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Six Days in August Fireside at the SCERA Center for the Arts
Join the director of Six Days in August alongside talented cast members sharing their unique insights and experiences on Wednesday, September 25 at the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem. This gathering will include behind-the-scenes conversations offering an intimate look at the creative process, as well as insight into the historical events behind this movie.
The fireside is ticketed. To get your FREE ADMISSION and additional information, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unveiling-history-six-days-in-august-fireside-tickets-1008890287007.
The 2024 Temple on Mount Zion Conference
The seventh Interpreter Matthew B. Brown Memorial Temple on Mount Zion Conference will be held on Saturday, September 28, 2024 in room 251 of the Tanner Building, Brigham Young University. The conference will be held live with no streaming. Recordings of the presentations will be available at a later date. Expanded, fully footnoted versions of the presentations will be published in a book of proceedings, anticipated sometime in 2025.
For more information, including the program schedule, abstracts, and presenter biographies, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/conferences/2024-temple-on-mount-zion-conference/.
The Completion of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project
Video, an audio recording and slides from the Celebration on August 10, 2024
Go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/royal-skousen-presentation-on-the-innovative-and-revolutionary-book-of-mormon-critical-text-project/ to see Royal Skousen’s and Stanford Carmack’s presentations
Six Days in August Fireside at the SCERA Center for the Arts
Join the director of Six Days in August alongside talented cast members sharing their unique insights and experiences on Wednesday, September 25 at the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem. This gathering will include behind-the-scenes conversations offering an intimate...
Hugh Nibley Observed: Reminiscences of Nibley
“My recollections of Hugh Nibley go back a generation. My father, Marc Ricks, and Nibley were both doctoral students at the University of California, Berkeley, in the late 1930s, my father majoring in chemistry and Nibley in ancient history. Both attended church...
Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon — 3 Nephi 8–11
This week for Come, Follow Me lesson 39 covering 3 Nephi 8-11, we have lectures 83 and 84 from Hugh Nibley’s Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University, covering 3 Nephi 8-15. During 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for...
Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context — 3 Nephi 8–11
In the September 1st Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Terry Hutchinson, Brent Schmidt, and Hales Swift discuss Book of Mormon lesson 39, “Arise and Come Forth unto Me” covering 3 Nephi 8-11. You can listen to or download the Book...
Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 39
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 — September 8, 2024
In the September 8, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Terry Hutchinson, Kevin Christensen, and Mark Johnson. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 40, “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and several other topics. You can listen...
Interpreting Interpreter: Prophetic Aspirations
This post is a summary of the article “Aftermath of the Martyrdom: Aspirants to the Mantle of the Prophet Joseph Smith” by R. Jean Addams in Volume 62 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may...
Aftermath of the Martyrdom: Aspirants to the Mantle of the Prophet Joseph Smith
Abstract: In the weeks, months, and years following the murders of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, several aspirants stepped forward to claim the mantle of the prophet. Who were these individuals with claims to the leadership of the church? What were...
Hugh Nibley Observed: Hugh Nibley and Me
“I was a semi-literate Idaho farm boy, something of a loner, when, in my mid-teens, I discovered Hugh Nibley’s late-1940s articles in The Improvement Era. Nibley had answers to questions I had about the Restoration in general and especially the Book of Mormon, a...
Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 38
This week for Come, Follow Me lesson 38 covering 3 Nephi 1-7, we have lectures 80, 81, and 82 from Hugh Nibley’s Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University, covering Helaman 13–3 Nephi 7. During 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon...
Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 38
In the August 25th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Steve Densley and John Thompson discuss Book of Mormon lesson 38, “Lift Up Your Head and Be of Good Cheer” covering 3 Nephi 1-7. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon...
Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 38
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...
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