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- Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
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- 2012
A non-profit educational journal about the scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: the Book of Mormon, the Pearl of Great Price, the Bible, Doctrine and Covenants, and related subjects. All publications are peer-reviewed and are made available as free internet downloads or through at-cost print-on-demand services.
Publications in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Light and Perspective: Essays from the Mormon Theology S…
Abstract: The Mormon Theology Seminar has produced two volumes of essays exploring 1 Nephi 1 on Lehi’s initial visions, and Jacob 7 on the encounter…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Come unto Me” as a Technical Gospel Term
Abstract: The Book of Mormon repeatedly outlines a six-part definition of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but most writers within the book refer to only…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Interpreter Foundation and an Apostolic Charge
Abstract: In April 2006, Dallin H. Oaks, in unpublished remarks at the naming of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship (as the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Christmas in Transition: From Figgy Pudding to the Bread…
Abstract: While Christmas traditions around the world have evolved, some losing their focus on the Christ child, there is still need for us to center…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Gossamer Thin: 2 Nephi’s “Flaxen Cord” and the Anti-Maso…
Abstract: Some have seen evidence of anti-Masonic rhetoric in the Book of Mormon and cite 2 Nephi 26:22 in support. It is claimed that this is a…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Let There Be a Famine in the Land
Abstract: The drought recorded in Helaman 11 is probably the only dated, climate-related event in the entire Book of Mormon that could have left a…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Orson Scott Card’s “Artifact or Artifice”: Where It Stan…
Abstract: When Orson Scott Card wrote “The Book of Mormon: Artifact or Artifice?” in 1993, he applied keen skills as an author of fiction to help…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Geology of Moroni’s Stone Box: Examining the Setting…
Abstract: The story of Joseph Smith retrieving gold plates from a stone box on a hillside in upstate New York and translating them into the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “By Small Means”: Rethinking the Liahona
Abstract: The Liahona’s faith-based functionality and miraculous appearance have often been viewed as incongruous with natural law. This paper…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Marjorie Newton’s Account of the Faith of the Māori Sain…
Abstract: Marjorie Newton’s Mormon and Maori is a version of her 1998 thesis in which she rejects key elements of the Māori Latterday Saint…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Why Did Northern Israel Fall to the Assyrians? A Weberia…
Abstract: This article is centered on possible causes for the fall of Israel and, secondarily, Judah. The topic is not new. The very destruction of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Et Incarnatus Est: The Imperative for Book of Mormon His…
Abstract: Some have come to insist that the Book of Mormon should be read as inspired fiction, which is to say that readers, including Latter-day…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Comparing Book of Mormon Names with Those Found in J.R.R…
Abstract: The works of Tolkien and the Book of Mormon have been compared in a variety of ways by multiple authors and researches, but none have…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “They Shall No More Be Confounded”: Moroni’s Wordplay on…
Abstract: In two related prophecies, Moroni employs an apparent wordplay on the name Joseph in terms of the Hebrew (lōʾ) yôsîp … ʿôd (+ verbal…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: To Be Learned Is Good, If One Stays on the Rails
Abstract: This review essay looks at certain problematical issues in the recently published collection of essays honoring Latter-day Saint historian…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “If I Pray Not Amiss”
Abstract: In 2nd Nephi, it is suggested that the Lord answers prayers but that requests made in prayer should not violate some kind of standard that…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Valuable LDS Resource for Learning from the Apocrypha
Abstract: Latter-day Saints are often aware that the Apocrypha contains valuable sacred material along with some “interpolations of men,” but few…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: An Inviting Exploration
Abstract: This informative and very readable volume, targeted to a Latter‑day Saint audience, serves as an introduction to the Apocrypha and an…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Compelling Case for Theosis
Abstract: What is theosis? Why does the doctrine of theosis matter? Why did God become man so that man might become God? In his book To Become Like…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “And The Meek Also Shall Increase”:The Verb yāsap in Isa…
Abstract: Beyond his autobiographic use of Joseph’s name and biography, Nephi also considered the name Joseph to have long-term prophetic value. As a…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: An Ancient Survival Guide: John Bytheway’s Look at Moron…
Abstract: Moroni’s years of wandering alone after the battle of Cumorah have been often discussed, but not in the context of how they impacted his…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Is Faith Compatible with Reason?
Abstract: In this article I argue that faith is not only rationally justifiable but also inescapable simply because our decisions regarding ultimate…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Missourian Efforts to Extradite Joseph Smith and the Eth…
Abstract: This is the second of two articles discussing Missouri's requisitions to extradite Joseph Smith to face criminal charges and the Prophet's…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Habeas Corpus Protection of Joseph Smith from Missou…
Abstract: This is the first of two articles discussing Missouri’s requisitions to extradite Joseph Smith to face criminal charges and the Prophet’s…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: What’s in a Name? Playing in the Onomastic Sandbox
Abstract: Name as Key-Word brings together a collection of essays, many of them previously published, whose consistent theme is exploring examples of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Toward a Deeper Understanding: How Onomastic Wordplay Ai…
Abstract: Matthew L. Bowen’s book compels readers to consider both the Book of Mormon’s construction and the significance of names in the text. Bowen…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Isaiah 56, Abraham, and the TempleNew Publication
Abstract: In the days of the first Israelite temple, only certain individuals were allowed into the temple and sacrificial services; foreigners and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Much More than a Plural Marriage Revelation
Abstract: Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation is a textual study of Section 132. It offers some interesting…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Case of the Missing Commentary
Abstract: The first published commentary on Doctrine and Covenants Section 132 is a lengthy volume with much material that deals directly with the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Race: Always Complicated, Never Simple
Abstract: The concept that race has evolved rather than remaining static is not well understood, both outside and within The Church of Jesus Christ…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: What is Mormon Transhumanism? And is it Mormon?
Abstract: Some sources have described Mormonism as the faith most friendly to the intellectual movement known as Transhumanism. This paper reviews an…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Peace in the Holy Land
Abstract: Living in the Holy Land as a Palestinian Latter-day Saint has created unique challenges and perspective for Sahar Qumsiyeh. In order to…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Dehumanization and Peace
Abstract: Those who follow world events are painfully aware that peace in the Middle East — and particularly in the Holy Land — seems eternally…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Joseph Smith’s Universe vs. Some Wonders of Chinese Scie…
Abstract: Recently, Chinese science fiction works have received increasing attention and acclaim, most notably Liu Cixin’s The Three Body Problem,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Gospel According to Mormon
Abstract: Although scholarly investigation of the Book of Mormon has increased significantly over the last three decades, only a tiny portion of that…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Pushing through Life’s Pilgrimage Together
Abstract: Walking for 500 miles in a foreign country through heat, arduous terrain, and many inconveniences is difficult enough. Add to the equation…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Word Baptize in the Book of Mormon
Abstract: The word baptize appears 119 times in the Book of Mormon; three speakers (Jesus Christ, Mormon, and Nephi) account for 87% of all of these…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Too Little or Too Much Like the Bible? A Novel Critique …
Abstract: A recent graduate thesis proposes an intriguing new means for discerning if the Book of Mormon is historic or not. By looking at Book of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “The Time is Past”: A Note on Samuel’s Five-Year Prophec…
Abstract:The story of believers being nearly put to death before the appearance of the sign at Christ’s birth is both inspiring and a little…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: On Being the Sons of Moses and Aaron: Another Look at In…
Abstract: Section 84 of the Doctrine and Covenants contains what is commonly known by Latter-day Saints as the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Word and the Kingdom
Abstract: Members of the Church have been charged since ancient times with the covenant need to share the Gospel message with those around them. In…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Valuable Book for the Increasingly International Churc…
Abstract: As the Church expands among the many nations, peoples, and tongues of the earth, new challenges arise that require the organization and the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Pressing Forward with the Book of Abraham
Abstract: The Book of Abraham continues to attract scholarly attention. New findings in the fields of Egyptology, Near Eastern archaeology, and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins”: The Interrelated Symbo…
Abstract: To the ancient Israelite ear, the name Ephraim sounded like or connoted “doubly fruitful.” Joseph explains the naming of his son Ephraim in…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Abinadi: A Minor Prophet, A Major Contributor
Abstract: The new edited volume Abinadi: He Came Among Them in Disguise, from the Book of Mormon Academy, is a valuable contribution to Book of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Approaching Abinadi
Abstract: The recently released Abinadi: He Came Among Them in Disguise, a new book from Brigham Young University’s Book of Mormon Academy, offers…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Easters: The Eternal Atoning Sacrifice Testifies of the …
Easters come year after year, reminding us of new life brought to the children of men by the eternal atoning sacrifice of our Lord and Savior, Jesus…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Status of Women in Old Testament Marriage
Review of Gordon Paul Hugenberger, Marriage as a Covenant: A Study of Biblical Law and Ethics Governing Marriage Developed from the Perspective of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Is the Book of Mormon a Pseudo-Archaic Text?
