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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.
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The Temple: Plates, Patterns, & Patriarchs
Proceedings of the Sixth Interpreter Foundation Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference: 4–5 November 2022
Edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Into Arabia
Anchoring Nephi’s Account in the Real World
Warren P. Aston, Godfrey J. Ellis, and Neal Rappleye
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Trust Us, We’re Lawyers: Lucas and Neville on the Translation of the Book of Mormon
Review of James W. Lucas and Jonathan E. Neville, By Means of the Urim & Thummim: Restoring Translation to the Restoration (Cottonwood Heights, UT: Digital Legend Press & Publishing, 2023). 288 pages. $19.95. Abstract: In their book, James Lucas and Jonathan...
Reprint: Clothed with Glory
Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in The Temple: Symbols, Sermons, and Settings, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. For more information, go to...
Elder Bruce R. McConkie on Priesthood Restoration and the Doctrine of Keys
Unpublished typescript of Mormon Doctrine class lecture given at University of Utah Institute, 23 October 1967 Moroni brought the Book of Mormon; John the Baptist brought the Aaronic Priesthood; Peter, James, and John brought three things: number one, they brought the...
Spiritual Deception in the Age of AI
The Promise and Peril of Generative AI Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI)—digital technology that mimics human cognition—hold the potential to address some of society’s most pressing challenges. From diagnosing disease with...
Hearing the Voice of the Lord in the Mind #8: Prophets’ Testimonies
Introduction ⎜ Part 2 ⎜ Part 3 | Part 4 ⎜ Part 5 ⎜ Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 See the Introductory blog (#1) for explanation about this series on hearing the voice of the Lord in the mind. The below...
Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon — Ether 12-15
This week for Come, Follow Me lesson 48 covering Ether 12-15, we have lecture 110 from Hugh Nibley’s Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University, covering Ether 7-14. During 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2024 Book of Mormon — Ether 12-15
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 — November 10, 2024
In the November 10, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Terry Hutchinson, Mark Johnson, and John Gee. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 49, the recent articles in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and...
Interviews with Ben Spackman and Samuel T. Wilkinson
On 18 October 2024, Daniel Peterson interviewed Ben Spackman, a Latter-day Saint historian of religion, science, and biblical interpretation, on the topic of Latter-day Saint views of evolution, and Dr. Samuel T. Wilkinson, an active Latter-day Saint who currently...
Interpreting Interpreter: Examining Transliterations
This post is a summary of the article “A Closer Look at Transliterations in Divine Translations” by Spencer Kraus in Volume 63 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at...
A Closer Look at Transliterations in Divine Translations
Abstract: The Book of Mormon contains many words left untranslated by Joseph Smith, such as cureloms, cumoms, senine, and ziff. While some might wonder why these words are left untranslated, a closer examination of the kinds of words that are simply transliterated as...
Interpreting Interpreter: Early Modern Q&A
This post is a summary of the article “A Plain Exposition of Book of Mormon English by Means of Short Questions and Informed Answers” by Stanford Carmack in Volume 63 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting...
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