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Old Testament type stuff, Egyptians and Greeks living together, mass hysteria!

    ***   Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:   Interpreter Radio Show — October 10, 2021 The 10 October 2021 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show featured Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen. In the first hour of this particular episode, they discussed various aspects of scholarship and academic […]

“The Evangelical Church is Breaking Apart”

    ***   Newly up today, from Kyler Rasmussen, on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:   “Estimating the Evidence Episode Episode 17: On Geographical Consistency” [Editor’s Note: This is the seventeenth in a series of 23 essays summarizing and evaluating Book of Mormon-related evidence from a Bayesian statistical perspective. See the FAQ at the end […]

“That You May Come Off Conqueror”

    ***   Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants Lesson 6 “That You May Come Off Conqueror” (D&C 10-11) During 1978, 1979, and 1980, Hugh Nibley taught a Doctrine and Covenants Sunday School class. Cassette recordings were made of these classes, and some of them have survived.  These were recently digitized by […]

“Moses 6–7 and the Book of Giants: Remarkable Witnesses of Enoch’s Ministry”

    ***   Posted earlier today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:   Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, “Moses 6–7 and the Book of Giants: Remarkable Witnesses of Enoch’s Ministry” Abstract: The Book of Giants (BG), an Enoch text found in 1948 among the Dead Sea Scrolls, includes a priceless trove of stories about the ancient prophet and […]

“The prisoners shall go free.”

    ***   The Babylon Bee recently had a little bit of fun with Calvinism:   “Man Showing No Signs Of Repentance In His Life Still Pretty Sure He’s One Of The Elect”   But the question of the salvation of those who, in this life, were not reached by the preaching of the […]

“No hands, no feet on earth but yours”

    ***   Here are a couple of interesting items that were kindly shared with me by the Utah-based Latter-day Saint psychologist Dr. Lynn Johnson:   “Do Religious Struggles Mediate the Association between Day-to-Day Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms?” Abstract: Although numerous studies have shown that discrimination contributes to poorer mental health, the precise mechanisms […]

“The Rise and Fall of Korihor, a Zoramite”

    ***   A new article has appeared in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:   Godfrey J. Ellis, “The Rise and Fall of Korihor, a Zoramite: A New Look at the Failed Mission of an Agent of Zoram” Abstract: The accounts of the Anti-Christ, Korihor, and of Alma’s mission to the […]

Light and Height in the Story of Joseph Smith, and a Bit of Economic History

    ***   Did you miss Jeffrey Mark Bradshaw’s virtual fireside last Sunday, on the subject of “Freemasonry and the Origins of Modern Temple Ordinances”?   If so, don’t despair!  It was recorded, and it is available via this link:   “Videos of the “A Life Lived in Crescendo” Firesides”   And don’t miss […]

A significant statement regarding the Church and Islam

    ***   First, though, Kyler Rasmussen’s latest installment in his series of Bayesian investigations has now been posted:   “Estimating the Evidence Episode Episode 16: On Varying and Variable Themes” [Editor’s Note: This is the sixteenth in a series of 23 essays summarizing and evaluating Book of Mormon-related evidence from a Bayesian statistical perspective. […]

Into the Woods, with Joseph

    ***   It seems that — between roughly 5 PM and 5:45 PM this evening (Tuesday evening) — I’ll be chairing the “Concluding Roundtable Session” of the Brigham Young University conference on “The Islamic World Today: Issues and Perspectives,” which is watchable online.  It should be fun.  Monday’s conference sessions were quite interesting.  […]