In recent years the Book of Mormon has been compared to pseudo-biblical texts like Gilbert J. Hunt’s The Late War (1816). Some have found strong…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Two Notes on the Language Used in the Last Supper Accoun…
Abstract: The institution of the Lord’s Supper is recounted explicitly in four New Testament texts (Matthew 26:26–29; Mark 14:22–25; Luke 22:19–20; 1…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker”: Some Notes on Paa…
Abstract: This brief article explores Paanchi and Giddianhi as names evidencing the Egyptian onomastic element –anchi/anhi/ʿnḫ(i) and the potential…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Unveiling Women’s Veils of Authority
The Apostle Paul’s theological explanation for female veil wearing (1 Corinthians 11:2–13) highlights the woman’s head covering as an expression of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Through a Glass Darkly: Examining Church Finances
Abstract: The Mormon Hierarchy: Wealth & Corporate Power is Michael Quinn’s impressive response to a century of books and articles that have often…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Possess the Land in Peace”: Zeniff’s Ironic Wordplay on…
Abstract: The toponym Shilom likely derives from the Semitic/Hebrew root š-l-m, whence also the similar-sounding word šalôm, “peace,” derives. The…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Playing to an Audience: A Review of Revelatory Events
Review of Ann Taves, Revelatory Events: Three Case Studies in the Emergence of New Spiritual Paths Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2016, 366…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Changing Critics’ Criticisms of Book of Mormon Changes
In early 1830 Joseph Smith published the Book of Mormon, a 269,938-word volume that discusses religious themes intermingled with a history of ancient…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Celebrating the Work of John W. Welch
A review of Paul Y. Hoskisson & Daniel C. Peterson, eds., To Seek the Law of the Lord: Essays in Honor of John W. Welch, The Interpreter Foundation,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Not Just Sour Grapes: Jesus’s Interpretation of Isaiah’s…
In Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, he heavily references Isaiah’s Song of the Vineyard. An understanding of both the original Hebrew and the Greek…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Possibility of Janus Parallelism in the Book of Morm…
Janus parallelism, a tool evident in ancient Hebrew poetry, is documented at some length by Scott B. Noegel in Janus Parallelism in the Book of Job,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Book of Mormon Witnesses and Their Challenge to Secu…
There has been much comment recently on the growth in numbers of the religious “nones.” Not all of them are actually non-theists, but secularism or…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Christmastime: When Our Souls Can Sing
Christmas is upon us, and it is a special, magical time. I have seen the love of God touch countless lives through the glorious music of the season.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Jacob’s Protector
The name Jacob means “may he [i.e., God] protect,” or “he has protected.” As a hypocoristic masculine volitive verbal form, it is a kind of blessing…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Heralding a New Age of Book of Mormon Scholarship
A review of John W. Welch, Neal Rappleye, Stephen O. Smoot, David J. Larsen, and Taylor Halverson, eds., Knowing Why: 137 Evidences That the Book of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Janus Parallelism in the Book of Job: A Review of Scott …
Janus parallelism is a recently discovered tool evident in ancient Hebrew poetry. Like the two-faced Roman god Janus, Janus parallelism employs a…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: An Important Year in History
A review of Turtle Bunbury, 1847: A Chronicle of Genius, Generosity & Savagery (Dublin: Gill Books, 2016). 388 pages, $43.00, hardback.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “He Did Go About Secretly”: Additional Thoughts on the L…
Mormon describes Alma the Younger’s "go[ing] about secretly" to destroy the church that his father, Alma the Elder, had established (Mosiah 27:8–10),…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Barlow on Book of Mormon Language: An Examination of So…
Comments made by Philip Barlow on Book of Mormon language for an Oxford-published book are examined. Inaccuracies are pointed out, and some examples…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Miracles in the Book of Mormon
Review of Alonzo L. Gaskill, Miracles of the Book of Mormon: A Guide to the Symbolic Messages, 2015, Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 447 pp. +…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Divine Council in the Hebrew Bible and the Book of M…
The Book of Mormon purports to be a record that originates from the ancient Near East. The authors of the book claim an Israelite heritage, and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Marjorie Newton on “The Mormons in Australia” — A Retros…
A Review of Marjorie Newton, Southern Cross Saints: The Mormons in Australia, foreword by Lawrence Foster (xiii-xv). (Laie, HI: Institute for…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Should We Apologize for Apologetics?
A review of Blair G. Van Dyke & Loyd Isao Ericson, eds., Perspectives on Mormon Theology: Apologetics. Greg Kofford Books, 2017, 279 pages with…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Gazelem the Jaredite
Alma refers to Gazelem in his instructions to his son Helaman in Alma 37:23. This article proposes and explores the concept of identifying Gazelem as…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “How long can rolling waters remain impure?”: Literary A…
Many parts of the Doctrine and Covenants are literary in character. That is, their content is made appealing and more memorable and meaningful…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Modern Translation of Genesis 1–11 in the Traditional …
Samuel L. Bray and John F. Hobbins, Genesis 1–11: A New Old Translation for Readers, Scholars, and Translators (Wilmore, KY: GlossaHouse, 2017). 326…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Two New Studies of Biblical Repentance
Review of Mark J. Boda, ‘Return to Me:’ A Biblical Theology of Repentance, volume 35 of New Studies in Biblical Theology, ed. by D. A. Carson…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “I Kneeled Down Before My Maker”: Allusions to Esau in t…
The Book of Enos constitutes a brief literary masterpiece. A close reading of Enos’s autobiography reveals textual dependency not only on 1 Nephi…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Their Imperfect Best: Isaianic Authorship from an LDS Pe…
For Latter-day Saints, the critical scholarly consensus that most of the book of Isaiah was not authored by Isaiah often presents a problem,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Power is In Them
The Interpreter Foundation has spent five years dedicated to publishing quality scholarship regarding the gospel, history, and scripture of The…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: On Doctrine and Covenants Language and the 1833 Plot of …
Contrary to the generally accepted view, it seems likely that much of the wording of the Doctrine and Covenants was transmitted to Joseph Smith as…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Lehi’s Dream and the Garden of Eden
Lehi’s dream in 1 Nephi 8 and Nephi’s related vision in 1 Nephi 11–14 contain many features related to the biblical garden of Eden, including most…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Consecration Brings Forth Zion, Not Just Disaster Relief
Active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints covenant to obey the law of consecration, and although I have long felt we discuss…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Next Big Thing in LDS Apologetics: Strong Semitic an…
Review of Brian D. Stubbs, Changes in Languages from Nephi to Now (Blanding, UT: Four Corners Digital Design, 2016) and Exploring the Explanatory…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Lengthening Shadow: Part Three
Many mistakes that occur in scholarly endeavors are understandable. The truth is often difficult to discover, and this makes errors inevitable and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Lengthening Shadow: Is Quality of Thought Deterioratin…
Many mistakes that occur in scholarly endeavors are understandable. The truth is often difficult to discover, and this makes errors inevitable and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Lengthening Shadow Is Quality of Thought Deteriorating…
Many mistakes that occur in scholarly endeavors are understandable. The truth is often difficult to discover, and this makes errors inevitable and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Life-giving “Water” of the Restoration
Where there is water, there is life, not only literally, as in the Nile River in Egypt and in the cities of Mesopotamia, but also symbolically, as we…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Sur…
Following the account of the ministry of Christ among the Nephites as recorded in the Book of Mormon, Christ gave a charge to His New World disciples…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Sur…
Following the account of the ministry of Christ among the Nephites as recorded in the Book of Mormon, Christ gave a charge to His New World disciples…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Amlicites and Amalekites: Are They the Same People?
