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January 2020

January 05, 2020

Notes from “Timing the Translation of the Book of Mormon” (2)

A friend sent to me the following quotation from the prominent conservative economist...

January 04, 2020

Notes from “Timing the Translation of the Book of Mormon” (1)

John W. Welch, "Timing the Translation of the Book of Mormon: 'Days [and...

January 01, 2020

“How Lovely was the Morning!”

Most of you will recall this brief announcement from the end of last...

January 01, 2020

Entering the Bicentennial Year

On this, the first day of the new year 2020, I woke up...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

“Conversation in Nauvoo about the Corporeality of God”

The 22 December 2019 installment of the Interpreter Radio Show is now available...

December 28, 2019

“Joseph Smith and Modern Cosmology”

I've been very delinquent in posting the link for this article, which went...

December 23, 2019

When light begins to gain the upper hand

Today marks the 214th anniversary of the birth of Joseph Smith. I think...

December 21, 2019

“The First Vision of Joseph Smith, Jr.: 200 Years On”

I'm quite fond of the Huntington Library, as we called it when I...

December 19, 2019

Save the Dates! (1-2 May 2020)

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

December 04, 2019

“Smithmas,” again

We’re just a few days past Thanksgiving, and, already, some critics of the...

November 2019

November 27, 2019

“The Lost 116 Pages: Reconstructing the Book of Mormon’s Missing Stories”

I would like to call your attention to a remarkable new book, which...

November 15, 2019

Two new articles from the Interpreter Foundation

This article of mine appeared in the print edition of the Deseret News...

November 13, 2019

Dismissing Witness Testimony

For some reason, my little post on "Running with the golden plates" has...

November 10, 2019

Running with the golden plates

I spoke at a small "cottage meeting" on Saturday night, along with the...

November 08, 2019

“Memory and Millennials”

The latest iteration of the bi-weekly column that Professor Dr. William J. Hamblin,...

November 02, 2019

“Did a “Magic World View” Influence the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon?”

You are, I hope, aware of the lists of resources that the Interpreter...

October 2019

October 16, 2019

“Catholics and Mormons forged ties in 1800s”

I published this article in Salt Lake City's Deseret News on 11 March 2010:...

October 13, 2019

Toward remembering Joseph Smith’s First Vision

I published the article below on 23 March 2017 in the Deseret News....

October 09, 2019

Siddhartha and the First Vision

President Russell M. Nelson has announced that 2020 will be a special bicentennial...

October 04, 2019

Friday, from the Interpreter Foundation

It's Friday, so -- I hope, to nobody's very great surprise by now...

October 02, 2019

Sympathy for Atheism

On Tuesday, I published a blog entry entitled "Peterson's Rule," which included a...

April 2019

April 23, 2019

Some resources for addressing tough topics, from the Interpreter Foundation

For a small presentation this evening on behalf of the Interpreter Foundation, the...

April 22, 2019

Some additional information on the “Witnesses” film effort

A few days ago, I blogged a brief progress report regarding a major...

April 18, 2019

“Can modern people believe in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ?”

Here is my 2019 Easter column for the Deseret News: "Can modern...

April 17, 2019

“I wish to God I did not know it.”

The Interpreter Radio Show for 24 March 2019 is now archived, stripped of...

March 2019

March 31, 2019

8 August 1844, on the eastern shore of the Mississippi River

I published the column below in the Deseret News on 5 September 2013....

February 2019

February 15, 2019

“Curiously Unique”

It's Friday. So, naturally -- did you really expect otherwise? -- there is...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

Meetings in Melbourne

Having appeared in the print edition of the Deseret News and online at...

August 2018

August 20, 2018

Some items on the character of Joseph Smith

From an uncompleted manuscript: The second president of the Church, Joseph Smith’s...

April 2018

April 17, 2018

A note on early Mormon polygamy

Discovery of Joseph Smith's involvement in plural marriage has tried the faith of...