Joseph Smith

Interpreting Interpreter: Rocks and Hats

by Kyler Rasmussen | Jun 6, 2025 | 0 comments

Seeing with a Hat: How Joseph Smith Used a Hat in Translating the Book of Mormon

by Stan Spencer | Jun 6, 2025 | 3 comments

Interpreting Interpreter: Joseph’s Fingerprints in the Book of Abraham

by Kyler Rasmussen | May 16, 2025 | 0 comments

Joseph Smith Jr. as a Translator: The Book of Abraham as a Case Study

by Stephen O. Smoot | May 16, 2025 | 2 comments

A Fitting Tribute to the Prophet of the Restoration

by Steven L. Olsen | May 2, 2025 | 0 comments

Interpreter Radio Show — March 30, 2025

by Interpreter Foundation | Apr 7, 2025 | 4 comments

Interpreting Interpreter: Nephi’s Covenant Path

by Kyler Rasmussen | Apr 4, 2025 | 0 comments

The Covenant Path of the Ancient Temple in 2 Nephi 31:19–20

by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw | Apr 4, 2025 | 14 comments

Reprint: George Mitton: Joseph Smith at the Veil

by Interpreter Foundation | Feb 27, 2025 | 0 comments

Reprint: George Mitton: Joseph Smith and the Magical Contest

by Interpreter Foundation | Feb 20, 2025 | 0 comments

Interpreting Interpreter: Inclusive Soteriologists

by Kyler Rasmussen | Jan 31, 2025 | 2 comments

Perspectives on the Soteriological Problem of Evil: Nuancing the “Universalist” Theologies of Henri de Lubac and Joseph Smith

by Timothy Gervais | Jan 31, 2025 | 0 comments

Interpreter Radio Show — December 15, 2024

by Interpreter Foundation | Dec 23, 2024 | 0 comments

Interpreter Radio Show — December 8, 2024

by Interpreter Foundation | Dec 16, 2024 | 0 comments

Interpreting Interpreter: AI Skill Detection

by Kyler Rasmussen | Dec 6, 2024 | 0 comments

What Can Artificial Intelligence Tell Us About the Literary Skills Needed to Dictate a Text Like the Book of Mormon?

by Brian C. Hales | Dec 6, 2024 | 4 comments

Interpreting Interpreter: Prophetic Aspirations

by Kyler Rasmussen | Sep 13, 2024 | 0 comments

Aftermath of the Martyrdom: Aspirants to the Mantle of the Prophet Joseph Smith

by R. Jean Addams | Sep 13, 2024 | 2 comments

Interpreter Radio Show — September 1, 2024

by Interpreter Foundation | Sep 9, 2024 | 1 comment

Interpreting Interpreter: Portions of Priesthood

by Kyler Rasmussen | Aug 30, 2024 | 0 comments

Restoring Melchizedek Priesthood

by John S. Thompson | Aug 30, 2024 | 5 comments

Uncanonized Revelations

by Kent P. Jackson | Aug 2, 2024 | 0 comments

Interpreter Radio Show — June 30, 2024

by Interpreter Foundation | Jul 8, 2024 | 0 comments

Interpreting Interpreter: The D&C Decalogue

by Kyler Rasmussen | Jul 5, 2024 | 0 comments

Are There Ten Commandments for Latter-day Zion?

by Dennis Newton | Jul 5, 2024 | 9 comments

Interpreting Interpreter: A Sea of Red

by Kyler Rasmussen | Jan 26, 2024 | 0 comments

Joseph Smith and the “Red Sea” in 2 Nephi 19:1

by E. Jan Wilson | Jan 26, 2024 | 1 comment

Marvelous Ripples through Time and Mind

by Brant A. Gardner | Dec 8, 2023 | 0 comments

Joseph Smith and the Architecture of Genesis

by Interpreter Foundation | Nov 16, 2023 | 0 comments

Interpreter Radio Show — October 15, 2023

by Interpreter Foundation | Oct 30, 2023 | 1 comment

What Did Joseph Smith Know about Modern Temple Ordinances by 1836?