Royal Skousen’s Book of Mormon Critical Text Project has proposed many hundreds of changes to the text of the Book of Mormon. A subset of these…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: How Big A Book? Estimating the Total Surface Area of the…
We do not have the Book of Mormon metal plates available to us. We cannot heft them, examine the engravings, or handle the leaves of that ancient…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Understanding Jacob’s Teachings about Plural Marriage fr…
This paper reviews the Book of Mormon prophet Jacob’s proscription against plural marriage, arguing that the verses in Jacob 24–30 should be…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: How Joseph Smith’s Grammar Differed from Book of Mormon …
Some of the grammar of Joseph Smith’s 1832 History is examined. Three archaic, extra-biblical features that occur quite frequently in the Book of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Apostate Religion in the Book of Mormon
Nephite missionaries in the first century BC had significant difficulty preaching the gospel among Nephites and Lamanites who followed Zoramite and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishm…
Nephi’s preservation of the conditional “first blessing” that Lehi bestowed upon his elder sons (Laman, Lemuel, and Sam) and the sons of Ishmael,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Joseph Smith: Monogamist or Polygamist?
In the past decades much of the debate regarding Joseph Smith and plural marriage has focused on his motivation — whether libido or divine…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Exploring Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan Languages
Review of Brian D. Stubbs, Exploring the Explanatory Power of Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan, Provo, UT: Grover Publications, 2015. 436 pp.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: On Doubting Nephi’s Break Between 1 and 2 Nephi: A Criti…
In 2012 Joseph Spencer published an analysis of 1st and 2nd Nephi that interprets a phrase in 1 Nephi 19:5 as implying the true break in Nephi’s…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Overcoming Obstacles: Becoming a Great Missionary
Review of Matthew Jensen, Overcoming Obstacles: Becoming a Great Missionary. S.l.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016. 44 pp.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Looking Deeper into Joseph Smith’s First Vision: Imagery…
Critics of Joseph Smith assert that he invented or imagined the First Vision and then deliberately altered the details in his subsequent first-person…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Healing and Exalting Powers of Christ Weave Together…
In this personal essay, Ann Madsen reflects on the ways in which the healing power of Christ converges with His exalting power at Easter. Cold gives…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Scriptures with Pictures: Methodology, Unexamined Assump…
Research on the origins and nature of the Book of Abraham and the accompanying facsimiles has long been hampered by faulty methodology. And while the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Looking Back, Almost Five Years On
As the axiom states, hindsight is 20/20. As Volume 24 of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture nears the press, it seems relevant to look back…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: "By the Blood Ye Are Sanctified": The Symbolic, Salvific…
In chapter 3 of the Gospel of John, Jesus described spiritual rebirth as consisting of two parts: being “born of water and of the spirit.” To this…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Bare Record: The Nephite Archivist, The Record of Record…
This paper looks at the Book of Mormon through the lens of library science and the concept of archival provenance. The Nephites cared deeply about…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Seers and Stones: The Translation of the Book of Mormon …
Joseph Smith used the term the Urim and Thummim to refer to the pair of seer stones, or “interpreters,” he obtained for translating the Book of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Meeting Zoram
Zoram, the servant of Laban, is a character from the Book of Mormon who is only mentioned a few times and on whom little information is given. This…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Deuteronomy 17:14–20 as Criteria for Book of Mormon King…
Deuteronomy 17:14–20 represents the most succinct summation in the Bible of criteria for kingship. Remarkably, the Book of Mormon narrative depicts…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: It Took a Village to Prepare for the Restoration
“No man,” wrote the early seventeenth-century English poet John Donne, “is an island entire of itself.” Likewise, nothing in human history springs…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Title of Liberty and Ancient Prophecy
Captain Moroni cites a prophecy regarding Joseph of Egypt and his posterity that is not recorded in the Bible. He accompanies the prophecy with a…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “This Son Shall Comfort Us”: An Onomastic Tale of Two No…
From an etiological perspective, the Hebrew Bible connects the name Noah with two distinct but somewhat homonymous verbal roots: nwḥ (“rest”) and nḥm…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Addressing Prickly Issues
Review of A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine & Church History, ed. Laura Harris Hales. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: BYU…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Experiencing Battle in the Book of Mormon
Historical chronicles of military conflict normally focus on the decisions and perspectives of leaders. But new methodologies, pioneered by John…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Great and Spacious Book of Mormon Arcade Game: More …
A novel theory for the origins of Lehi’s vision of the Tree of Life has been offered by Rick Grunder, who argues that the story was inspired by a…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Scary Ghost Stories in the Light of Day
Review of Carol Lynn Pearson, The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men. Walnut Creek, CA: Pivot Point…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Their Anger Did Increase Against Me”: Nephi’s Autobiogr…
Nephi’s record on the small plates includes seven distinct scenes in which Nephi depicts the anger of his brethren against him. Each of these scenes…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Song I Cannot Sing
The story of her birth is a raucous family tale that begins with her arrival into the world on December 19. Her parents named her Joy. She was the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Opportunity Lost
A Review of Carol Lynn Pearson, The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Women and Men. Pivot Point Books, 2016, 226 pages…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Improvisation and Extemporaneous Change in the Book of M…
Joseph Smith made various refining changes to the Book of Mormon text, most of them minor grammatical in nature. However, one type of textual change…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Council of Fifty and Its Minutes: A Review
Review of Matthew J. Grow et al., eds., The Joseph Smith Papers: Administrative Records, Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846 (Salt…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Improvisation and Extemporaneous Change in the Book of M…
Joseph Smith made various refining changes to the Book of Mormon text, most of them minor and grammatical in nature. However, one type of textual…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Small Voice
Revelation comes in various forms, some of them spectacular and some of them extremely subtle. The scriptures and the history of the Restoration…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Arise from the Dust”: Insights from Dust-Related Themes…
In light of Noel Reynolds’ hypothesis that some material in the Book of Moses may have been present on the brass plates that Nephi used, exploration…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Reading 1 Nephi With Wisdom
Nephi is the prototypical wise son of the Wisdom tradition. As Proverbs advocates that a wise man cherishes the word of God, so Nephi cherishes the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Arise from the Dust”: Insights from Dust-Related Themes…
In light of Noel Reynolds’ hypothesis that some material in the Book of Moses may have been present on the brass plates that Nephi used, one may…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Arise from the Dust”: Insights from Dust-Related Themes…
In light of Noel Reynolds’ hypothesis that some material in the Book of Moses may have been present on the brass plates that Nephi used, one may…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Parable of the Benevolent Father and Son
A discussion is presented on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, including the departure of the young man into a faraway land, his return, and the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: On the Dating of Moroni 8-9
Students of the Book of Mormon who have attempted to establish a rough (internal) date for the composition of Mormon’s two letters in Moroni 8–9 have…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Reclaiming Jacob
A chapter of Adam Miller’s Future Mormon concerns Jacob’s encounter with Sherem in Jacob 7. While novel, Miller’s treatment of Jacob and Sherem…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Nephi’s Use of Inverted Parallels
Did Nephi intentionally use chiasmus in his writings? An analysis of fifteen multi-level chiasm candidates in Nephi’s writings demonstrates a high…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Creator of the First Day”: The Glossing of Lord of Saba…
The calqued name-title “Lord of Sabaoth,” echoing James 5:4, occurs four times in the Doctrine and Covenants in revelations given to the prophet…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Assessing the Joseph Smith Papyri
The Book of Abraham has attracted a great deal of scholarly attention since some of the papyri once owned by Joseph Smith were rediscovered. A focus…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Changing Forms of the Latter-day Saint Sacrament
Partaking of bread and water each Sunday is a fundamental part of the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — a solemn moment…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Three Degrees of Gospel Understanding
Few fireside talks outlive the week in which they are given. But Professor Stanley Kimball’s remarks, offered one evening long ago in southern…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “With the Tongue of Angels”: Angelic Speech as a Form of…
The “tongue of angels” has long been a point of interest to Latter-day Saints, who wonder whether it really is as simple as speaking under the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Reading A Pentecostal Reads the Book of Mormon
Review of John Christopher Thomas, A Pentecostal Reads the Book of Mormon: A Literary and Theological Introduction, Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, 2016.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Remembering and Honoring Māori Latter-day Saints
Review of Robert Joseph, “Intercultural Exchange, Matakite Māori and the Mormon Church,” in Mana Māori and Christianity, ed. by Hugh Morrison, Lachy…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Were We Foreordained to the Priesthood, or Was the Stand…
Alma 13:3–4 is often interpreted as Book of Mormon confirmation of the doctrine that all those who are ordained to the Priesthood on the earth were…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Mormonism, Materialism, and Politics: Six Things We Must…
We are called as Latter-day Saints to be a force for good in the world in every way possible, which necessarily includes active and positive…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “How Thankful We Should Be to Know the Truth”: Zebedee C…
In this article, we examine circumstantial evidence for the claim of Zebedee Coltrin, contained in a secondhand report within a heretofore…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Perhaps Close can Count in More than Horseshoes
