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March 2021

March 28, 2021

Palm Sunday and Holy Week, 2021

*** We're entering into the week of Easter or, as it's often...

March 26, 2021

A Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses

*** The new article that went up today in Interpreter: A Journal...

March 25, 2021

“A 2,700-Year-Old Biblical Document Long Said to Be a Forgery Gains New Respect”

But, first, I failed to mention two items that went up yesterday on...

March 22, 2021

Volcanos, Polygamy, the Gods, and Other Interesting Things

*** Interpreter Radio Show — March 14, 2021 The 14 March 2021...

March 15, 2021

“Women and the Priesthood in the Contemporary Church” (and Other Interesting Stuff)

As many of you are undoubtedly aware, the Interpreter Foundation will almost certainly...

March 12, 2021

“The Book of Mormon as Anti-type of the Brass Serpent”

This new item, by Matthew Scott Stenson, went up earlier today in Interpreter:...

March 06, 2021

“You heard that hundreds of years ago, in the pre-existence!”

*** I spent part of this morning and this afternoon involved in the...

March 05, 2021

“Feet of Clay: Queer Theory and the Church of Jesus Christ”

I'll bet that title caught your attention. Well, here's the newly published...

March 01, 2021

“Māori Seers and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand”

*** New today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:...

February 2021

February 27, 2021

“Hebrew Literary Features of Moses 1,” etc.

My wife and I will be back at the LDS Film Festival this...

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 26, 2021

Mostly African Thoughts, But Some Heavenly Ones, Too

My wife and I attended a screening of Heart of Africa 2: Companions...

February 25, 2021

Companion Films

In which I lay out a basic and relatively brief argument regarding the...

February 23, 2021

Film-Making and -Screening in the Plague Year

*** On Facebook: "Heartfelt thanks from Caleb Josiah Spivak aka Oliver Cowdery for...

February 22, 2021

“LDS Film Festival celebrates 20 years of cinema” (with a shout-out to the “Witnesses” movie)

Here's a brief article from Provo's Daily Herald about the LDS Film Festival,...

February 20, 2021

“Remembrance and Return: Essays in Honor of Louis C. Midgley”

The 7 February 2021 installment of the Interpreter Radio Show is now archived...

February 12, 2021

Jaredites, Polygamists, and Political Activists

While we wait to see how long it will be before the long-promised...

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 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 02, 2021

“Before his death, this man wanted a ride in BYU football’s equipment truck. Here’s how his wish was granted”

New, on the nearly moribund website of the Interpreter Foundation: Audio Roundtable:...

January 2021

January 30, 2021

Revision 8.14. “The Latter-day Saints and Modern Israel”

First, though: The executive board of the Interpreter Foundation met this morning, from...

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 10, 2021

Revisiting Forgotten Voices

If you missed Sunday night's Meridian Magazine interview with Mark Goodman, the director...

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 05, 2021

“If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less”

I decided, this morning, to watch again the Interpreter Foundation's first somewhat experimental...

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 25, 2020

“Christmas as Devotional”: Christ appeared in order to reconcile us

First of all, I wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas! ***...

December 09, 2020

An earnest year-end appeal

A few days ago, an attack on several organizations including the Interpreter Foundation...

December 08, 2020

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

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