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April 2023

April 21, 2023

She’s moving on.

Because of illness, my wife and I and one of our sons were...

December 2022

December 23, 2022

“Puritans, Pagans, and Imperfect Christmas Gifts”

For the better part of a decade now, Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day...

December 08, 2022

Videos of the Tenth-Birthday Party for the Interpreter Foundation

November 2022

November 28, 2022

It’s the most generous time of the year

For various reasons -- some probably having to do with the emotions and...

July 2022

July 02, 2022

“The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness”

*** As is customary on Fridays, a new article went up today...

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...

February 2022

February 18, 2022

Spreading the Word

*** The Interpreter Foundation published several new items yesterday and today. I...

December 2021

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...

December 04, 2021

An important note for December

*** I want to let it be known that I've finally set...

October 2021

October 08, 2021

“Be Ye Therefore Loyal, Even as Your Father Which is in Heaven is Loyal”

*** A new article -- this one by Taylor Halverson -- went...

July 2021

July 09, 2021

“Interpreting the Book of Mormon through the Eyes of Someone in Hell”

*** Like all movies, the Interpreter Foundation's Witnesses film will eventually come...

June 2021

June 29, 2021

“Ancient Temple Imagery in the Sermons of Jacob”

*** I've been thinking of the witnesses to the Book of Mormon...

June 22, 2021

Attention, people in or near Orlando, Florida!

*** First of all, although Witnesses is evidently being shown in the Orlando, Florida,...

June 21, 2021

Two very significant anniversaries are rapidly approaching

*** Witnesses had quite strong numbers at the box office over the...

June 20, 2021

What remains to do in the “Witnesses” project?

*** Well, the Interpreter Foundation's Witnesses film is now out there in...

June 18, 2021

“De Profundis”

*** A little piece by yours truly went up today in Interpreter:...

June 14, 2021

“Psalm 105: Chiasmus, Credo, Covenant, and Temple”

*** First, though, this brief excerpt from an interview with Y'r obd't...

June 13, 2021

The witnesses of the Book of Mormon and the problems of eyewitness testimony

*** Curiously, this is from Illinois News Live: "A new movie about...

June 11, 2021

“Their Imperfect Best”

*** Have you seen Witnesses yet? Are you going to watch it...

June 07, 2021

Little Known Facts About Church History: Lucy Mack Smith and Chinese Take-Out

*** First, though: This article, by Professor S. Kent Brown, was just...

June 06, 2021

“They Shall Not Grow Old”

*** Yesterday, during the opening weekend of the Interpreter Foundation's Witnesses...

June 01, 2021

Would you like to join us for the Wednesday night premiere of “Witnesses”?

*** The Interpreter Foundation's Witnesses film premieres tomorrow night -- Wednesday, 2...

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 21, 2021

“Joseph Smith: History, Methods, and Memory”

*** Newly posted today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ...

May 18, 2021

Twenty-Three Additional Theaters Will Screen “Witnesses” on Its Opening Weekend

I'm pleased to report that, as of now, the Interpreter Foundation's movie Witnesses is...

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...

May 03, 2021

“The Divine Handclasp in the Hebrew Bible and in Near Eastern Iconography”

*** Another article has appeared, this one by David M. Calabro, in Interpreter:...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

“And the One Pointed the Way: Issues of Interpretation and Translation Involving the Liahona”

*** This new article appeared earlier today in Interpreter: A Journal of...

April 26, 2021

Varieties of Religious and Irreligious Experience

*** Here's some striking news involving two very vocal atheists. Unusually, I...

April 24, 2021

The Book of Moses Is Scrutinized — and Flourishes Under Scrutiny

I hope that you caught Richard L. Bushman's magnificent opening keynote speech for...