
Shipping the week of August 9, 2022 in softcover and ebook formats
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Undaunted Witnesses of the Book of Mormon
Undaunted Witnesses of the Book of MormonExplore the history of the Three Witnesses as well as other witnesses of the Book of Mormon with Camrey Bagley Fox, Emma Smith in the movie Witnesses, and Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat, Associate Professor of Church History at BYU, and other scholars. Were the eleven official witnesses—twelve if you include Joseph Smith himself—of the Book of Mormon reliable? What about the unofficial witnesses who interacted with the plates in various ways—including a number of women? Were the plates actually made of gold? How could witnesses really hear the voice of God and yet come to doubt His prophet? Become more familiar with these early saints, none of whom ever denied their claims, but instead boldly proclaimed their testimonies.
UNDAUNTED: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon is a companion docudrama to the theatrical feature film WITNESSES. Produced by the Interpreter Foundation, UNDAUNTED provides a deep-dive into the lives of those who claimed to have seen and handled the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated. Learn more about UNDAUNTED at https://witnessesundaunted.com/.
Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights is a series of mini-films providing even greater depth into the many insightful interviews during the course of this project. Episodes will be released each Saturday at 7pm MDT on this and other websites, including YouTube. Go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/witnesses-insights/ for links to all of the released episodes, with each post including the embedded video, an audio recording, and a transcript of the episode. The mini-films are also available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/theinterpreterfoundation.
Interpreter Radio Show — July 17, 2022
In this episode, our hosts Martin Tanner, Kris Frederickson and Mike Parker discussed the "Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 13: Plural Marriage – Part 1" as well as the principle of forgiveness. You can listen to or download the July 17th...
Nibley Lectures: Time Vindicates the Prophets — Prophets and Crisis
Between March 7th and October 17th in 1954, Hugh Nibley delivered a series of 30 weekly lectures on KSL Radio that were also published as pamphlets. The series called “Time Vindicates the Prophets” was given in answer to those who were challenging the right of members...
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 34 (Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86)
This is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 34, “I Will Declare What He Hath Done for My Soul” on Psalms 49–51; 61–66; 69–72; 77–78; 85–86. The panelists for this roundtable were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee and Kevin Christensen....
Old Testament Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 34
Psalms 49-50 “God Will Redeem My Soul” Read Psalm 49:6-7, 10-12, 17. “You can’t take it with you” is a phrase we hear from time to time; and it’s true—for as we depart this earth through death, we will have no possessions to take along. Now read verse 15. This great...
Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 16: Why Witnesses?
Why were witnesses to the Book of Mormon, and to the Gold Plates, necessary? What makes these claims different from others throughout history who have claimed divine visions?
Interpreting Interpreter: Visions as Scriptural Blueprint
This post is a summary of the article “Lehi’s Dream, Nephi’s Blueprint: How Nephi Uses the Vision of the Tree of Life as an Outline for 1 and 2 Nephi” by Noel Reynolds in Volume 52 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. An introduction to...
Lehi’s Dream, Nephi’s Blueprint: How Nephi Uses the Vision of the Tree of Life as an Outline for 1 and 2 Nephi
Abstract: This essay harnesses the late twentieth-century discovery of Hebrew rhetoric by Bible scholars to identify Lehi’s dream as the foundation of the carefully constructed unity in Nephi’s writings and to identify previously unrecognized elements of that dream...
Nibley Lectures: Time Vindicates the Prophets — Prophets and Office
Between March 7th and October 17th in 1954, Hugh Nibley delivered a series of 30 weekly lectures on KSL Radio that were also published as pamphlets. The series called “Time Vindicates the Prophets” was given in answer to those who were challenging the right of members...
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 33 (Psalms 1–2; 8; 19–33; 40; 46)
This is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 33, “The Lord Is My Shepherd” on Psalms 1–2; 8; 19–33; 40; 46. The panelists for this roundtable were Neal Rappleye, Jasmin Rappleye and Hales Swift. This roundtable was extracted from...
Old Testament Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 33
Psalms Introduction The 150 psalms are songs and poems of praise, written about 1,000 years before the time of Jesus Christ. Scholars have determined that of the almost 300 Old Testament quotes that are found in the New Testament, more than 100 come from Psalms,...
Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 15: Are Prophets Perfect?
God uses human beings as his leaders on the earth. Do these people need to be perfect to be prophets, seers, and revelators?
Interpreting Interpreter: Bodies as Literal Temples
This post is a summary of the article “The Body As the Temple of God” by LaReina Hingson in Volume 52 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter series is available at...
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