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2026-07-30T23:29:12-06:00

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A note on some (rather atypical) recent reading

Last updated on: July 30, 2026 at 11:29 pm By Dan Peterson

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I failed to mention, yesterday, the appearance of a previously-published hardcopy article online: Reprint: “Exploring the Akedah,” written by Daniel T. Ellsworth Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Abraham and His Family in Scripture, History, and Tradition, edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, John S. Thompson, Matthew L. Bowen, and David R. Seely. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/abraham-and-his-family. “In discussions of world religions, it is common to hear Judaism, Islam, and Christianity labeled... Read more

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2026-07-29T14:33:46-06:00

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We could use your help

Last updated on: July 29, 2026 at 2:33 pm By Dan Peterson

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You may have noticed my appeals recently for you to share our Becoming Brigham series with others, to call it to the attention of family and friends and ward members. I’m quite serious about this. I’m not satisfied with the size of the audience that we’re reaching with it thus far, and I would love, if it’s at all possible, to grow that audience several times over. Now, my zealous followers over at the Peterson Obsession Board have an... Read more

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2026-07-29T15:04:28-06:00

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Retrieving History

Last updated on: July 29, 2026 at 3:04 pm By Dan Peterson

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As he regularly does on behalf of the Interpreter Foundation, Jonn Claybaugh has generously contributed a concise set of notes for students and teachers of the Sunday school curriculum of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This one is “Come, Follow Me — Old Testament Study and Teaching Helps, August 3-9, 2026: Esther — ‘Thou Art Come . . . for Such a Time as This'” We spent the day filming interviews for our ongoing Becoming Brigham... Read more

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2026-07-27T23:21:50-06:00

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Back in Utah

Last updated on: July 27, 2026 at 11:21 pm By Dan Peterson

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The engine that produces the Becoming Brigham series continues steadily to . . . well, produce. The twenty-seventh installment in the series went up earlier today: “They Found Apostles From Where?” — Becoming Brigham, Episode 27 And please note the opportunity that you have, for the next three weeks or so, to watch the 2021 Interpreter Foundation dramatic film, Witnesses, at no charge. (Of course, producing such things does require funding, so, if you feel so inclined, please do... Read more

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2026-07-26T16:46:12-06:00

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Reflections on People Who Leave the Church

Last updated on: July 26, 2026 at 4:46 pm By Dan Peterson

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In this video from the Interpreter Foundation, Kyler Rasmussen briefly reviews Jeff Strong’s still rather new book Torn: Why People We Love Are Leaving the Church and What We Can Learn from Them: Interpreting Interpreter: Reviewing Torn. He also introduces himself and briefly explains his own academic and professional credentials, thus showing why the subject matter and the method of Torn are very much within his personal wheelhouse. On a very different note: The twenty-seventh installment in the Interpreter... Read more

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2026-07-25T13:27:30-06:00

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Two brief battlefield reports from Fairview, Texas, etc.

Last updated on: July 25, 2026 at 1:27 pm By Dan Peterson

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This item appeared earlier today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation — which, exactly as its critics correctly predicted, died many years ago and hasn’t been heard from since then: Conversations with Interpreter: Jennifer Lane, Part 1: “Ḥesed and the Redemption of Abraham” This is the first of a two-part discussion with Dr. Jennifer Lane, professor emerita from Brigham Young University-Hawaii on two recent studies about redemption in the scriptures. Over her career, Dr. Lane has worked extensively... Read more

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2026-07-25T21:31:00-06:00

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Candace Owens’s Latest Demagoguery Worries Me

Last updated on: July 25, 2026 at 9:31 pm By Dan Peterson

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John Gee has published an essay at Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 69 (2026): 237-256. It’s entitled “Theology as Pretext”: Review of Ben Witherington III, Rethinking Biblical & Systematic Theology (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2026), 232 pages, $39.00 hardback; and Ben Witherington III, The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism and Wesleyanism (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2005), 332 pages, $52.24 hardback. Abstract: Ben Witherington outlines a method for interpreting the... Read more

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2026-07-23T16:40:26-06:00

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On the Eve of Pioneer Day

Last updated on: July 23, 2026 at 4:40 pm By Dan Peterson

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I want to call your attention to, or to remind you of, FAIR Conference 2026, which will be held at the Thanksgiving Point Showbarn in Lehi, Utah, from the evening of Wednesday, 5 August, through the late afternoon or early evening — it depends, I suppose, on how meandering and long-winded the closing speaker chooses to be — on Friday, 7 August. With one notable exception, the lineup of speakers looks very promising. As many if not most of... Read more

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2026-07-22T15:47:01-06:00

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“Lot — Likened Unto Noah”

Last updated on: July 22, 2026 at 3:47 pm By Dan Peterson

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Posted today on the essentially comatose website of the Interpreter Foundation: Reprint: “Lot — Likened Unto Noah,” written by Roseann Benson: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Abraham and His Family in Scripture, History, and Tradition, edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, John S. Thompson, Matthew L. Bowen, and David R. Seely. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/abraham-and-his-family. “The story of Lot as found in Genesis 11:26–13:18 and also Genesis 19 describes a complex... Read more

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2026-07-21T23:28:45-06:00

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A preliminary thought on “Mormon Settler Colonialism”

Last updated on: July 21, 2026 at 11:28 pm By Dan Peterson

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But Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. He bowed down to the ground and put his face between his knees. 43 He said to his assistant, “Please get up and look toward the sea.” So the assistant did so. He said, “I don’t see anything.” Seven times Elijah said, “Do it again.” 44 The seventh time the assistant said, “I see a small cloud the size of a human hand coming up from the sea.” Elijah said, “Go... Read more

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