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August 2020

August 26, 2020

Was Sidney Rigdon in on the creation of the Book of Mormon?

John Wickliffe Rigdon, a son of Sidney Rigdon, left a memoir of his...

August 24, 2020

“Another Breakthrough for the Arabian Peninsula Evidence for the Book of Mormon”?

This just up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "John W....

August 23, 2020

What happened in September 1823? Why? Given COVID-19, will anything at all happen THIS September?

Just a reminder: The coronavirus pandemic has obviously been a nuisance (when it...

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 21, 2020

“Nephi’s “Shazer”: The Fourth Arabian Pillar of the Book of Mormon”

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

August 18, 2020

“Did Joseph Smith Rely on Adam Clarke’s Bible Commentary? Forthcoming Article Says “No.””

This heads-up appeared a short while ago on the website of the Interpreter...

August 12, 2020

“And for this testimony I expect to give an account in the day of judgment.”

A few days ago, I recorded a lecture for BYU Education Week 2020...

August 12, 2020

“Producing Ancient Scripture — Thomas Wayment on Joseph Smith’s Use of Adam Clarke in the JST” (plus Stephen Smoot on B. H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon)

New, via the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "Producing Ancient Scripture —...

August 10, 2020

“Everyone Else Makes Such Lonely Heavens,” Reprised

I wrote the little mini-essay below in response to a request connected with...

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 08, 2020

My Hope for the Eternities

It's always weirdly fascinating to see how how I'm currently being attacked on...

August 06, 2020

Revision 3.4 “Continuing with Muhammad at Mecca”

For this belief [in a physical resurrection] and others, the doubters made fun...

August 03, 2020

Question: “Is Decrypting the Genetic Legacy of America’s Indigenous Populations Key to the Historicity of the Book of Mormon?”

Up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation, by Ugo A. Perego...

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 20, 2020

A note on Joseph Smith, death, and out-of-body experiences

Back in 2018, I shared the platform for a moderately small meeting at...

July 17, 2020

“Four Idolatrous Gods in the Book of Abraham”

A new article has appeared in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

July 15, 2020

Simple deception?

I've made no secret of the fact that I regard Richard Lloyd Anderson's...

July 10, 2020

Sensationalism and Missing Words

Two new pieces appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

July 03, 2020

“Every Saint who knew him loved him”

Some further notes from Hyrum L. Andrus and Helen Mae Andrus, Personal Glimpses...

July 03, 2020

“Offering Americans Religious and Political Salvation”

The latest piece to appear in the pages of Interpreter: A Journal of...

July 02, 2020

August 1870, with Martin Harris

Here are a couple of passages from Susan Easton Black and Larry C....

June 2020

June 29, 2020

“You simply couldn’t help but like him”

Three testimonials that I marked during my reading of Hyrum L. Andrus and...

June 29, 2020

“Spelling in the Manuscripts and Editions”

Below is a four-page statement that Royal Skousen has shared with me regarding the...

June 28, 2020

A testimony from John Taylor

John Taylor (1808-1887), a British-born Methodist preacher, was baptized a member of the...

June 28, 2020

“He was the most wrought-upon man I ever saw”

Driving up here today, we paused to visit (and to take the sacrament)...

June 27, 2020

176 years ago, today

Today marks the 176th anniversary of the 27 June 1844 murder of Joseph...

June 24, 2020

James J. Strang and His Witnesses, More or Less Revisited

I've long had a particular interest in the Witnesses to the Book of...

June 21, 2020

“She Said that they Were fastened with Rings”

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