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June 2023

June 05, 2023

“‘I refute it THUS.”

Here's a nice piece by Jeff Lindsay that I commend to your attention: ...

May 2023

May 22, 2023

Hearts of Darkness

Another note, inspired by John W . Welch, et al., eds., Knowing Why: 137 Evidences That the...

April 2023

April 10, 2023

Hot Off the Press!

I'm very pleased to have just received in the mail a hard copy...

February 2023

February 08, 2023

Into and out of Honolulu

First, though, I offer links to three items that were recently posted on...

January 2023

January 19, 2023

“A Moslem fought an infidel one day”

These three pieces have gone up quite recently on the website of the...

January 13, 2023

“An Important New Study of Freemasonry and the Latter-day Saints”

A new article -- this one a review essay -- went up earlier...

November 2022

November 24, 2022

For Thanksgiving Day

Happy Thanksgiving! I hesitated just a bit before deciding to call your...

November 13, 2022

“It was necessary that I should go.”

But, first: Yesterday evening, at 7 PM Utah time, another new episode of...

October 2022

October 09, 2022

Virtual Fireside Tonight on “Freemasonry and the Origins of Latter-day Saint Temple Ordinances”

Here's a note from Dr. Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, who serves on the board...

September 2022

September 16, 2022

Who is most blessed?

It being Friday, another new article (this one a book review), has gone...

September 15, 2022

“Evidence of the Afterlife”

Conference Talks: "The Ark and the Tent: Temple Symbolism in the Story of...

September 11, 2022

“That’s me!”

A couple of days ago, I finished reading William J. Peters (with Michael...

September 02, 2022

An ancient idiom in 2 Nephi 4:33, as well as a demonic attack in Lancashire

It's Friday, so yet another new article has appeared in Interpreter: A Journal...

August 2022

August 04, 2022

Two great opportunities to learn more about temples

Please mark your calendars for the 2022 Temple on Mount Zion Conference, which...

July 2022

July 02, 2022

“What were the Voree Plates?”

*** A new short-video feature was posted earlier this evening on the...

February 2022

February 18, 2022

Spreading the Word

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

January 2022

January 08, 2022

More Linguistic Evidence Suggesting that Joseph Smith Didn’t Write the Book of Mormon

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

December 2021

December 20, 2021

An example of the witness of ancient texts for modern scripture

*** A new "pre-print" has appeared on the website of the Interpreter...

October 2021

October 25, 2021

“Moses 6–7 and the Book of Giants: Remarkable Witnesses of Enoch’s Ministry”

*** Posted earlier today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ...

October 05, 2021

Isaiah, the Book of Abraham, and the Restoration of the Priesthood

*** New on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Come, Follow...

October 02, 2021

“Celebrating Exactitude, When It’s Appropriate”

*** I've been on the road all day, so I'm just getting...

April 2021

April 26, 2021

Varieties of Religious and Irreligious Experience

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

April 19, 2021

Growing Up as Hugh Nibley

*** To the probable astonishment of hundreds of millions of people worldwide,...

November 2020

November 20, 2020

“Count Your Many Mormons” #GiveThanks

I have an unannounced program or schedule for my entries on this blog. ...

August 2020

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:...

December 2019

December 19, 2019

Save the Dates! (1-2 May 2020)

This would have been a Hamblin/Peterson column -- Bill read through it and...