Review of Gerald E. Smith, Schooling the Prophet: How the Book of Mormon Influenced Joseph Smith and the Early Restoration (Provo, UT: Neal A.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Brighter Future for Mormon Theology: Adam S. Miller’s …
Review of Adam S. Miller, Future Mormon: Essays in Mormon Theology (Salt Lake City, UT: Greg Kofford Books, 2016)
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Beyond Agency as Idolatry
Review of Adam S. Miller, Future Mormon: Essays in Mormon Theology (Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2016)
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “There’s the Boy I Can Trust”: Dennison Lott Harris’ Fir…
A well-known account from early Church history describes how, in the spring of 1844, two young men, Dennison Lott Harris and Robert Scott, helped…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Joseph Smith and the Doctrine of Sealing
Brian Hales has observed that we cannot understand Joseph Smith’s marriage practices in Nauvoo without understanding the related theology. However,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Reflecting on the “Marks of Jesus”
Loss, pain, and suffering are too often, it seems, co-sojourners through our lives. To one degree or another, we all become familiar with these…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “O Ye Fair Ones” — Revisited
The best explanation for the name “Nephi” is that it derives from the Egyptian word nfr, “good,” “goodly,” “fine,” “fair,” “beautiful.” Nephi’s…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Beauty Way More Than Skin Deep
Review of Royal Skousen, Robin Scott Jensen, eds., The Joseph Smith Papers: Revelations and Translations Volume 3, Part 1: Printer’s Manuscript of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Nephi’s Change of Heart
How long did it take Nephi to compose his portions of the “small account?” Careful text analysis and data mining suggest that “Nephi’s” texts may…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Ammonites Were Not Pacifists
Although it is common to believe that the Ammonites were pacifists, the report of their story demonstrates that this is a mistake. Appreciating the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Many Witnesses to a Marvelous Work
Review of Dennis Largey, Andrew Hedges, John Hilton III, and Kerry Hull, eds. The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon: A Marvelous Work and a Wonder,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Turning to the Lord With the Whole Heart: The Doctrine o…
Repentance is considered one of the foundational principles of the gospel. As demonstrated in this article, there is a harmony in how repentance is…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Now That We Have the Words of Joseph Smith, How Shall We…
In this article, I explore some of the opportunities and challenges that lie before us as we try to reach a better understanding of the prophetic…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Reading 1 Peter Intertextually With Select Passages From…
Literary studies, especially intertextual approaches, are relevant for exploring how scriptures are constructed and interpreted. Reading 1 Peter…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18
The fear that Moroni’s soldier’s speech (Alma 44:14) aroused in the Lamanite soldiers and the intensity of Zerahemnah’s subsequently redoubled anger…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Idle and Slothful Strange Stories”: Book of Mormon Orig…
From the very beginning, Joseph’s story about the origins of the Book of Mormon seemed wild and unbelievable. Today, however, Joseph’s account enjoys…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Pilgrim’s Faith
Review of Russell Stevenson, Black Mormon: The Story of Elijah Ables. (self-published, 2014), 140 pp. Abstract: The history of the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Dating Joseph Smith’s First Nauvoo Sealings
In the October 2015 issue of The Journal of Mormon History, Gary Bergera presents a richly illustrated article, “Memory as Evidence: Dating Joseph…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: On Being a Tool
Members, missionaries, and apologists must never lose sight of the fact that the gospel isn’t merely about abstractions and theoretical principles.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Conversations with Mormon Historians
Review of Alexander L. Baugh and Reid L. Neilson, eds., Conversations with Mormon Historians, Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Shulem, One of the King’s Principal Waiters
Shulem is mentioned once in the Book of Abraham. All we are told about him is his name and title. Using onomastics, the study of names, and the study…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “From the Sea East Even to the Sea West”: Thoughts on a …
Jonathan Neville, an advocate of the “Heartland” geography setting for the Book of Mormon, claims to have identified a novel chiastic structure that…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Alma — Young Man, Hidden Prophet
The biographical introduction of Alma the Elder into the Book of Mormon narrative (Mosiah 17:2) also introduces the name Alma into the text for the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Mormonism and the Scientific Persistence of Circles: Ari…
The prominence of circles and circular motion has been one present in scientific discussion of the structure of the universe from Aristotle to…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Map: Part 2 of …
The Arabian Peninsula has provided a significant body of evidence related to the plausibility of Nephi’s account of the ancient journey made by…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Map: Part 1 of …
The Arabian Peninsula has provided a significant body of evidence related to the plausibility of Nephi’s account of the ancient journey made by…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Mormonism at Oxford and What It Signifies
Review of Terryl Givens and Philip L. Barlow. The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015). 647 pp. + index.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Nice Try, But No Cigar: A Response to Three Patheos Post…
A series of three Patheos posts on the subject of Nahom rings out-of-tune bells all over the place.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Why Did You Choose Me?
By seeing the example of a county prosecutor, I learned that we are never more like the Savior than when we willingly and vulnerably enter the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up”: The Name Zoram and Its …
The most likely etymology for the name Zoram is a third person singular perfect pōʿal form of the Semitic/Hebrew verb *zrm, with the meaning, “He…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “My People Are Willing”: The Mention of Aminadab in the …
Aminadab, a Nephite by birth who later dissented to the Lamanites, played a crucial role in the mass conversion of three hundred Lamanites (and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Telling the Story of the Coming Forth of the Book of Mor…
Review of MacKay, Michael Hubbard and Gerrit J. Dirkmaat, From Darkness unto Light: Joseph Smith’s Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Latter-day Saint Youths’ Construction of Sacred Texts
The texts that religious youth negotiate are often deeply embedded in their sociocultural practices, which can have profound influences on their…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Science and Mormonism
From the beginning, Latter-day Saints have rejected the notion that science and religion are incompatible. In this article, we give an overview of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and the American Renai…
This is a follow-up to my article, “Joseph Smith and the American Renaissance,” published in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought in 2002. My…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Cloud Illusions and the Perfect Day
The Sun makes life possible on Earth. It’s the source of virtually all of the energy that we use or need. No wonder many ancient civilizations…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Sha…
The Book of Mormon contains several quotations from the Hebrew Bible that have been juxtaposed on the basis of shared words or phrases, this for the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “They Were Moved with Compassion” (Alma 27:4; 53:13): To…
As in Hebrew biblical narrative, wordplay on (or play on the meaning of) toponyms, or “place names,” is a discernable feature of Book of Mormon…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Faith to See: Burning in the Bosom and Translating t…
Doctrine and Covenants 9:7–9 is conventionally interpreted as the Lord’s description of the method by which the Book of Mormon was translated. A…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Yoke of Christ: A Light Burden Heavy With Meaning
Christ’s famous call to take his yoke upon us in Matthew 11 may merit more analysis than it has commonly received. Taking up the yoke may have…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Samuel the Lamanite, Christ, and Zenos: A Study of Inter…
During Christ’s mortal ministry at Jerusalem, his teachings often drew upon the writings of Isaiah, Moses, and other prophets with whom his audience…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: To “See and Hear”
The world of the Nephite nation was born out of the world of seventh century BC Jerusalem. The traditions and tragedies of the nation of Judah set…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Case of Plural Was in the Earliest Text
Because it is primarily an Early Modern English text (in terms of its English language), the earliest text of the Book of Mormon understandably…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Case of the -th Plural in the Earliest Text
The earliest text of the Book of Mormon employs the {-th} plural — for example, “Nephi’s brethren rebelleth” — in a way that is substantially similar…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Untangling Scripture from the Philosophies of Men
Review of Terryl L. Givens, Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Cosmos, God, Humanity (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2014)…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The More Part of the Book of Mormon Is Early Modern Engl…
Royal Skousen has done an excellent job of summarizing the use of the construction “the more part of + ‹ NOUN PHRASE ›” (and close variants) in the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Joseph Smith Read the Words
This study examines the assertions of two investigators who have discussed the nature of the translation of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith’s…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Jesus Christ’s Interactions with the Women of the New Te…
In this paper, Christ’s ministry is characterized by his relationship with the females found in the four gospels. The drastic differences between the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “He Did It”: A Christmas Message
A number of years ago, my home teacher, John Wright, stopped by to see me, unannounced. As we talked, he said, “I’ve been thinking a lot about what…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The “Fiery Darts of the Adversary” in 1 Nephi 15:24
After receiving a revelation (1 Nephi 11–14) that clarified the meaning of his father Lehi’s dream (1 Nephi 8), Nephi explained to his rebellious…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Viewing the Temple Through Wilford Woodruff’s Eyes
Review of Jennifer Ann Mackley, Wilford Woodruff’s Witness: The Development of Temple Doctrine (Seattle, WA: High Desert Publishing, 2014). 441 pp.,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Making Visible the Beauty and Goodness of the Gospel
Apologetics is typically seen as a purely cerebral activity designed to convince others of the truth or, at least, of the plausibility of certain…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Understanding Genesis and the Temple
Review of John H. Walton, The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Academic,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Old Testament and Presuppositions
