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2024-08-22T11:50:55-06:00

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A report from a long and busy Wednesday

Last updated on: August 22, 2024 at 11:50 am   By Dan Peterson

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  I was really busy yesterday — that’s why I didn’t post a blog entry for Wednesday — but I think that, for journalling purposes, I’ll write up a note on what I was doing. I spent the entire day with Larry Eastland , of what is now been renamed the John A. and Leah D. Widtsoe Foundation, and  Salam al-Marayati, of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.  It began with a breakfast with Larry and Salam, over which and after which... Read more

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2024-08-20T13:21:32-06:00

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“Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”

Last updated on: August 20, 2024 at 1:21 pm   By Dan Peterson

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  Retired federal judge Paul Warner is the “star” of the latest video short from the Interpreter Foundation.  Like the others in this series, “A Dying Declaration” — that’s the title of this one — has been drawn from the Interpreter docudrama Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon.  And, as with the rest of the series, we hope that you’ll both enjoy it and share it further. And, by the way, did you know that the forthcoming Interpreter Foundation... Read more

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2024-08-19T19:59:35-06:00

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“He thought it no sin”

Last updated on: August 19, 2024 at 7:59 pm   By Dan Peterson

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  The moribund and never-changing website of the Interpreter Foundation continues to post new items.  Here’s one that went up earlier today:  Interpreter Radio Show — August 11, 2024 For the 11 August 2024 episode of the Interpreter Radio Show, Terry Hutchinson, Mark Johnson, and Kevin Christensen discussed Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 36, the recently-concluded FAIR Conference, books on Bruce R. McConkie and Joseph Fielding Smith, the completion of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, and... Read more

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2024-08-19T20:10:37-06:00

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It’s so big!

Last updated on: August 19, 2024 at 8:10 pm   By Dan Peterson

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  Retired federal judge Paul Warner is the featured interview in this latest very short video from the Interpreter Foundation, titled “Testimony of a Judge.”  We hope that you will enjoy these short features, which have been drawn from the Interpreter Foundation’s 2022 docudrama Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon. However, not only do we hope that you’ll enjoy them, we hope that you will share them with others.  And today, Sunday, is a great day on which to... Read more

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2024-08-17T11:22:31-06:00

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The Temple and the Principle of “Semper Reformanda”

Last updated on: August 17, 2024 at 11:22 am   By Dan Peterson

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  A second article went up yesterday in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship after I posted my blog entry for the day, so I’m mentioning it to you now.  And it was accompanied by a second “Interpreting Interpreter” entry from the remarkably dependable Kyler Rasmussen: “Insights into the Story of Korihor Based on Intertextual Comparisons,” written by Noel Hudson Abstract: A brief outline of the saga of Korihor, the Anti-Christ, is provided along with a discussion... Read more

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2024-08-16T22:32:06-06:00

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Should we back down on building temples?

Last updated on: August 16, 2024 at 10:32 pm   By Dan Peterson

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  First, two stories that can be taken as pointing in two quite different directions: (1) As a teenager, I worked every summer for the Southern California construction company that my father owned.  He didn’t want me to be or to seem spoiled, so he often made sure that I received the dirtiest, least glamorous, and most onerous assignments that were available.  (I sometimes thought that he overdid it.)  One of those assignments was to serve as a flagman, telling... Read more

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2024-08-16T12:50:05-06:00

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On a Prophet and an Antichrist

Last updated on: August 16, 2024 at 12:50 pm   By Dan Peterson

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  Here’s the link to a newly published article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:  “Did Korihor Usurp the Words of Zeniff?” written by Elliott Jolley Abstract: The Book of Mormon contains several instances where a speaker or author in the Book of Mormon quotes a previous one. This article presents one such example: It appears that Korihor usurped the words of Zeniff, quoting some of them for his own purposes. The context of this reference... Read more

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2024-08-14T20:22:14-06:00

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Of Temples and Apostolic Keys

Last updated on: August 14, 2024 at 8:22 pm   By Dan Peterson

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  Richard N. W. Lambert, an active devotee of Latter-day Saint history who is now retired as a federal prosecutor and an Assistant United States Attorney, is featured in the newest short-video feature from the Interpreter Foundation, which is entitled “The Witnesses are Credible.”  (As with the other video shorts in this series, it’s been drawn from the 2022 Interpreter Foundation docudrama Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, which is an accompanying sequel to the 2021 theatrical film Witnesses.)... Read more

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2024-08-13T19:03:43-06:00

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Was science possible before the Protestant Reformation?

Last updated on: August 13, 2024 at 7:03 pm   By Dan Peterson

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  Some new slides from a pair of lectures have just gone up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:  “The Innovative and Revolutionary Book of Mormon Critical Text Project,” presentations by Royal Skousen and Stanford Carmack, given Saturday, 10 August 2024 On Saturday, August 10, 2024, Royal Skousen and Stanford Carmack spoke at a celebration for the completion of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project. The slides used for those talks are available below. Royal Skousen’s presentation was... Read more

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2024-08-12T23:28:26-06:00

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“The Most Profound Experience”

Last updated on: August 12, 2024 at 11:28 pm   By Dan Peterson

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  Yet another very short video feature has just been posted by the Interpreter Foundation.  It’s entitled “The Most Profound Experience.”  It focuses on David Whitmer, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, and it features the irreplaceable independent Latter-day Saint historian Don Bradley. Our hope is that you’ll enjoy this and all of the other videos in this series.  These very brief extracts have been taken from the 2022 Interpreter Foundation docudrama Undaunted: Witnesses of the... Read more

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