by Interpreter Foundation | Oct 26, 2023 | 0 comments

Interpreting Interpreter: Education and Intellect

by Kyler Rasmussen | Oct 13, 2023 | 1 comment

Joseph Smith’s Education and Intellect as Described in Documentary Sources

by Brian C. Hales | Oct 13, 2023 | 11 comments

Interpreting Interpreter: Joseph Smith at the Veil

by Kyler Rasmussen | Sep 1, 2023 | 0 comments

Joseph Smith at the Veil: Significant Ritual, Symbolism, and Temple Influence at Latter-day Saint Beginnings

by George L. Mitton | Sep 1, 2023 | 4 comments

A Prophet, a Candidate, and a Just Cause

by Derek R. Sainsbury | Jul 14, 2023 | 0 comments

Interpreting Interpreter: A D&C 21 Deep Dive

by Kyler Rasmussen | Jun 16, 2023 | 0 comments

Doctrine and Covenants 21: Metanarrative of the Restoration

by Steven L. Olsen | Jun 16, 2023 | 1 comment

Interpreting Interpreter: Book of Mormon Theosis

by Kyler Rasmussen | May 19, 2023 | 9 comments

Theosis in the Book of Mormon: The Work and Glory of the Father, Mother and Son, and Holy Ghost

by Val Larsen and Newell D. Wright | May 19, 2023 | 6 comments

Interpreter Radio Show — February 12, 2023

by Interpreter Foundation | Feb 21, 2023 | 0 comments

Conference Talks: What Did Joseph Smith Know about Temple Ordinances by 1836?

by Interpreter Foundation | Feb 8, 2023 | 1 comment

Conference Talks: Joseph Smith and Modern Cosmology

by Interpreter Foundation | Dec 21, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 32: To Be a Witness

by Interpreter Foundation | Nov 26, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 31: John Whitmer and the Plates

by Interpreter Foundation | Nov 19, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 30: No Matter the Consequence

by Interpreter Foundation | Nov 12, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 29: Women Witnesses—Why and Why Not?

by Interpreter Foundation | Nov 5, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 28: Ancient Metal Plates?

by Interpreter Foundation | Oct 29, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 27: The Hiram Page Revelations

by Interpreter Foundation | Oct 22, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 26: James Strang’s Witnesses

by Interpreter Foundation | Oct 15, 2022 | 0 comments

A Rejoinder to Jonathan Neville’s “Response to Recent Reviews”

by Spencer Kraus | Oct 14, 2022 | 5 comments

A Man That Can Translate and Infinite Goodness: A Response to Recent Reviews

by Jonathan E. Neville | Oct 14, 2022 | 16 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 25: Did Lucy Harris Support the Book of Mormon?

by Interpreter Foundation | Oct 8, 2022 | 1 comment

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 24: What was Joseph’s Witness?

by Interpreter Foundation | Oct 1, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 23: Why did Martin Harris Join So Many Churches?

by Interpreter Foundation | Sep 24, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 22: What Else did the Witnesses See?

by Interpreter Foundation | Sep 17, 2022 | 1 comment

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 21: Who Felt or Saw the Plates?

by Interpreter Foundation | Sep 10, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 20: Who Wrote the Testimony of the Witnesses?

by Interpreter Foundation | Sep 3, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 19: Why the Witnesses Project?

by Interpreter Foundation | Aug 27, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 18: Is Eyewitness Testimony Reliable?

by Interpreter Foundation | Aug 20, 2022 | 1 comment

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 17: What is your Witness?

by Interpreter Foundation | Aug 13, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 16: Why Witnesses?

by Interpreter Foundation | Aug 6, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 15: Are Prophets Perfect?

by Interpreter Foundation | Jul 30, 2022 | 1 comment

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 14: Plural Marriage – Part 2

by Interpreter Foundation | Jul 23, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 13: Plural Marriage – Part 1

by Interpreter Foundation | Jul 16, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 12: Who were the Danites?

by Interpreter Foundation | Jul 9, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 11: What were the Voree Plates?

by Interpreter Foundation | Jul 2, 2022 | 0 comments

Plural Marriage: Beauty for Ashes

by Julie A. Russell | Jul 1, 2022 | 7 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 10: What were the Kinderhook Plates?

by Interpreter Foundation | Jun 25, 2022 | 5 comments

Jonathan Edwards’s Unique Role in an Imagined Church History

by Spencer Kraus | Jun 24, 2022 | 7 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 9: Is the Spaulding Argument Valid?

by Interpreter Foundation | Jun 18, 2022 | 3 comments

An Unfortunate Approach to Joseph Smith’s Translation of Ancient Scripture

by Spencer Kraus | Jun 17, 2022 | 10 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 8: What was the Cost of Being a Witness?

