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Just in time for your Come Follow Me discussion of the witnesses to the Book of Mormon!
Undaunted: Witness of the Book of Mormon can now be viewed for free here: https://witnessesfilm.com/ and Witnesses will go up for free from 2 Feb 2025 through 1 March 2025.
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.
Go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/ for more information
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/.
Interpreter Radio Show — March 2, 2025
In the March 2, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Martin Tanner, Brent Schmidt, and Hales Swift. They discuss Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson 13, Margaret Barker, perfectionism, and other topics. You can listen to or download...
The Heavenly Lamb, Sacrifices on the Heavenly Altar, and the Song of the Lamb
Abstract: The symbolic image of the Lamb of God is well-known in the New Testament and The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. This image derives from the Old Testament, later adopted by early Christians. Words of Gad the Seer is an apocalyptic pseudepigraphal book...
The Lamb of God: A Note on the Significance of Meir Bar-Ilan’s Paper for Latter-day Saints
Abstract: Dr. Meir Bar-Ilan’s paper, “The Heavenly Lamb, Sacrifices on the Heavenly Altar, and the Song of the Lamb,” appearing concurrently in Interpreter, is a welcome contribution from a noted Jewish scholar. Bar-Ilan has called the world’s attention to a...
Reprint: George Mitton: The Book of Mormon as a Resurrected Book and a Type of Christ
Abstract: This essay emphasizes the remarkable participation of the Book of Mormon in the symbolism of death and resurrection. It explains how the Book of Mormon itself may be seen as a resurrected book, having followed the pattern of Christ’s life, including descent...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 20–22
D&C 20:1-36 “The Rise of the Church of Christ” Section 20 may be considered our first church “handbook,” given within a few days after the April 6, 1830 formal organization of the Church, and containing various instructions relating to...
Interpreter Radio Show — February 23, 2025
In the February 23, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Steve Densley, John Thompson, and Kris Frederickson with special guest Blake Ostler. They discuss Blake’s recent article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and...
“When Ye Shall Rend That Veil of Unbelief”: A Typological Reading of Ether 3 and 4
Abstract: In the book of Ether, the prophet Moroni “Christianizes” the Jaredite story, inserting extensive Christian elements into an original text that predates the house of Israel, the Nephite nation, and the Christian era. In this paper, a typological and...
Reprint: George Mitton: Joseph Smith at the Veil
Abstract: The prophet Joseph Smith was paced through a life steeped in ritual and symbolism. Notable things Joseph did or experienced under angelic guidance may be seen as ritual procedures that may require careful consideration to discern their meaning, what they...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 19
D&C 19 What the Lord Said about Himself and About Martin Harris It had been almost two years since Martin Harris became interested in the Lord’s work and approached Joseph Smith to give him fifty dollars at a time of great need. Martin had been through the...
Interpreter Radio Show — February 16, 2025
In the February 16, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Bruce Webster and Kris Frederickson. They discuss Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson 11, Saints, Dan Peterson’s recent article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint...
The Flimsiest Show on Earth
Review of Lars Nielsen, How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass: The Second Greatest Show on Earth (Minnetonka, MN: self-pub., 2024). 390 pages. $19.95. Abstract: Every so often an anti-Mormon book comes along that lowers the bar for attacks on the faith. How the Book of...
Reprint: George Mitton: Joseph Smith and the Magical Contest
Abstract: Ancient prophets have had contests with those claiming established authority and ability to do miraculous things, such as Moses with the magicians at the court of pharaoh. The prophets won the contests because of their calling and the power of the priesthood...
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