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October 2020

October 22, 2020

“Revisions in the Analysis of Archaic Language in the Book of Mormon”

An important new academic discussion has now appeared on the website of the...

October 14, 2020

Latter-day Saints and the Apocalypse

Tom Kimball, formerly affiliated with Signature Books as its marketing director and formerly...

October 10, 2020

“It was . . . intensely interesting”

Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Book of Moses...

October 08, 2020

“And that was past believing.”

I was unaware, I think, that this had been posted. If I knew,...

October 07, 2020

“If they are not true, then there is no truth”

This document is cited at Edward L. Hart, Mormon in Motion: The Life...

September 2020

September 20, 2020

The Book of Moses conference proceedings are already up (preliminarily, anyway)

I hope that you were able to catch all or most of the...

September 16, 2020

“Watch the ‘Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses’ Conference This Weekend”

At 7:00 PM on Friday night, Elder Bruce C. Hafen and Sister Marie...

September 08, 2020

When Political Opinion is the New Religion

This item is newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ...

September 05, 2020

Shared Revelations

Earlier this evening, we had the largest screening to date of the Interpreter...

September 03, 2020

“Were the Names “Mahijah” and “Mahujah” Inspired by Adam Clarke’s Commentary?”

New, on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "Book of Moses Textual...

September 01, 2020

The aged Martin Harris in Utah

Reports about Martin Harris upon his arrival in Utah in 1870, from Susan...

August 2020

August 31, 2020

Attacking Other Faiths

The 2020-2021 BYU academic year has begun. My own classes will begin tomorrow...

August 31, 2020

Ewan Harbrecht Mitton (1929-2020)

Many out there will recognize the name of George Mitton, who has been...

August 23, 2020

A kind of Interpreter Foundation “annual report”

What follows is the letter that I sent out, toward the end of...

August 22, 2020

Book of Moses Insights, Radio Shows, and How You Can Help

The Interpreter Foundation is like a fountain or a spring. It produces steadily:...

August 14, 2020

Neti neti.

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

August 14, 2020

“Using the Science of Time to Understand God’s Nature and Our Own”

A new article appeared today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation. It...

August 14, 2020

In which I renounce politics

Many years ago, during a meeting at Church headquarters with two members of...

August 13, 2020

Next Year Along the Nile

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

August 09, 2020

Answers to questions that were submitted after my presentation at FairMormon last Friday

I pre-recorded my remarks to the 2020 FairMormon conference. On Friday afternoon, when...

August 06, 2020

Yet another new book from the Interpreter Foundation!

I'm pleased to announce the publication of yet another new book by the...

August 03, 2020

The Teachings of Enoch, a Gift-Giving Idea, and an Anecdote Involving Cleon Skousen and Olivia de Havilland

On the website of the Interpreter Foundation, a new item (including an audio...

August 01, 2020

“Witnesses”: A Brief Progress Report

This evening (Saturday evening) we participated in the showing of our Witnesses dramatic...

July 2020

July 31, 2020

“Visions, Mushrooms, Fungi, Cacti, and Toads: Joseph Smith’s Reported Use of Entheogens”

A new article by Brian Hales has appeared in Interpreter: A Journal of...

July 24, 2020

“Moses 1 and the Apocalypse of Abraham: Twin Sons of Different Mothers?”

A nicely illustrated new article appeared today at noon in Interpreter: A Journal...

July 08, 2020

My most recent acts of villainy

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

July 02, 2020

“Rick Anderson named university librarian at BYU”

Brigham Young University has just announced the naming of a new university librarian. ...

June 2020

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...

June 25, 2020

“Strictly upright”

I share here some notes from Susan Easton Black and Larry C. Porter, Martin...

June 21, 2020

“She Said that they Were fastened with Rings”

A new item -- as always where at all possible, made available at...