Review of Peter Enns, Inspiration and Incarnation- Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament, Second ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015)…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Nephi’s Good Inclusio
As John Gee noted two decades ago, Nephi is best explained as a form of the Egyptian word nfr, which by Lehi’s time was pronounced neh-fee, nay-fee,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Modern View of Ancient Temple Worship
Review of Matthew S. Brown, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Stephen D. Ricks, and John S. Thompson, eds., Ancient Temple Worship: Proceedings of the Expound…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Vanquishing the Mormon Menace
A review of Mason, Patrick Q. The Mormon Menace: Violence and Anti‑Mormonism in the Postbellum South. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. pp.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “He Is a Good Man”: The Fulfillment of Helaman 5:6-7 in …
Mormon, as an author and editor, was concerned to show the fulfillment of earlier Nephite prophecy when such fulfillment occurred. Mormon took care…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Vital Resource for Understanding LDS Perspectives on W…
Review of Duane Boyce, Even Unto Bloodshed: An LDS Perspective on War (Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2015). 312 pp., including appendices and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Was Joseph Smith Smarter Than the Average Fourth Year He…
The brass plates version of Isaiah 2:2, as contained in 2 Nephi 12:2, contains a small difference, not attested in any other pre-1830 Isaiah witness,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Image is Everything: Pay No Attention to the Man Behind …
Soon after the appearance of my Interpreter review of Jeremy Runnells’ Letter to a CES Director, he promised to provide his personal response.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Return of Rhetorical Analysis to Bible Studies
Review of: Jack R. Lundbom, Biblical Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism. Hebrew Bible Monographs 45 (Sheffield, England: Sheffield Phoenix Press,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place” - A Review of Danel …
“A Temple Studies Bibliography,” located on the Academy for Temple Studies website…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Temple: A Multi-Faceted Center and Its Problems
One of the primary identities of the Temple is that it is the place of hashra’at ha-shekhinah, the site at which God’s presence is most manifest. It…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Zarahemla Revisted: Neville’s Newest Novel
This article is the third in a series of three articles responding to the recent assertion by Jonathan Neville that Benjamin Winchester was the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: You More than Owe Me This Benefit: Onomastic Rhetoric in…
Wordplay and punning involving the names Philemon (Φιλήμων, “affectionate one”) and Onesimus (Ὀνήσιμος, “useful”) and their meanings, with…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Toward Ever More Intelligent Discipleship
The temporarily rather comfortable “fit” between the Restored Gospel and American civic religion is a thing of the past, and we contemporary…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Theory of Evolution is Compatible with Both Belief a…
The crux of the creation–evolution conflict is a futile desire to scientifically prove or disprove the existence of God. The conflict is manifest in…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Treasure Trove of Questions
A review of James E. Faulconer, The New Testament Made Harder: Scripture Study Questions. The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: John Bernhisel’s Gift to a Prophet: Incidents of Travel …
The claim that God revealed the details of Book of Mormon geography is not new, but the recent argument that there was a conspiracy while the Prophet…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Treason of the Geographers: Mythical “Mesoamerican” …
The claim that God revealed the details of Book of Mormon geography is not new, but the recent argument that there was a conspiracy while the Prophet…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Learning Nephi’s Language: Creating a Context for 1 Neph…
It was not long after the Book of Mormon was published before Nephi’s statement that he wrote using “the learning of the Jews and the language of the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Not Leaving and Going On to Perfection
A Review of Samuel M. Brown’s First Principles and Ordinances: The Fourth Article of Faith in Light of the Temple, Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Doctrine of Resurrection in the Book of Mormon
The doctrine of resurrection was taught by Lehi and Jacob among the first Nephites but was not mentioned again in the record until the time of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Deuteronomist Reforms and Lehi’s Family Dynamics: A …
Over the last few years, several Latter-day Saint scholars have commented on how the socio-religious setting of Judah in the late-seventh century bc…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Prodigal’s Return to the Father: House of Glory and …
Review of S. Michael Wilcox. House of Glory: Finding Personal Meaning in the Temple, 1995. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. 146 pp. with bibliography…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Careless Accounts and Tawdry Novelties
Review of Lofte Payne. Joseph Smith the Make-Believe Martyr: Why the Book of Mormon Is America’s Best Fiction. Victoria, BC, Canada: Trafford…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Response to Denver Snuffer’s Essay on Plural Marriage …
Part 2 of this response to Denver Snuffer’s essay entitled “Plural Marriage” posted on March 22, 2015, will primarily address non-plural marriage…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Response to Denver Snuffer’s Essay on Plural Marriage …
Denver Snuffer posted an essay entitled “Plural Marriage” on March 22, 2015. It is apparently a transcription of a recent talk he had given and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Questioning: The Divine Plan
Some critics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, chiefly of the secular variety, claim that Latter-day Saints are mind-controlled…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Mormon Theodicy: Jacob and the Problem of Evil
Lehi’s son Jacob was troubled by a great theological mystery of his and our day — the problem of evil. If God is both all good and all-powerful, how…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Freemasonry and the Origins of Modern Temple Ordinances
Joseph Smith taught that the origins of modern temple ordinances go back beyond the foundation of the world.1 Even for believers, the claim that…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “The Great and Terrible Judgments of the Lord”: Destruct…
Review of Jerry D. Grover, Jr., Geology of the Book of Mormon. Vineyard, UT: Self-Published, 2014. 233 pp. +xi, including index and references.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Getting Cain and Gain
The biblical etiology (story of origin) for the name “Cain” associates his name with the Hebrew verb qny/qnh, “to get,” “gain,” “acquire,” “create,”…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Seeing Ourselves Through the Eyes of a Friendly and Thou…
Seeing Ourselves Through the Eyes of a Friendly and Thoughtful Evangelical
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Psalm 82 in Contemporary Latter-day Saint Tradition
The nature and function of Psalm 82 has long been a subject of debate within biblical scholarship. The text is rather brief and has no real…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Why the Oxford English Dictionary (and not Webster’s 182…
In order to properly consider possible meaning in the Book of Mormon (BofM), we must use the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Royal Skousen opened…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Say Now Shibboleth, or Maybe Cumorah
The Deseret Alphabet represents a bold but failed attempt by 19th century LDS Church leaders to revolutionize English language orthography. As 21st…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Rediscovering the First Vision
Review of: Matthew B. Christensen, The First Vision: A Harmonization of Ten Accounts from the Sacred Grove (Springville, Utah: Cedar Fort Inc., 2014)…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: An Easier Way to Understanding Joseph Smith’s Polygamy
Review of Brian C. Hales and Laura H. Hales, Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2015, 198…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Providing a Better Understanding for All Concerning the …
Review of Brian C. Hales and Laura H. Hales, Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2015, 198…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Welcome Introduction
Review of Brian C. Hales and Laura H. Hales, Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2015, 198…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Three Streams of Gratitude for Jesus
In remembrance of the Easter celebration of Jesus’ victory over death, we are pleased to offer this specially written contribution from Mitt Romney.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Sustaining the Brethren
Believing Latter-day Saints hold different views about what it means to sustain the presiding Brethren of the Church. In this article, I outline some…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Place of Crushing: The Literary Function of Heshlon in E…
The name Heshlon, attested once (in Ether 13:28), as a toponym in the Book of Mormon most plausibly denotes “place of crushing.” The meaning of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Lehi the Smelter: New Light on Lehi’s Profession
A strong case has been made by John A. Tvedtnes and Jeffrey R. Chadwick that Lehi was a metalworker by profession. Although the text gives several…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: John L. Sorenson’s Complete Legacy: Reviewing Mormon’s C…
Mormon’s Codex: An Ancient American Book is unquestionably a monument to an impressive career defending, defining, and explaining the Book of Mormon.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Reflections of Urim: Hebrew Poetry Sheds Light on the Di…
In the early editions of the Book of Mormon, Alma refers to the Nephite interpreters as directors. Because director(s) elsewhere refers to the brass…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Implications of Past-Tense Syntax in the Book of Mor…
In the middle of the 16th century there was a short-lived surge in the use of the auxiliary did to express the affirmative past tense in English, as…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Celestial Visits in the Scriptures, and a Plausible Meso…
Scriptural accounts of celestial beings visiting the earth are abundant in both the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Whether a descending deity or…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Restoring the Original Text of the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, under the editorship of Royal Skousen, began in 1988 and is now nearing completion. In 2001, facsimile…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Redemptive Reading of Mark 5:25-34
In what is surely one of the saddest tales in the Bible, Jephthah vows that if granted success in battle, he will sacrifice the first person to cross…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Father is a Man: The Remarkable Mention of the name Abis…
The mention of “Abish” and a “remarkable vision of her father” (Alma 19:16) is itself remarkable, since women and servants are rarely named in the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Where in Cincinnati Was the Third Edition of the Book of…
The third edition of the Book of Mormon was stereotyped and printed in Cincinnati in 1840. The story of the Church’s printer, Ebenezer Robinson,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Whoso Forbiddeth to Abstain from Meats
The double negative phrase ”forbiddeth to abstain” as found in D&C 49:18 can be confusing and syntactically challenging for readers. While some have…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Who Was Sherem?