by Interpreter Foundation | Jun 11, 2022 | 2 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 7: Did the Witnesses Ever Deny their Testimonies?

by Interpreter Foundation | Jun 4, 2022 | 1 comment

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 6: Sidney Rigdon and the Witnesses

by Interpreter Foundation | May 28, 2022 | 0 comments

DVD Now Available of Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon

by Interpreter Foundation | May 25, 2022 | 1 comment

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 5: Blessings of Kirtland

by Interpreter Foundation | May 21, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 4: Joseph Smith: Man, Prophet—or Both?

by Interpreter Foundation | May 14, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 3: David Whitmer, Witness

by Interpreter Foundation | May 7, 2022 | 0 comments

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 2: Martin Harris, Witness

by Interpreter Foundation | Apr 30, 2022 | 1 comment

Witnesses of the Book of Mormon — Insights Episode 1: Oliver Cowdery, Witness

by Interpreter Foundation | Apr 23, 2022 | 1 comment

Honoring Joseph’s Theophany Two Centuries Later

by Spencer Kraus | Jan 28, 2022 | 0 comments

Joseph Smith as a Book of Mormon Storyteller

by Brian C. Hales | Aug 13, 2021 | 3 comments

Announcing a “Come, Follow Me” Virtual Fireside Series — “A Life Lived in Crescendo”

by Interpreter Foundation | Jun 19, 2021 | 0 comments

Learning of Joseph Smith Anew

by LDS Perspectives | Apr 6, 2021 | 1 comment

Variety and Complexity in the Witnesses to the Book of Mormon

by Daniel C. Peterson | Mar 19, 2021 | 3 comments

Fantasy and Reality in the Translation of the Book of Abraham

by John Gee | Jan 29, 2021 | 6 comments

Joseph Smith’s Translation Projects under a Microscope

by Brant A. Gardner | Dec 18, 2020 | 3 comments

A Priesthood Restoration Narrative for Latter-day Saints Believers

by Brian C. Hales | Nov 13, 2020 | 0 comments

“We May Not Understand Our Words”: The Book of Abraham and the Concept of Translation in The Pearl of Greatest Price

by John S. Thompson | Nov 13, 2020 | 17 comments

Some Notes on Joseph Smith and Adam Clarke

by Kent P. Jackson | Oct 2, 2020 | 12 comments

The Expanse of Joseph Smith’s Translation Vision

by Brant A. Gardner | Sep 18, 2020 | 1 comment

Producing Ancient Scripture with Mark Ashurst-McGee

by LDS Perspectives | Sep 16, 2020 | 7 comments

Oral Creation and the Dictation of the Book of Mormon

by Brant A. Gardner | Sep 4, 2020 | 9 comments

Theories and Assumptions: A Review of William L. Davis’s Visions in a Seer Stone

by Brian C. Hales | Sep 4, 2020 | 6 comments

Producing Ancient Scripture — “Approaching Egyptian Papyri through Biblical Language: Joseph Smith’s Use of Hebrew in His Translation of the Book of Abraham” with Matthew J. Grey

by LDS Perspectives | Aug 26, 2020 | 3 comments

Producing Ancient Scripture — Thomas Wayment on Joseph Smith’s Use of Adam Clarke in the JST

by LDS Perspectives | Aug 12, 2020 | 0 comments

Visions, Mushrooms, Fungi, Cacti, and Toads: Joseph Smith’s Reported Use of Entheogens

by Brian C. Hales | Jul 31, 2020 | 5 comments

Offering Americans Religious and Political Salvation

by Craig L. Foster | Jul 3, 2020 | 0 comments

Introduction to the Book of Moses

by Book of Mormon Central and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw | May 2, 2020 | 0 comments

The Lost Prologue: Reading Moses Chapter One as an Ancient Text

by Mark J. Johnson | Mar 20, 2020 | 7 comments

Light Began Once More to Grow

by Daniel C. Peterson | Jan 31, 2020 | 4 comments

Joseph Smith, Nauvoo Leader with Christian Heimburger

by LDS Perspectives | Dec 24, 2019 | 2 comments

Could Joseph Smith Have Drawn on Ancient Manuscripts When He Translated the Story of Enoch?: Recent Updates on a Persistent Question

by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw and Ryan Dahle | Oct 4, 2019 | 15 comments

