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February 2021

February 18, 2021

“America’s culture of contempt”

I've written on two previous days here -- see "Love in a Time...

February 08, 2021

“The Book of Mormon as a Resurrected Book and a Type of Christ,” and Royal Skousen on the Witnesses

I published this little article last week in Meridian Magazine: "The...

February 07, 2021

“Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered a major, previously unknown kingdom”

On Friday night, my wife and I watched a new (2021) film called...

February 05, 2021

“The Inclusive, Anti-Discrimination Message of the Book of Mormon”

A (massive) new article, this one by David M. Belnap, has just been...

February 03, 2021

“New Vice President for The Interpreter Foundation,” Plus a Note on Anti-Semitism

I'm very happy about this: "New Vice President for The Interpreter Foundation"...

February 01, 2021

“Tree of Life, Tree of Healing”

Newly appearing in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, an article...

January 2021

January 27, 2021

Martin Harris, the historical Jesus, and sundry other topics

Several new items have appeared on the website of the Interpreter Foundation. It...

January 26, 2021

The value of what Isaac Hale said

Joseph Smith's father in law, Emma's father, the hunter and farmer and innkeeper...

January 25, 2021

“Record-Keeping Technology among God’s People in Ancient and Modern Times,” and a Remarkable New Website

In an effort ably spearheaded by Steven T. Densley, Jr., and with the...

January 22, 2021

Joseph Smith, the Kirtland Egyptian Papers, the Book of Abraham, the Beating of Hiram Page, and Several Other Matters

We know, of course, that the Interpreter Foundation is nearly at death's door. ...

January 21, 2021

Catch this morning’s interview with “Joseph Smith”

If you would like to see the nearly five-minute interview with Paul Wuthrich...

January 18, 2021

Nostalgia, and “Poesy and Prosody in the Book of Mormon”

My stay in St. George over this long holiday weekend has been a...

January 15, 2021

Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon, and the Genuine Existence of the Golden Plates

Just up, in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, by Amanda...

January 12, 2021

Running through the forest with the Book of Mormon plates

Later estimates of the weight of the gold plates of the Book of...

January 11, 2021

“The Pleading Bar of God”

I'm just back from a rather long day devoted to three interviews with...

January 08, 2021

“Working out Salvation History in the Book of Mormon Politeia with Fear and Trembling”

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

January 07, 2021

The Official “Witnesses” Poster and Trailer Are Now Available

The publicity campaign for the Interpreter Foundation's Witnesses dramatic film is now underway. ...

January 06, 2021

Shameful Incivility, Tribalism, and the Future of the Republic

I hear that they held an election yesterday out in Georgia, and the...

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,...

December 2020

December 30, 2020

On Witnesses to Extraordinary Events

For some curious reason, I've been thinking quite a bit recently about the...

December 28, 2020

Martin Harris Testifies in Smithfield, plus “Medieval Christian Views of Hebrew as the Language of Magic”

The Interpreter Foundation doesn't shut down for the holidays. On the contrary: Much...

December 24, 2020

“Three witnesses who were representative of the human race”

Roughly a year before his death, we recorded a two-day interview with Richard...

December 22, 2020

Ghost Stories, Richard Dawkins, Christmas, and Other Related Matters

I call to your attention two new items that have been posted on...

December 21, 2020

“A Prophet Like Moses,” and “The Journey of the Magi”

Two items were published on the website of the Interpreter Foundation today. ...

December 21, 2020

Some possible reading for Christmas week

I've assembled links below to various Christmas-related columns that I've written over the...

December 18, 2020

“Joseph Smith’s Translation Projects under a Microscope”

Two new articles appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

December 17, 2020

“Adam and Christ, Eve and Mary at Christmastime”

New on the website of the Interpreter Foundation, from Jeffrey Mark Bradshaw: ...

December 15, 2020

Nephite Secret Combinations and Shining Jaredite Stones

But first, I give you two items that were newly published today on...

December 14, 2020

Nephite personal names, possible religious bigotry at Utah State, and an Arizona court addresses whether Latter-day Saints are Christians

The latest article to appear in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

December 11, 2020

“Did Joseph Smith Hypnotize the Book of Mormon Witnesses?” and Various Other Wonders

Two new book reviews, one by Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye and one by Stephen O....