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Tracing Ancient Threads of the Book of Moses
After reflection and consultation with the organizing committee, we have decided to postpone the Book of Moses conference that was scheduled for May 1-2 until September 18-19.
The program schedule, abstracts and presenter biographies are now available at https://interpreterfoundation.org/conferences/2020-book-of-moses-conference/
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The Fifth Printing of the Yale Edition of the Book of Mormon
The Yale edition of the Book of Mormon is now in its fifth printing, which means that we have exceeded 10,000 copies and going upward. A number of people have been asking me when will this fifth (corrected!) printed appear. Well, it appeared in April and Yale UP...
Interpreter Radio Show — May 31, 2020
You can listen to or download the May 31 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The hosts were Martin Tanner and Daniel C. Peterson. In this episode, they...
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 23 (Alma 8-12)
This is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 23, Jesus Christ Will Come to Redeem His People, on Alma 8-12. The panelists for this roundtable were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee and Kevin Christensen. This roundtable was extracted from...
Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 23: Alma 8-12
Alma 8:8-32 Welcome to Ammonihah This chapter begins a most intriguing story, with many lessons about the work of God and the work of the devil. Alma’s initial efforts in Ammonihah look to be a brief affair: He entered the city, began preaching, was turned away,...
Interpreter Radio Show — May 24, 2020
You can listen to or download the May 24 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The hosts were Steve Densley, Matthew Bowen and Kevin Christensen. In this episode,...
Alma’s Testimony of Christ’s Birth and Mission (Alma 7)
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 22: “Have Ye Experienced This Mighty Change in Your Hearts?” (Alma 5-7) Transcript Alma 7 is one of Alma's relatively shorter public sermons but is important for its clear testimony concerning...
Standing in the Holy Place: Ancient and Modern Reverberations of an Enigmatic New Testament Prophecy
Abstract: On the Mount of Olives, just prior to the culminating events of the Passion week, Jesus gave one of the most controversial prophecies of the New Testament, saying, among other things, that the “abomination of desolation” will “stand in the...
Insight #005: Enoch’s Teaching Mission: Were Ancient Enoch Manuscripts the Inspiration for Moses 6–7? (Moses 6–7)
In this Insight, we will introduce the most well-known ancient Enoch manuscripts and review the possibility that Joseph Smith could have derived the Enoch accounts in Moses 6–7 from any of them. Pioneering insights on the relationship between ancient Enoch manuscripts and the Book of Moses can be found in the writings of Hugh W. Nibley, who wrote a series of articles on the subject for the Ensign magazine in 1975–1977.
Lehi’s Dream and the Plan of Salvation
Abstract: Lehi’s dream symbolically teaches us about many aspects of Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation. The central message of Lehi’s dream is that all must come unto Jesus Christ in order to be saved. Each of us has the choice to pursue the path...
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 22 (Alma 5-7)
This is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 22, “Have Ye Experienced This Mighty Change in Your Hearts?,” on Alma 5-7. The panelists for this roundtable were Neal Rappleye, Jasmine Rappleye and Hales Swift. This roundtable was...
Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 22: Alma 5-7
Alma 5 A Spiritual Self-Evaluation This chapter contains more than forty questions that Alma asked the people of Zarahemla as he began his travels throughout the land to strengthen the church. The questions are directed to church members, some of whom may be...
The Tabernacle: Mountain of God in the Cultus of Israel
Abstract: In this article, Michael Morales considers how the building of the Tabernacle had been pre-figured from the earliest narratives of Genesis onward. It describes some of the parallels between the creation, deluge, and Sinai narratives and the tabernacle...
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