The Book of Mormon’s first anti-Christ, Sherem, “came among” the Nephites before their first generation was ended. Because he was an eloquent…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: An Exhortation to Study God’s Two “Books”
From the birth of modern science at the end of the sixteenth century, Galileo famously believed that God had written two books — the scriptures and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: What Command Syntax Tells Us About Book of Mormon Author…
The variety of command syntax found in the Book of Mormon is very different from what is seen in the King James Bible. Yet it is sophisticated and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Christmas Is About a Baby
Christ was a baby, then a toddler, then a boy, then a young man, and he experienced life at every stage.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Integration of Temples and Families: A Latter-day Sa…
Scholars from many religious backgrounds--including Latter-day Saints--have noted both temple themes and parallel structures in the Jacob Cycle…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Heartland as Hinterland: The Mesoamerican Core and North…
The best available evidence for the Book of Mormon continues to support a limited Mesoamerican model. However, Alma 63 indicates that there was a…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Cracking the Book of Mormon’s “Secret Combinations”?
The Book of Mormon has been explained by some as a product of Joseph Smith’s 19th century environment. Advocates of this thesis have argued that the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Most Desirable Above All Things”: Onomastic Play on Mar…
The names Mary and Mormon most plausibly derive from the Egyptian word mr(i), “love, desire, [or] wish.” Mary denotes “beloved [i.e., of deity]” and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Looking at the Endowment and Atonement Through a Differe…
A review of Blake T. Ostler, Fire on the Horizon: A Meditation on the Endowment and Love of Atonement. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2013, 119…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Profound Depth in a Slender Book
A review of Blake T. Ostler, Fire on the Horizon: A Meditation on the Endowment and Love of Atonement. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2013, 119…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Tyndale Versus More in the Book of Mormon
In 1526 William Tyndale’s English-language The New Testa-ment started showing up in England, printed in the Low Lands and smuggled into England…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Reason, Experience, and the Existence of God
Both reason and experience are essential to religious life, which should be neither completely irrational nor entirely cerebral. But surely, of the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Zion” and “Jerusalem” as Lady Wisdom in Moses 7 and Nep…
The essay traces lines of continuity between ancient middle eastern traditions of Asherah in her various later Jewish, Christian, and Mormon forms.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Is Decrypting the Genetic Legacy of America’s Indigenous…
The Book of Mormon claims to be an ancient record containing a summary of a now-disappeared civilization that once lived in the American continent…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Response to Grant Palmer’s “Sexual Allegations against…
Grant H. Palmer, former LDS seminary instructor turned critic, has recently posted an essay, “Sexual Allegations against Joseph Smith and the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Job: An LDS Reading
In response to questions arising within God, Job, described as blameless and upright, is thrust from idyllic circumstances into a dark realm of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “What Thank They the Jews”? (2 Nephi 29:4): A Note on th…
The Hebrew Bible explains the meaning of the personal and tribal name “Judah”—from which the term “Jews” derives—in terms of “praising” or “thanking”…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Māori Stairway to Heaven
A review of Jason Hartley. Ngā Mahi: The Things We Need to Do; The Pathway of the Stars. n.p.: Xlibris, 2013. 264 pp., no index. Jason Hartley’s…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Axes Mundi: Ritual Complexes in Mesoamerica and the Book…
Places are made sacred through manifestations of the divine or ritual activity. The occurrence of a theophany or hierophany or the performance of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Nephi: A Postmodernist Reading
Authors inevitably make assumptions about their readers as they write. Readers likewise make assumptions about authors and their intentions as they…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Inattentional Blindness: Seeing and Not Seeing The Book …
Earl Wunderli, an attorney who has made a lifelong study of the Book of Mormon, concludes that the book is a product of Joseph Smith’s mind and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Book with the Unintentionally Self-Referential Title
Earl M. Wunderli has written a book that works through the reasons he fell out of belief in the Book of Mormon. These are combined with issues that…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Sibling Scandals of the Resurrection
I’ve recently picked Stephen T. Davis’s Risen Indeed: Making Sense of the Resurrection up again. It’s an impressive book that had a pivotal effect on…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Look at Some “Nonstandard” Book of Mormon Grammar
Much of the earliest Book of Mormon language which has been regarded as nonstandard through the years is not. Furthermore, when 150 years’ worth of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Big Trouble in River City: American Crucifixion and the …
On April 22, 2014, PublicAffairs, an imprint of a national publisher Persues Books Group, released American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Changes in the Book of Mormon
In that part of the original article (here presented with some minor editing), I first describe the different kinds of changes that have occurred in…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Understanding Nephi with the Help of Noah Webster
Dictionaries, especially Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language, can be useful and informative resources to help us better…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “War of Words and Tumult of Opinions”: The Battle for Jo…
Review of John L. Lund. Joseph Smith and the Geography of the Book of Mormon. The Communications Company, 2012. 209 pp. + xviii, including index.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Getting into the Meat of the Word of Wisdom
Short as it is, the dietary counsel in section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants is far from straightforward, as evidenced by the wide variety of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Some Notes on Faith and Reason
Philosophers and theologians, believers and unbelievers, friends to faith and enemies, scientists, historians — these and many others have devoted a…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Restoration: A Theological Poem in the Book of Mormon
The distinctive Mormon conception of God makes possible a logically coherent reconciliation of the facially incompatible laws of justice and mercy.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Eye of the Beholder, Law of the Harvest: Observations on…
Review of “Letter to a CES Director: Why I Lost My Testimony,” Jeremy Runnells, April 2013, Updated February 23, 2014. 83 pages.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Mormonism and Intellectual Freedom
To many outside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (and to some of its members), the Church’s teachings and practices appear not only…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “And There Wrestled a Man with Him” (Genesis 32:24): Eno…
In this brief note, I will suggest several instances in which the Book of Mormon prophet Enos utilizes wordplay on his own name, the name of his…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Questioning the Comma in Verse 13 of the Word of Wisdom
The 1921 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants included an additional comma, which was inserted after the word “used” in D&C 89:13: “And it is…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Scientist Looks at Book of Mormon Anachronisms
Review of Wade E. Miller, Science and the Book of Mormon: Cureloms, Cumoms, Horses & More (Laguna Niguel, California: KCT & Associates, 2010). 106…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Dissenters: Portraying the Church as Wrong So They can b…
This essay addresses the reasons many persons have left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In particular, there are those who publicly…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Separated but not Divorced: The LDS Church’s Uncomfortab…
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’s uncomfortable relationship with its polygamous history is somewhat like an awkward marriage…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Another Account of Mary Whitmer’s Viewing of the Golden …
Carl T. Cox has graciously provided me with a new account of Moroni showing the Book of Mormon plates to Mary Whitmer (1778-1856), wife of Peter…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Literacy and Orality in the Book of Mormon
Humankind spoke before we wrote. In the early stages of the movement from exclusively oral to heavily literate communication, writing was an adjunct…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: When Was Christ Born?
