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18,446,744,073,709,551,615 grains of wheat

  New on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:  Pre-print of “Jacob’s Temple Journey to Haran and Back,” The Temple: Plates, Patterns, & Patriarchs, written by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw and Matthew L. Bowen NOTE: This is a pre-print of a chapter that will appear in The Temple: Plates, Patterns, & Patriarchs, Proceedings of the Seventh Interpreter […]

“Who Holds the Keys?”

  A thoroughly vicious and rage-fueled new article has appeared in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:  “Who Holds the Keys?” written by Daniel C. Peterson Abstract: While, for understandable reasons, Protestant Christendom tends to downplay the question, the more ancient Christian churches have historically placed considerable weight on what is often […]

A lying liar who lies!

  This will seem to some to be a political post and, thus, a violation of my contention that I no longer publish my political opinions.  But it’s not.  Please note that I endorse no presidential candidate here, and that I take no stance whatever on the question of whether Mr. Donald J. Trump is […]

“In My Time of Dying”

  At least some of you will be familiar with the name of Sebastian Junger (born January 17, 1962), who is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker.  (The documentary film Restrepo, based on his writing, received the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.)  He reported from the war in Afghanistan […]

“The Virtue of the Word of God”

  Hugh Nibley Observed: “Family Reminisces at the Funeral of Hugh W. Nibley”: Zina Nibley Petersen, Rebecca Nibley, Alex Nibley, Michael Draper Nibley, Thomas Hugh Nibley, Christina Nibley Mincek, and Paul Sloan Nibley” Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Hugh Nibley Observed, edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Shirley S. […]

Curious Last Words

  Royal Skousen came to our house this morning for a pleasant visit and some business.  Please be aware of the following and, if you’ll be in the area at the appropriate time, please mark the date and come!  Royal describes this as his “swan song.” The Interpreter Foundation and BYU Studies Invite You to […]

An anecdote about Sir Edward Elgar

  Some of you, and perhaps many of you, may be familiar with the name of Sir Edward Elgar.  Even if you’re not, you’ve almost certainly heard his Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D (1901) — especially the part that comes in at about the two-minute mark in this recording.  There were several Pomp […]

Perhaps it saved me

  Well, we checked off most of the items on our list during this visit to Newport Beach:  We had a meal at the restaurant (The Farmhouse) at  Roger’s Gardens, and another one at the Beachcomber at Crystal Cove.  I had a date milkshake at the Shake Shack just off of the Pacific Coast Highway […]

“Are There Ten Commandments for Latter-day Zion?”

  These items went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation.  They represent, by my calculation, the 624th consecutive week in which the Foundation, which has existed for slightly more than 625 weeks, has published at least one article in its online journal: “Are There Ten Commandments for Latter-day Zion?” written by Dennis Newton […]

A Potpourri of Thoughts on the Fourth of July

  New materials are constantly appearing on the otherwise completely dead and rapidly dying website of the very nearly comatose Interpreter Foundation.  Here are two recently posted items: Hugh Nibley Observed: “Editing Hugh Nibley: The Man and His Legacy,” written by Shirley S. Ricks “My personal experience of working with Hugh Nibley’s books and manuscripts […]