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July 2026

July 17, 2026

Where will YOU be in mid-August?

A new article appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and...

November 2025

November 02, 2025

Ups. And Downs.

I was born and raised in greater Los Angeles -- and as a fan...

October 2025

October 17, 2025

A horror has come upon the residents of Cody, Wyoming

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship published a new article today...

September 2024

September 27, 2024

“Alma” as a Semitic Name, and Reaching Irreantum

I'm pleased to announce that a second (and final) set of "sneak peek" early...

August 2024

August 19, 2024

“He thought it no sin”

The moribund and never-changing website of the Interpreter Foundation continues to post new items....

February 2023

February 10, 2023

Two Very Distinct Prophets

Happy weekend! Two new articles appeared today on the website of the Interpreter...

May 2022

May 13, 2022

“Can You Suppose That the Lord Will Spare You?”

*** Two new articles appeared today at noon in Interpreter: A Journal...

December 2021

December 31, 2021

“If God Does Not Exist, Is Everything Permitted?”

*** A new essay appeared at noon today, Utah time, in Interpreter:...

December 13, 2021

Ritual Complexes, the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Moses

Here are five articles from a previous number of Interpreter: A Journal of...

November 2021

November 12, 2021

Book of Mormon Language and Book of Mormon Historicity

*** Two new articles went up today in Interpreter: A Journal of...

November 05, 2021

“Oh, that I were an angel”

*** A new article appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day...

August 2021

August 29, 2021

“Becoming Men and Women of Understanding”

*** Considerable attention has been focused over the past few days on...

August 21, 2021

“Could a Loving God Allow Such Suffering?”

This article of mine was published yesterday, I believe, in Meridian Magazine. It...

August 06, 2021

“Alma’s Reality”

Excellent news just in from our distributor, Brandon Purdie: Good news! Big...

May 2021

May 21, 2021

““Beloved by All the People”: A Fresh Look at Captain Moroni”

*** But, first, here's a link to my latest article in Meridian...

May 14, 2021

Close Readings of the Book of Mormon and Other Scriptural Texts

Two new items went up today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint...

May 07, 2021

Giving the Book of Ether and Other Things Their Proper Due

*** Two new items have appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of...

April 2021

April 16, 2021

Wordplay, “Intertextuality,” Archaisms, and Other Book of Mormon Subtleties

*** Two new items appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day...

January 2021

January 04, 2021

“By Jan. 1, 2014 Interpreter will be dead.”

Very nearly eight years ago, a sublimely self-confident pseudonymous critic on a small,...

November 2020

November 29, 2020

Introductory thoughts for a natural theology, and dreams for a conference

This morning, I was re-reading Joseph Smith's 1832 account of his First Vision...

May 2020

May 31, 2020

Literary craftsmanship and a jubilee celebration in Alma 29?

John W. Welch, et al., eds. Knowing Why: 137 Evidences That the Book...

April 2020

April 03, 2020

“Now If This Is Boasting, Even So Will I Boast!”

"Interpreter Radio Show — March 29, 2020" You can now listen to the...

December 2019

December 27, 2019

“He Knows My Affliction”

Two new items appeared in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and...