Wisdom Literature with Dan Belnap
Laura Harris Hales interviews Dan Belnap about wisdom literature in the Bible and the ancient Near East....
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The First Vision with Spencer McBride
February 5, 2020
Interpreter Radio Show — July 8, 2018
The July 8 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show was hosted by Allen Wyatt, Martin Tanner, and Kevin Christensen. Topics discussed include Margaret Barker's work, Old Testament studies, and the affinity of her work with Mormon Studies. Other topics include theosis (or deification) and salvation by grace....
read moreInterpreter Radio Show — June 24, 2018
The June 24 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show was hosted by Steve Densley, Craig Foster, and Matt Bowen. Topics include the passing of John Tvedtnes and Stephen Robinson; new youth interview guidelines; the Joseph Smith Papyri, the Book of Abraham, and the temple endowment; and Jeff Lindsay's Interpreter article about Joseph Smith's cosmology and the cosmology of modern Chinese science fiction....
read moreThe Millennial Temple with R. Jean Addams
An Interview with R. Jean Addams, author of Upon the Temple Lot: The Church of Christ's Quest to Build the House of the Lord....
read moreOld Major with Alexander L. Baugh
This week we have a little fun as we take a lighthearted look at Joseph Smith's loyal companion, friend, and pet—Old Major. Dr. Alexander L. Baugh shares the tenuous nature of historical sleuthing. Often disparate references are all that scholars have to reconstruct the past....
read moreInterpreter Radio Show — June 10, 2018
The May 27 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show was hosted by Steve Densley, Craig Foster, and Matt Bowen and discusses Church finances and a new critique of the Book of Mormon enjoined in the Interpreter Foundation's journal. ...
read moreInterpreter Radio Show — June 3, 2018
The May 27 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show was hosted by Steve Densley, Craig Foster, and Matt Bowen and discusses Church finances and a new critique of the Book of Mormon enjoined in the Interpreter Foundation's journal. ...
read moreA Global History of Black Mormons with Russell Stevenson
Laura Harris Hales interviews Russell Stevenson, author of For the Cause of Righteousness: A Global History of Blacks and Mormonism. Stevenson’s book details the relationship between African and Afro-diasporic peoples and the Mormon tradition, particularly regarding the temple and priesthood restrictions. ...
read moreThe LDS Church and the Sugar Industry with Matthew C. Godfrey
The balance between the LDS Church’s operation of its non-profit and for-profit endeavors has always come with both benefits and repercussions. Historian Matthew C. Godfrey discusses with Laura Harris Hales some of the challenges that face the church when it becomes involved in business....
read moreInterpreter Radio Show — May 6, 2018
The May 6 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show was hosted by Neal Rappleye, Martin Tanner, Jasmin Gimenez, Stephen Smoot, and Hales Swift. Topics discussed included happenings at Book of Mormon Central, sunken cities in ancient America, "reformed Egyptian," Jews writing in Egyptian, Balak and Balaam (Gospel Doctrine lesson 16), and the Babylonian Talmud. ...
read moreInterpreter Radio Show — July 15, 2018
The July 15 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show was hosted by Bruce Webster Kris Frederickson, and Mike Parker. Topics discussed include accounts of the First Vision, the literary feat of creating the Book of Mormon, the place of faith and reason, the criticism of faith, the Church and its relationship with the US Constitution, and religious freedom....
read moreInterpreter Radio Show — July 1, 2018
The July 1 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show was hosted byMartin Tanner, Stephen Smoot, and Hales Swift. Topics discussed include Book of Mormon geography and immigration policies....
read moreIsrael’s Kings with Dana M. Pike
Laura Harris Hales interviews Dr. Dana M. Pike on Israel’s united and divided monarchies....
read more19th Century Restorationists – RoseAnn Benson
As Joseph Smith reported his visions and revelations designed to restore the New Testament church, another preacher living nearby sought the same goals, but through very different means. RoseAnn Benson, author of Alexander Campbell and Joseph Smith: 19th-Century Restorationists explains the similarities and contrasts between Joseph Smith and Alexander Campbell....
read moreInterpreter Radio Show — June 17, 2018
The June17 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show was hosted by Kris Fredericson and Bruce Webster. Discussion includes the stories of 1 Samuel (including Eli, Samuel, Saul, David, and Goliath), Fathers' Day, fatherhood, D&C 121, moral relativity, and evolution....
read moreViolence in the Bible with George A. Pierce
In Deuteronomy, the Israelites were instructed to smite, destroy, and consume the inhabitants of Canaan, an act that Joshua initiates at the city of Jericho. Laura Harris Hales interviews Dr. George Pierce, a specialist in ancient Near East archaeology and anthropology about just what these chapters might be telling us. ...
read moreInterpreter Radio Show — May 27, 2018
The May 27 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show was hosted by Steve Densley, Craig Foster, and Matt Bowen and discusses Church finances and a new critique of the Book of Mormon enjoined in the Interpreter Foundation's journal. ...
read moreInterpreter Radio Show — May 20, 2018
The May 20 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show was hosted Bruce Webster, Kris Frederickson, and Mike Parker. Topics discussed include the book of Joshua, accounts of "divine genocide," the Council of Fifty and government during the Millennium, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, political contention and hate, the Deuteronomists and the Josian reform, meeting between the First Presidency and the NAACP, and the parting of ways between the Church and the Boy Scouts of America....
read moreInterpreter Radio Show — May 13, 2018
The May 13 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show was hosted by Allen Wyatt, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen. On this special Mother's Day program, topics discussed include John Gee's latest book, "An Introduction to the Book of Abraham," the Church's split with the Boy Scouts, the role of mothers within the Church, and mothers and fathers according to "The Family: A Proclamation to the World."...
read moreA Closer Look at the Foundational Texts of Mormonism with Sharalyn D. Howcroft
Laura Harris Hales recently interviewed Sharalyn D. Howcroft on Foundational Texts of Mormonism: Examining Major Early Sources, a new book that ;carefully analyzes essential texts that are repeatedly used by historians as they reconstruct Mormonism's founding era. ...
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