Many people still believe that Jesus Christ was born on 25 December, either in 1 bc or ad 1. The December date is certainly incorrect and the year is…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Reflections on the Mission of The Interpreter Foundation
Among the covenant obligations taken upon themselves by faithful Latter-day Saints is the consecration of their talents, gifts, and abilities to the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Sorting Out the Sources in Scripture
Review of David E. Bokovoy, Authoring the Old Testament: Genesis-Deuteronomy. To date, LDS scholars have largely ignored the important but rather…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Case for the Documentary Hypothesis, Historical Crit…
Review of David Bokovoy. Authoring the Old Testament: Genesis–Deuteronomy . Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2014). Foreword by John W. Welch.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Inevitability of Epistemology in Historiography: The…
Fundamental changes have occurred in the historical profession over the past thirty years. The central revolutionary change is that workers in the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Time of Sin
This essay provides a close theological reading of Helaman 13, the first part of the sermon of Samuel the Lamanite. Beginning from the insight that…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Founded Upon a Rock: Doctrinal and Temple Implications o…
When the Savior answered Simon Peter’s averred testimony “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” with the declaration, “thou art Peter…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Brief History of Critical Text Work on the Book of Mor…
I begin this brief historical account of alternative work on the critical text of the Book of Mormon by including material that I wrote in an…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Plea for Narrative Theology: Living In and By Stories
The following are reflections on some of the complicated history, including the abuses, of what is commonly known as theology. The Saints do not “do…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Fashion or Proof? A Challenge for Pacific Anthropology
At its heart, the human obsession with metaphysical questions such as “Who am I?” and “Where did I come from?” funds anthropology departments at…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “If There Be Faults, They Be Faults of a Man”
Review of John S. Dinger, ed., Significant Textual Changes in the Book of Mormon: The First Printed Edition Compared to the Manuscripts and to the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Nickname and a Slam Dunk: Notes on the Book of Mormon …
Nicknames and Dysphemisms in the Bible and Ancient Mediterranean
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Note on Chiasmus in Abraham 3:22-23
Chiasmus, or inverted parallelism, is well-known to most students of Mormon studies; this note explores one instance of it in Abraham 3:22-23.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Book of Mormon Minimalists and the NHM Inscriptions: A R…
Biblical “minimalists” have sought to undermine or de-emphasize the significance of the Tel Dan inscription attesting to the existence of the “house…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Can a Man See God? 1 Timothy 6:16 in Light of Ancient an…
Joseph Smith’s First Vision is a favorite target of critics of the LDS Church. Evangelical critics in particular, such as Matt Slick of the Christian…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Until the Heart Betrays”: Life, Letters, and the Storie…
Review of Adam S. Miller, Letters to a Young Mormon. Provo, Utah: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2014. 78 pp.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Help for the Troubled “Young Mormon”
Review of Adam S. Miller, Letters to a Young Mormon. Provo, Utah: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2014. 78 pp.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Hagar in LDS Scripture and Thought
LDS discourse vis-à-vis Hagar has changed through the years since the foundation of the Church. Her story has been considered and utilized in a…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Enoch and Noah on Steroids
Review of Jeffrey M. Bradshaw and David J. Larsen, In God’s Image and Likeness 2: Enoch, Noah, and the Tower of Babel (Salt Lake City, Utah: The…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Scale of Creation in Space and Time
The accounts of creation in Genesis, Moses, and Abraham as well as in higher endowments of knowledge given to the faithful are based on visions in…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Christmas Quest
The following article from Hugh Nibley, written more than half a century ago, is a timely reminder of the contrast between empty holiday exuberance…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Māori Latter-day Saint Faith: Some Preliminary Remarks
Review of Marjorie Newton, Tiki and Temple: The Mormon Mission in New Zealand, 1854–1958 (Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2012), xv + 328 pp.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Cowdery Conundrum: Oliver’s Aborted Attempt to Descr…
In 1834, Oliver Cowdery began publishing a history of the Church in installments in the pages of the Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. The…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
Review of The Mother of the Lord, volume 1: The Lady in the Temple by Margaret Barker, 2012, London: Bloomsbury.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Of Tolerance and Intolerance
Review of D. A. Carson. The Intolerance of Tolerance. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2012. 186 pp. with indices of names, subjects and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Limhi’s Discourse: Proximity and Distance in Teaching
The author introduces a syntactic technique known as "enallage"—an intentional substitution of one grammatical form for another. This technique can…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Elder Neal A. Maxwell on Consecration, Scholarship, and …
On 27 September 1991 Elder Maxwell addressed that year’s “FARMS Annual Recognition Banquet,” as it was then called, in the Wilkinson Student Center…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Late War Against the Book of Mormon
Recently, the Exmormon Foundation held their annual conference in Salt Lake City. A presentation by Chris and Duane Johnson proposed a new…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Passing Up The Heavenly Gift (Part Two of Two)
Review of Denver C. Snuffer, Jr., Passing the Heavenly Gift, Salt Lake City: Mill Creek Press, 2011. 510 pp., no index.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Passing Up The Heavenly Gift (Part One of Two)
Review of Denver C. Snuffer, Jr., Passing the Heavenly Gift, Salt Lake City: Mill Creek Press, 2011. 510 pp., no index.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Sophic Box and Mantic Vista: A Review of Deconstructing …
Riskas’s Desconstructing Mormonism claims that believers are trapped in a box for which the instructions for how to get out are written on the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Original Text of the Book of Mormon and its Publicat…
An earlier version of the following paper was presented 5 August 2010 at a conference sponsored by FAIR, the Foundation for Apologetic Information…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: I Do Not Think That WORD Means What You Think It Means
Review of E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O’Brien, Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: An Essay on the One True Morality and the Principle of F…
The author introduces the subject of the essay based on scripture by observing that one true morality governs the heavens and exists to govern…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Introduction, Volume 6: The Modest But Important End of …
I first became involved in apologetics because I wanted to defend the truth of beliefs that are important to me and to defend the character of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Stretching to Find the Negative: Gary Bergera’s Review o…
At an author-meets-critic Sunstone Symposium on August 2, 2013, Gary Bergera devoted over 90% of his fifteen-minute review to criticize the 1500+…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “Endless Forms Most Beautiful”: The uses and abuses of e…
Review of: • Michael Dowd. Thank God for Evolution. New York: W. W. Norton, 2004. 336 pp., with index. $13.95. • Karl W. Giberson. Saving Darwin:…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Misunderstanding Mormonism in The Mormonizing of America
The Mormonizing of America by Stephen Mansfield has been touted as a solid, impartial look at Mormon history and doctrine. Unfortunately, on closer…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Toward a Mormon Jurisprudence
The following article was published in the Regent University Law Review in the first number of its 2008-2009 volume, pages 79-103. The article is…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Written to the Lamanites: Understanding the Book of Morm…
Latter-day Saints have always been encouraged to seek the truth wherever it can be found. With the Book of Mormon being written especially to the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Peter’s Tears
Peter’s denial of Christ is one of only about two dozen events reported in all four gospels. Three of the accounts conclude by Peter’s weeping. This…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Protestant Ecclesiastical Anarchy and Dogmatic Diversity
Review of Mark A. Noll. Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. xvi + 161 pp., with bibliography of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Multiple Reformations and a Deeply Divided House
Review of Diarmaid MacCulloch. The Reformation. New York: Viking Penguin, 2004. xxvii + 832 pp. with appendix of texts and index.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: A Note on Family Structure in Mosiah 2:5
Mosiah 2:5 provides the reader of the Book of Mormon with new insights about Israelite-Nephite family structure.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “In the Mount of the Lord It Shall Be Seen” and “Provide…
For ancient Israelites, the temple was a place where sacrifice and theophany (i.e., seeing God or other heavenly beings) converged. The account of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Adam Miller’s New Hermeneutic?
