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Abraham and His Family
In Scripture, History, and Tradition
Saturday, May 3, 2025 and Saturday, May 10, 2025
Sponsored by
The Interpreter Foundation,
Brigham Young University Religious Education,
Scripture Central, and FAIR
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Joseph Smith: A Life Lived in Crescendo
Edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Available Now
This two-volume set (1100 pages total) seeks to enrich study of the life and teachings of Joseph Smith through essays by knowledgeable and faithful scholars on selected punctuation marks of Joseph Smith’s final years in Nauvoo. While some of Joseph Smith’s contemporaries saw these events and doctrinal developments as evidence that he was a fallen prophet, modern Latter-day Saints, looking back, see them as a glorious culmination to a faithful life.
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The Plates of Gardner
Review of Brant A. Gardner, The Plates of Mormon: A Book of Mormon Study Edition, and its companion volume, Engraven Upon Plates, Printed Upon Paper: Textual and Narrative Structures of the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2023). Study edition 598...
Reprint: Manipulating Text to Reinforce the Message: Content informs Form in the Bible and Book of Mormon
Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Seek Ye Words of Wisdom: Studies of the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Temple in Honor of Stephen D. Ricks, edited by Donald W. Parry, Gaye Strathearn, and Shon D. Hopkin. For more information,...
Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 30 (2025) — D&C 81–83
During 1978, 1979, and 1980, Hugh Nibley taught a Doctrine and Covenants Sunday School class. Cassette recordings were made of these classes and some have survived and were digitized by Steve Whitlock and recently enhanced by Nick Galieti. Most of the tapes were in...
Interpreter Come, Follow Me Podcast: Doctrine & Covenants 81 to 83 for July 21 – July 27
In the July 15th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our host Martin Tanner discusses the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for July 21 – July 27 covering D&C 81 to 83. You can listen to or download the Come, Follow Me...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 81–83
D&C 81 From Jesse to Frederick After becoming a counselor in the First Presidency, Jesse Gause traveled with Joseph Smith to Missouri. Upon his return, he left for a mission to the Shakers—the religion to which he had previously belonged. As noted in the section...
A Book of Mormon Metaphor for Young Service Missionaries
Recently, the church announced that young service missionaries would be integrated into teaching missions. But what is a young service missionary? Many members of the church are only now learning about service missions for young men and women, even though the program...
Interpreting Interpreter: Slippery Wordplay
This post is a summary of the article “Smooth Words and Slippery Things: Samuel the Lamanite’s Prophetic Use of Hebrew ḥlq” by Matthew L. Bowen in Volume 66 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting...
Smooth Words and Slippery Things: Samuel the Lamanite’s Prophetic Use of Hebrew ḥlq
Abstract: Samuel the Lamanite expressly drew on the words of Isaiah (Isaiah 30:10) and possibly Jeremiah (Jeremiah 23:12) with a clever, powerful wordplay on forms of the Hebrew verbal root ḥlq: ḥălāqôt (“flattering words,” literally “smooth things”) and ḥălaqlaqqôt...
Reprint: Columbus among the Lamanites
Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Seek Ye Words of Wisdom: Studies of the Book of Mormon, Bible, and Temple in Honor of Stephen D. Ricks, edited by Donald W. Parry, Gaye Strathearn, and Shon D. Hopkin. For more information,...
The Heartland versus Mesoamerica — Part 13: Some Final Comments
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7Part 8 | Part 9 | ...
Volumes 62 and 63 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship are Now Available for Ordering in Paperback and E-book Formats
The Interpreter Foundation is pleased to announce that Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, Volumes 62 (2024) and 63 (2025) are now available in paperback and digital formats for ordering and downloading.
Interpreter Podcast — July 8, 2025
In the July 8, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Martin Tanner, Brent Schmidt, and Hales Swift discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for July 14 – 20 and Martin then discusses the meaning of the phrase “One...
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