A Precious Resource with Some Gaps

by Jeff Lindsay | Jul 19, 2019 | 42 comments

DNA Helps Solve a Historical Question about Joseph Smith

by Allen Wyatt | Jun 11, 2019

Interpreter Radio Show — May 5, 2019

by Interpreter Foundation | May 24, 2019 | 0 comments

Curiously Unique: Joseph Smith as Author of the Book of Mormon

by Brian C. Hales | Feb 15, 2019 | 29 comments

Interpreter Radio Show — December 23, 2018

by Interpreter Foundation | Dec 28, 2018 | 0 comments

Missourian Efforts to Extradite Joseph Smith and the Ethics of Governor Thomas Reynolds of Missouri

by A. Keith Thompson | Aug 17, 2018 | 2 comments

The Habeas Corpus Protection of Joseph Smith from Missouri Arrest Requisitions

by A. Keith Thompson | Aug 10, 2018 | 3 comments

Joseph Smith’s Universe vs. Some Wonders of Chinese Science Fiction

by Jeff Lindsay | Jun 22, 2018 | 8 comments

Interpreter Radio Show — April 29, 2018

by Interpreter Foundation | May 7, 2018 | 0 comments

Adam Clarke’s Influence on Joseph Smith with Thomas A. Wayment

by LDS Perspectives | Sep 27, 2017 | 0 comments

Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 32, "To Seal the Testimony"

by Interpreter Foundation | Jul 6, 2017 | 1 comment

How Joseph Smith’s Grammar Differed from Book of Mormon Grammar: Evidence from the 1832 History

by Stanford Carmack | Jun 9, 2017 | 22 comments

Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 13, "This Generation Shall Have My Word through You"

by Interpreter Foundation | Mar 11, 2017 | 12 comments

Seers and Stones: The Translation of the Book of Mormon as Divine Visions of an Old-Time Seer

by Stan Spencer | Mar 10, 2017 | 37 comments

Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 3, "I Had Seen a Vision"

by Interpreter Foundation | Jan 24, 2017 | 2 comments

The Great and Spacious Book of Mormon Arcade Game: More Curious Works from Book of Mormon Critics

by Jeff Lindsay | Jan 13, 2017 | 7 comments

LDS Perspectives Podcast: Joseph’s Seer Stones with Michael Hubbard MacKay

by LDS Perspectives | Nov 20, 2016 | 3 comments

Now That We Have the Words of Joseph Smith, How Shall We Begin to Understand Them? Illustrations of Selected Challenges within the 21 May 1843 Discourse on 2 Peter 1

by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw | Jun 3, 2016 | 9 comments

Dating Joseph Smith’s First Nauvoo Sealings

by Brian C. Hales | May 13, 2016 | 0 comments

Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and the American Renaissance: An Update

by Robert A. Rees | Feb 26, 2016 | 23 comments

Big Trouble in River City: American Crucifixion and the Defaming of Joseph Smith

by Craig L. Foster and Brian C. Hales | Aug 8, 2014 | 24 comments

“War of Words and Tumult of Opinions”: The Battle for Joseph Smith’s Words in Book of Mormon Geography

by Neal Rappleye | Jul 18, 2014 | 74 comments

Ron Hellings on “Joseph Smith and Modern Cosmology”

by Interpreter Foundation | Jul 13, 2014 | 2 comments

New Website on Joseph Smith and Polygamy

by Interpreter Foundation | Apr 29, 2014 | 2 comments

Once Again: Joseph Smith, Richard Dawkins, and the Language of Translation

by Stephen O. Smoot | Jan 10, 2014 | 7 comments

Can a Man See God? 1 Timothy 6:16 in Light of Ancient and Modern Revelation

by James Stutz | Nov 29, 2013 | 17 comments

Stretching to Find the Negative: Gary Bergera’s Review of Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: History and Theology

by Brian C. Hales | Aug 30, 2013 | 11 comments

“To Seal the Testimony” D&C 135

by Taylor Halverson | Aug 29, 2013 | 4 comments

Joseph Smith, Richard Dawkins, and the Language of Translation

by Stephen O. Smoot | Aug 28, 2013 | 16 comments

Trusting Joseph

by Neal Rappleye | Mar 15, 2013 | 2 comments

Variants in the Stories of the First Vision of Joseph Smith and the Apostle Paul

by John A. Tvedtnes | Nov 2, 2012 | 3 comments

Evaluating Three Arguments Against Joseph Smith’s First Vision

by Steven C. Harper | Oct 12, 2012 | 9 comments