Review of Adam S. Miller (Collin College, McKinney, TX). Rube Goldberg Machines: Essays in Mormon Theology. Foreword by Richard Lyman Bushman.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Introduction, Volume 5
Introduction to volume 5, and considers the modern-day notion of the end of Bible-like divine manifestations and revelations which Joseph Smith…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Book Review: Temple Mysticism: An Introduction, by Marga…
Review of Margaret Barker, Temple Mysticism: An Introduction (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2011), 181 pp.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Spectacles, the Stone, the Hat, and the Book: A Twen…
This essay seeks to examine the Book of Mormon translation method from the perspective of a regular, nonscholarly, believing member in the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: When Hypotheses Collide: Responding to Lyon and Minson’s…
At the end of 2012, Jack M. Lyon and Kent R. Minson published “When Pages Collide: Dissecting the Words of Mormon.” They suggest that there is…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Finding Parallels: Some Cautions and Criticisms, Part Tw…
Discovering parallels is inherently an act of comparison. Through comparison, parallels have been introduced frequently as proof (or evidence) of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Finding Parallels: Some Cautions and Criticisms, Part On…
Review of Rick Grunder. Mormon Parallels: A Bibliographic Source. Layfayette, New York: Rick Grunder—Books, 2008. 2,088 pp. On CD-ROM. Discovering…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
If Marxist theory has made any useful contribution at all -- that contribution would have to be inconceivably enormous in order to outweigh the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: An Introduction and Two Essays on Josiah's Reform and Ma…
King Josiah's reign has come under increasing focus for its importance to the formation of the Hebrew Bible, and for its proximity to the ministry of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Some Notes on Book of Mormon Names
This study considers the Book of Mormon personal names Josh, Nahom, and Alma as test cases for the Book of Mormon as an historically authentic…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Sôd of YHWH and the Endowment
In the Hebrew Bible, the Sôd of God was a council of celestial beings who consulted with God, learned His sôd/secret plan, and then fulfilled that…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Letter to a Doubter
In this open letter to doubters of the Latter-day Saint faith, the well-known author Terryl Givens does not attempt direction to resolve…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Whither Mormon Studies?
The proliferation of Mormon Studies is surprising, considering that many of the basic questions about the field have never been answered. This paper…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Confronting Five-Point Calvinism
Review of Roger E. Olson. Against Calvinism. Foreword by Michael Horton, author of For Calvinism. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011. 207 pp., no…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Trusting Joseph
The “first steps” of Mormon history are vital to the faith claims of the Latter-day Saints. The new volume Exploring the First Vision, edited by…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Ancient Affinities within the LDS Book of Enoch Part Two
In this article, we will examine affinities between ancient extracanonical sources and a collection of modern revelations that Joseph Smith termed…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Reflecting on Gospel Scholarship with Abū al-Walīd and A…
Al-Ghazālī and Ibn Rushd, two of the greatest thinkers in the Islamic tradition, gave a great deal of thought to the relationship between faith and…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Ancient Affinities within the LDS Book of Enoch Part One
In this article, we will examine affinities between ancient extracanonical sources and a collection of modern revelations that Joseph Smith termed…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: One Day to a Cubit
An investigation of ancient astronomy shows that a cubit was used not only as the metric of length (elbow to fingertip) but also as a metric of angle…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: New Light and Old Shadows: John G. Turner’s Attempt to U…
Review of John G. Turner, Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012), viii, 500,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Nephite insights into Israelite Worship Practices before…
General historical consensus holds that synagogues originated before the destruction of the Second Temple in AD 70, and therefore probably originated…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: From the East to the West: The Problem of Directions in …
The 1985 publication of John L. Sorenson’s An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon presented the best argument for a New World location…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Book Review: Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Lite…
Review of Bart D. Ehrman. Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics. New York and Oxford: Oxford University…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: In His Footsteps: Ammon and Ammon
Mormon is a historian with a literary sensibility and considerable literary skill. Though his core message is readily apparent to any competent…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Evangelical Controversy: A Deeply Fragmented Movement
Review of Kevin T. Bauder, R. Albert Mohler Jr., John G. Stackhouse Jr., Roger E. Olson. Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism. Edited by…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Biblical and Non-Biblical Quotes in the Sermons and Epis…
In 2010, BYU’s Neal A. Maxwell Institute published an article in which I demonstrated that the charge of plagiarism, frequently leveled against…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Book Review: Comparing and Evaluating the Scriptures: A …
Review of Paul F. Fink. Comparing and Evaluating the Scriptures: A Timely Challenge for Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Mormons. Lompoc, CA:…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Role of Apologetics in Mormon Studies
The following essay was presented on 3 August 2012 as “Of ‘Mormon Studies’ and Apologetics” at the conclusion of the annual conference of the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Apocryphal Acts of Jesus
Numerous noncanonical accounts of Jesus’s deeds exist. While some Latter-day Saints would like to find plain and precious things in the apocryphal…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Defending the King and His Kingdom
Some vocal cultural Mormons, busy asking themselves “why stay,” claim that it is not at all probable that there is a God, or that there even was a…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Shaken Faith Syndrome and the Case for Faith
Abstract: Michael R. Ash is a Mormon apologist who has written two thoughtful books and a number of insightful articles exploring a wide range of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Why was one sixth of the 1830 Book of Mormon set from th…
Evidence from the manuscripts of the Book of Mormon (as well as internal evidence within the Book of Mormon itself) shows that for one sixth of the…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Rethinking the Apostle Peter’s Role in the Early Church
Review of Martin Hengel, Saint Peter: The Underestimated Apostle. English translation by Thomas H. Trapp. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2010.…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Variants in the Stories of the First Vision of Joseph Sm…
Some critics of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have noted that the different accounts of Joseph Smith’s first vision, though written…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Revisiting the Forgotten Voices of Weeping in Moses 7: A…
The LDS Book of Moses is remarkable in its depiction of the suffering of the wicked at the time of the Flood. According to this text, there are three…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Christian Faith in Contemporary China
Review of Lian Xi. Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China. New Haven: Yale University, 2010. 352 pp., with glossary,…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Evaluating Three Arguments Against Joseph Smith’s First …
Historically there have been just three basic arguments against the authenticity of Joseph Smith’s first vision. They all begin with the a priori…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Attacking Rather than Explaining
In his book on Mormonism, the Reverend Andrew Jackson claims to explain “the teaching and practices of the LDS Church,” with an intended audience of…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Charity in Defending the Kingdom
This is Daniel C. Peterson's introduction to volume 1 of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: To Really Read the Book of Mormon
Review of Grant Hardy. Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Guide. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. xix + 346 pp., with index.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Mormonism and Wikipedia: The Church History That “Anyone…
The ability to quickly and easily access literature critical of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been made significantly easier…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Book Review: Latter-day Scripture: Studies in the Book o…
This is a book review of Latter-day Scripture: Studies in the Book of Mormon by Robert M. Price. Review by Louis C. Midgley.
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Atheist Piety: A Religion of Dogmatic Dubiety (1, 2012:1…
The “Special Feature” of this mass-market secular humanist magazine consists of an introduction to “America’s Peculiar Piety” followed by a…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: An Open Letter to Dr. Michael Coe (1, 2012:91-109)
In August 2011 John Dehlin conducted a three-part interview with famed Mesoamericanist Michael Coe. Dehlin operates the podcast series Mormon…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: “I Have Revealed Your Name”: The Hidden Temple in John 1…
John 17 contains a richly symbolic Last Discourse by Jesus, in which the disciples are assured a place in the Father’s celestial house or temple. To…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: Book Review, Temple Themes in the Book of Moses by Jeffr…
This is a book review of Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Temple Themes in the Book of Moses. Salt Lake City: Eborn Publishing, 2010. Review by George L. Mitton…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: "Thou Knowest That I Believe": Invoking The Spirit of th…
The Book of Mormon features an esoteric exchange between the prophet Nephi and the Spirit of the Lord on an exceedingly high mountain. The following…
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Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: The Cultural Context of Nephite Apostasy (1/1, 2012:25-5…
Nephite apostates turned away from true worship in consistent and predictable ways throughout the Book of Mormon. Their beliefs and practices may…
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