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Margaret Barker’s Master Classes on the Hebrew Scriptures
The Interpreter Foundation is pleased to offer two seminars from noted scholar Dr. Margaret Barker.
The Nov. 9 seminar looked at the changes and developments in the text of the Hebrew Scriptures and the work of the scribes who transmitted them.
This provided the context for the second seminar on Nov. 16 where Dr. Barker examined five examples from Qumran texts of Deuteronomy and Isaiah to explore how and why differences arose, and which of the versions was the more likely to have been used by the first Christians.
This class is for everyone interested in the story of the Hebrew Scriptures. Knowledge of Hebrew is not required.
Video and audio recording of both seminars are available at https://interpreterfoundation.org/conferences/margaret-barker-master-classes-on-the-hebrew-scriptures/.
The Temple: Plates, Patterns, & Patriarchs
Proceedings of the Sixth Interpreter Foundation Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference: 4–5 November 2022
Edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Into Arabia
Anchoring Nephi’s Account in the Real World
Warren P. Aston, Godfrey J. Ellis, and Neal Rappleye
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Interpreting Interpreter: AI Skill Detection
This post is a summary of the article “What Can Artificial Intelligence Tell Us About the Literary Skills Needed to Dictate a Text Like the Book of Mormon?” by Brian C. Hales in Volume 63 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the...
What Can Artificial Intelligence Tell Us About the Literary Skills Needed to Dictate a Text Like the Book of Mormon?
Abstract: The first oral draft of the Book of Mormon dictated by Joseph Smith reflected remarkable literary refinement and complexity. Such observations demonstrate that he exhibited highly developed composition and oratory skills. To date, no scholar has attempted to...
Reprint: “That They May Be Purified in Me”: Ritual Purification in 3 Nephi 19
Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in The Temple: Past, Present and Future, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. For more information, go to...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2024 Book of Mormon — Moroni 7-9
Editor'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...
Interpreter Radio Show — November 24, 2024
In the November 24, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Steve Densley and John Thompson, with special guests Brant Gardner and Jeff Lindsay. They discuss the recent book review articles by Brant and Jeff in Interpreter: A Journal of...
Interpreting Interpreter: Nephi’s Leadership
This post is a summary of the article “What Happened to Nephi at the Camp of the Broken Bow? A Book of Mormon Mystery” by Godfrey J. Ellis in Volume 63 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles...
What Happened to Nephi at the Camp of the Broken Bow? A Book of Mormon Mystery
Abstract: Nephi started as the youngest son of Lehi and Sariah and ended up as the king or king-like leader of the Nephite nation. While he, in some sense, obviously grew into the role over time, there was likely some key time or event when the transition from the...
Reprint: Group Ascension to Heaven in the Scriptures and in Early Judaism and Christianity
Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in The Temple: Symbols, Sermons, and Settings, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. For more information, go to...
Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon — Moroni 1-10
Over the next three weeks for Come, Follow Me lessons 49 through 51, we have lecture 112 from Hugh Nibley’s Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University, covering Moroni 1-10. During 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2024 Book of Mormon — Moroni 1-6
Editor'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...
Interpreter Radio Show — November 17, 2024
In the November 17, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Bruce Webster and Kris Frederickson. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 50, the “Answering My Gospel Questions” Institute manual, several recent articles in...
A Little-Known Slice of Church History: Marion G. Romney’s Teachings about the Origin and Mission of Adam
[Editorial Note: This post is only meant to be what its title says it is. It is not an historical treatise on related teachings from various past or present church leaders, or an attempt to compare or contrast them. A few other leaders’ thinking on the subject...
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