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April 2026

April 15, 2026

Feeling small? Just wait!

Newly up on the never-changing website of the Interpreter Foundation: "'That Lineage': Rival Priesthood...

April 08, 2026

“To boldly go where no man has gone before”

I think that it's time to celebrate what the Artemis II mission has already...

March 2026

March 25, 2026

“Abraham the Astronomer”

Newly posted today on the completely stagnant website of the Interpreter Foundation -- which,...

March 19, 2026

At least you can SPRAY for COCKROACHES . . .

Newly posted on the completely stagnant and unchanging website of the Interpreter Foundation: "Approaching...

January 2026

January 15, 2026

Church leaders and scholars: retreating from “historicity”?

This item was posted earlier today: The Interpreter Insights Podcast -- January 15, 2026:...

January 26, 2024

Important Additions to the Library

These new items have appeared on the nearly comatose and virtually moribund website of...

January 13, 2024

In the land of the crocodile god

Our visit to the Nubian village of Gharb Suhayl yesterday was completely different than...

December 2023

December 10, 2023

Human sacrifice? Or a funerary scene?

My mother grew up in St. George, and my ten-years-older brother was baptized in...

December 07, 2023

Approaching the Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

I return, yet again, to BYU Studies Quarterly 61/4 (2022), which is a special...

October 2023

October 24, 2023

“Abraham the Seer”

No day that begins with a visit to the pyramid plateau just outside...

October 23, 2023

A stunning new museum, other wonders, and the Book of Abraham

My wife and I had a lot of fun this evening hosting a...

October 22, 2023

From the Valley of the Nile

Our Interpreter Foundation tour of Türkiye ended yesterday, so we flew today from...

September 2023

September 20, 2023

Remembering “Moroni Day” and Appreciating the Book of Abraham

Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conference Talks: Group Ascension...

May 2023

May 12, 2023

The Book of Abraham, the Resurrection of Jesus, and Faith

Two new review-articles appeared earlier today (Friday) in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day...

April 2023

April 11, 2023

“Six Days in August” reaches an early milestone

I've had a number of people ask whether I could share a link...

April 10, 2023

Hot Off the Press!

I'm very pleased to have just received in the mail a hard copy...

April 04, 2023

Written from the eye of the storm

Since their arrival on Saturday night from the eastern United States, one of...

March 2023

March 17, 2023

More Wordplay on the Name “Joseph” in the Book of Mormon?

"“That They Might Come Again unto the Remnant of the House of Jacob”:...

February 2023

February 21, 2023

Shaq, Sir Charles, and Utah

First, though, I need to mention that the website of the Interpreter Foundation...

January 2023

January 05, 2023

Meditations and Reflections

I first read the Meditations of the Stoic Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD...

December 2022

December 12, 2022

Big News

If you haven't yet watched this eighteen-minute video from the Church of Jesus...

December 05, 2022

On Justifying Racism from the Book of Abraham, plus Some Thoughts on the Constitution

A new article has appeared on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ...

December 02, 2022

“Generational Curses and Inheritance in the Book of Abraham”

"“Being of that Lineage”: Generational Curses and Inheritance in the Book of Abraham,"...

March 2022

March 18, 2022

“The Wind and the Fire to Be My Chariot”

*** "“The Wind and the Fire to Be My Chariot”: The Anachronism...

January 2022

January 09, 2022

“And each land was called earth”

*** Over in the largely atheist angry ex-Mormon compound that I sometimes...

January 08, 2022

A Nobel laureate’s late return to faith

*** Several times each year, some atheist or other triumphantly flings in...

December 2021

December 22, 2021

“This is My Work and My Glory”

*** I failed to mention that some new pieces went up yesterday...

December 20, 2021

An example of the witness of ancient texts for modern scripture

*** A new "pre-print" has appeared on the website of the Interpreter...

December 19, 2021

“Ask the Egyptologist” — A Virtual Fireside with John Gee

*** Back on 1 December, Scott Gordon sat down with Dr. John...

December 01, 2021

Egyptological

*** Another of Kyler Rasmussen's Bayesian essays has appeared on the website...