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December 2022

December 11, 2022

I’ll never forget Kate What’s-Her-Name

We held our quarterly Interpreter Foundation Board meeting this morning. It was very...

August 2021

August 17, 2021

Light from the West and the Ancient East

*** New, from Jonn Claybaugh, on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:...

May 2021

May 24, 2021

““Put Off Thy Shoes from Off Thy Feet”: Sandals and Sacred Space”

*** Another article -- this one by John Gee -- has gone...

May 07, 2021

Addendum 6: Founding the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative at BYU (Part 2)

*** First, though, don't miss this newly published item on the website...

February 2021

February 26, 2021

“That Which You Have Translated, Which You Have Retained”

I've been busy with cinematic matters today -- among other things, we made...

February 14, 2021

Addendum 1: A First Pass at Some Notes on Pre-Islamic Persia

For the ongoing revision of my book on the Middle East for a...

February 10, 2021

Take Two, “Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses”

Yesterday, I mentioned that, after something on the order of eleven years, I...

February 09, 2021

The End of a Personal Era

I've been writing regular newspaper columns for the Deseret News for roughly eleven...

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,...

December 2020

December 15, 2020

Nephite Secret Combinations and Shining Jaredite Stones

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

December 08, 2020

“FairMormon Statement Regarding ‘This is The Show’ Videos”

An item just went up this evening on the FairMormon website that may...

December 06, 2020

My Connection with Some Controversial Recent Videos

Thus far, four (very) different people have written to tell me that I've...

October 2020

October 07, 2020

Personal

Today is my brother's birthday. We were close, although technically he was my...

October 06, 2020

For heart and mind and soul

Three new items went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:...

August 2020

August 19, 2020

On “The Witnesses: Variety and Complexity”

Last night (Tuesday, 18 August 2020), I gave a little class or fireside...

August 14, 2020

Neti neti.

Sigh. A few folks have gone wild at my post about renouncing...

August 13, 2020

Next Year Along the Nile

The latest installment of my bi-weekly Deseret News column went up earlier today...

July 2020

July 08, 2020

My most recent acts of villainy

Some new accusations have recently been made against me online. I don't want...

July 06, 2020

Getting to Know Elder Boyd K. Packer (Conclusion)

I hereby bring my little trilogy (which began with "Getting to Know Elder...

July 05, 2020

A Prolegomenon to “Getting to Know Elder Boyd K. Packer”

I first met Elder Boyd K. Packer when he came to Switzerland during...

July 05, 2020

Getting to Know Elder Boyd K. Packer

Not long after I had joined the faculty at Brigham Young University, I...

July 02, 2020

The apparent reason for my disinvitation from that Australian school many years ago

In case you don't already have sufficient reason to suspect that the current...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

For My Father (1913-2003)

My father died seventeen years ago today. I still miss him very much....

June 29, 2020

“What the critics say is irrelevant, and you need not heed them.”

It was in June 2012 -- eight years ago -- while I was...

March 2020

March 20, 2020

Oberammergau 2022!

I'm deeply saddened to say that the tour that I was scheduled to...

March 02, 2020

I Live to Serve

On Friday night, we went to dinner with several friends at the Bombay...

February 2020

February 27, 2020

“Ultimate Egypt Lecture Series”

"Ultimate Egypt Lecture Series" "Cruise Lady: Latter-day Adventures is pleased to announce a...

February 07, 2020

Am I a conservative?

Since I'm not a fan of Mr. Donald J. Trump and since I...

February 03, 2020

“Ultimate Egypt Interpreter Foundation Tour”

I would like to call your attention to an upcoming visit to Egypt...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

6 October 1981, in Luxor, Egypt

My wife and I took the overnight train from Cairo to Luxor on...