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“A Life Lived in Crescendo”:
Selected Punctuation Marks of Joseph Smith’s Final Years
“A Life Lived in Crescendo”:A “Come, Follow Me” Virtual Fireside Series
Presented by
The Interpreter Foundation, Book of Mormon Central, FAIR, & Meridian Magazine
Next Fireside: Sunday,October 17, at 6:00 PM
Freemasonry and the Origins of Latter-day Saint Temple Ordinances
with Jeff Bradshaw
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Videos AvailableTracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses
The 2021 Book of Moses Conference
Presented by
The Interpreter Foundation, Brigham Young University Department of Ancient Scripture,
Book of Mormon Central and FAIR
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An Early Christian Context for the Book of Moses
Abstract: This study argues that the Book of Moses was an early Christian text. The book’s language, literary genre, and references to its own production could fit with a date in the late first century ad. Further, the study argues that a possible ritual context of...
Volumes 44 and 45 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, Volume 44 (2021) and Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, Volume 45 (2021) are now available in paperback and digital formats for ordering and downloading.
Essay #73: The Two Ways (Moses 5): The Five Celestial Laws (Moses, chapters 5–8)
This carefully conceived scene, executed in grisaille to decorate the top of a niche containing a portrait of Adam, is part of a set of large altarpiece panel paintings in the Joost Vijdt chapel in the Cathedral of St. Bavon at Ghent, Belgium. The portrayal of Abel lifting up the lamb “prefigures both the sacrifice of Christ and the Eucharist.” The contrasting choices of Cain and Abel with respect to their covenantal obligations typify the account of the parting of the ways of righteousness and wickedness that begins in Moses 5. Of those who follow the way of wickedness, Jude wrote: “Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain.”
The People of Canaan: A New Reading of Moses 7
Abstract: Moses 7 is one of the most famous passages in all of Restoration scripture. It is also one of the most problematic in regard to its description of the people of Canaan as black (v. 8) and as a people who were not preached to by the patriarch Enoch (v....
Estimating the Evidence, Episode 11: On Imprinted Words
It seems unlikely that someone could fake stylometric evidence for multiple authors within the Book of Mormon text. Stylometric evidence regarding the Book of Mormon has been around for almost four decades now. It made a bit of a splash back in the 80s, but it seems to be plagued by dismissal from critics and ambivalence from the faithful.
Interpreter Radio Show — September 5, 2021
You can listen to or download the September 5th broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). This episode is hosted by Neal Rappleye, Jasmin Rappleye and Hales...
Interpreter Radio Show — August 29, 2021
You can listen to or download the August 29th broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). This episode is hosted by Martin Tanner. In this episode, Martin...
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 39 (D&C 106-108)
This is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 39, “To Have the Heavens Opened” on D&C 106-108. The panelists for this roundtable were Martin Tanner, Kris Frederickson and Mike Parker. This roundtable was extracted from the...
Doctrine and Covenants Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 39
D&C 106 Warren Cowdery In verses 1-2 the Lord called Warren Cowdery (Oliver’s older brother) to preside over a Church congregation and to preach the gospel. Find: What instructions and promised blessings did the Lord give Warren in verses 3, 7-8? What did the Lord...
Essay #72: The Two Ways (Moses 5): Adam, Eve, and the New and Everlasting Covenant (Moses 5:4–6)
In this unsettling scene, we see God speaking from a cloud to the fleeing Cain as he runs past the still-burning altar. Abel’s lifeless body, dominating the foreground, loudly proclaims the falsity of Cain’s profession of ignorance. The contrast of the skin color to the gray monochroome of the background highlights the link between the three actors.
The Good God Hermeneutic: A Reconsideration of Religious Vocabulary
Review of Fiona Givens and Terryl Givens, All Things New: Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and Everything In Between (Faith Matters Press, 2020). 188 pages. $12.95 (paperback). Abstract: Fiona and Terryl Givens once again deliver a book worthy of the comparatively wide...
Book of Abraham Polemics: Dan Vogel’s Broad Critique of the Defense of the Book of Abraham
Review of Dan Vogel, Book of Abraham Apologetics: A Review and Critique (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2021). 250 pp. $18.95 (softback). Abstract: Dan Vogel’s latest book claims to offer clear-cut evidence showing what, when, and how Joseph Smith fraudulently...
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