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Hugh Nibley Observed
Edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Shirley S. Ricks, and Stephen T. Whitlock
Foreword by John W. Welch
Published by The Interpreter Foundation, Orem Utah in cooperation with Eborn Books, Salt Lake City, Utah
and in collaboration with Book of Mormon Central and FAIR
Softcover, PDF, Kindle and Audio Book editions available now, hardbound available soon
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Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses
2021 Interpreter Foundation Conference
April 23-24, 2021
Presented by The Interpreter Foundation, Brigham Young University Department of Ancient Scripture,
Book of Mormon Central, & FairMormon
Due to the COVID-19 situation, this will be a live-streaming-only conference.
For updates on conference details, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/conferences/2021-book-of-moses-conference/
Edfu and Exodus
Abstract: In this essay John Gee draws a connection between the Egyptian “Book of the Temple” and the book of Exodus, both in structure and topic, describing the temple from the inside out. Gee concludes that both probably go back to a common source older than either...
Essay #50: Moses Witnesses the Creation (Moses 2): “Male and Female Created I Them” (Moses 2:27)
“And I, the Lord God, caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam. … And the rib which I, the Lord God, had taken from man, made I a woman.”
Much More than a Reader: The Latest in Chiastic Studies for Interested Scholars and Lay Readers Alike
Review of Chiasmus: The State of the Art, edited by John W. Welch and Donald W. Parry (Provo, UT: BYU Studies and Book of Mormon Central, 2020). 358 pages. $24.68, paperback. Abstract: This collection of essays represents the latest...
Josiah to Zoram to Sherem to Jarom and the Big Little Book of Omni
Abstract: The first 450 years of Nephite history are dominated by two main threads: the ethno-political tension between Nephites and Lamanites and religious tension between adherents of rival theologies. These rival Nephite theologies are a Mantic theology that...
“The Book Nobody Wants”: Hugh Nibley and the Book of Mormon
This is the second of eight weekly blog posts published in honor of the life and work of Hugh Nibley (1910–2005). The series is in honor of the new, landmark book, Hugh Nibley Observed, available in softcover, hardback, digital, and audio editions. In an eloquently written chapter of Hugh Nibley Observed, Marilyn Arnold highlighted Nibley’s profound disappointment that most people don’t share his deep love for the Book of Mormon.
Interpreter Radio Show — March 21, 2021
You can listen to or download the March 21 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The hosts were Bruce Webster, Kris Frederickson and Mike Parker. In this...
Learning of Joseph Smith Anew
The Interview: In this episode of Latter-day Saint Perspectives Podcast, Laura Harris Hales interviews R. Eric Smith and Matthew C. Godfrey about Know Brother Joseph: New Perspectives on Joseph Smith’s Life and Character, the new book that they coedited...
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 16 (D&C 37-40)
This is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 16, “If Ye Are Not One Ye Are Not Mine” on D&C 37-40. The panelists for this roundtable were Neal Rappleye, Jasmine Rappleye, Hales Swift and Spencer Marsh. This roundtable was...
Doctrine and Covenants Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 16
D&C 37-38 To Gather and to Receive His Law In a footnote to his October 2020 general conference talk, “Let God Prevail,” President Russell M. Nelson revealed that in the more than 800 talks he has given since being ordained an apostle in April 1984, he...
The Past and Future of the Temple Lot in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
Abstract: Fifteen months after the Church of Christ’s inception in April 1830, Joseph Smith received a revelation indicating that Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, was to be the “center-place” of Zion and a “spot for a temple is lying westward, upon a lot that...
Essay #49: Let Us Make Man in Our Image, After Our Likeness (Moses 2:26)
In this Essay, we will discuss the Moses 2 account of the creation of Adam and Eve. We will focus on the interpretation of two difficult phrases in verse 26: “let us make man” and “in our image, after our likeness.”
Resurrection Month
Abstract: We tend to have big events and a full month celebrating Christmas, but here we are in a very Christian church that has come to almost ignore the events of the crucifixion and the resurrection. The Last Supper and the events that followed it are the...
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