Multimedia and papers

This page gathers together both audio/video and some essays I consider “major,” arranged in rough chronological order.

“The Rediscovery of the World of the Old Testament”
- Screencast, fireside
“Why Bible Translations Differ: A Guide for the Perplexed” Religious Educator 15:1 (2016)
- PDF
“The Israelite Roots of Atonement Terminology, ” BYU Studies 55:1 (2016)
- PDF
“Ben Carson, Science, and Seventh-day Adventists.” Religion&Politics
- This is a short history of young-earth creationism and its relationship to Seventh-day Adventism
- Link
- A follow-up at the TimesandSeasons blog
“Truth, Scripture, and Interpretation: Some Precursors to Reading Genesis,” FAIR Conference, July 2017
“Mormonism as Rough Stone Rolling: Towards a Theology of Encountering the World,” Maxwell Institute Summer Seminar paper, July 2017
- Not yet posted
“Genre and Misreading the Bible,” LDS Perspectives Podcast, July 2017
- Podcast and transcript
“Early LDS Attempts to Reconcile Scripture with Science: Pre-Mormon Pre-Adamites and Intellectual (In)Dependence,” Mormon History Association Conference 2017
- Draft text
- Blog summary and discussion
“Reading the Old Testament in Context,” October 2017 Sperry Symposium at BYU,
- Screencast, links, and discussion
“What’s Going On in Genesis 1,”LDS Perspectives podcast
- Podcast and transcript
“The Scientific Deformation and Reformation of Genesis: How Science Messed it Up, but Also Fixes It,” February 2018 Mormon Studies Conference at UVU
- Video
- Blogpost with paper summary, video link, Powerpoint slides, references, and discussion
March 2018, “An Essay on the Nature of Prophetic Knowledge”
- Link
- Follow-up link
“Prooftexting and Understanding the Bible as a Missionary Tool,” LDS MissionCast
- Podcast link.

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