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March 2026

March 14, 2026

An unparalleled scholarly effort begins to wind down

Up today on the immutable and never-changing website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conversations with...

November 2024

November 19, 2024

A meditation on the passage of time

My wife and I took Royal Skousen out to dinner last night; we had...

August 2024

August 24, 2024

Demand It in Your Area!

I'm pleased to report that a full video recording of the lectures given on...

August 13, 2024

Was science possible before the Protestant Reformation?

Some new slides from a pair of lectures have just gone up on the...

April 2024

April 11, 2024

The Sacrifice of Adam and Eve

This just went up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "Hugh Nibley Observed:...

December 2023

December 11, 2023

Have you seen “The Oath” yet?

I noticed this Public Square Magazine article online the other day and found it...

December 09, 2023

Elder Patrick Kearon

I would like to suggest a Christmas gift to you, both for yourself and...

November 2022

November 17, 2022

Whether you’re just back or still hoping to go

No recording was made of Royal Skousen's remarks at Utah Valley University last...

November 15, 2022

What will count in the long term?

The week-to-week functioning of the Interpreter Foundation owes a very great deal to...

November 14, 2022

Notes from Royal Skousen’s recent lecture on “Textual Criticism and the Book of Mormon”

Video and audio recordings of the presentations that were given at the Interpreter...

November 12, 2022

Till the night is gone

First of all, I want to remind you yet again of Royal Skousen's...

May 2022

May 26, 2022

“Why this article is so important”

*** We're hoping that this new two-part documentary will...

May 09, 2022

The Earliest Text of the Book of Mormon

*** But briefly, first, please have a look at this article from...

April 2022

April 06, 2022

An important event in the history of the Book of Mormon

*** I received an email earlier this morning from my friend Royal...

February 2022

February 20, 2022

Picture yourself in a boat on a river. Somebody calls you. You answer quite slowly.

*** Back in 2005, I was invited to write a little mini-essay...

January 2022

January 28, 2022

Honoring Joseph’s Theophany, and Covenant Theology for Latter-day Saints

*** A little article of mine -- the most recently published installment...

October 2021

October 18, 2021

All of you can partake, freely.

*** I presented a lecture last week in connection with the Interpreter...

September 2021

September 01, 2021

“On Too-Olde English” and Other Matters

*** This new essay from Kyler Rasmussen went up on Wednesday on...

April 2021

April 12, 2021

“Edfu and Exodus”

*** Newly published just now in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint...

January 2021

January 11, 2021

“The Pleading Bar of God”

I'm just back from a rather long day devoted to three interviews with...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

Jeremiah 1:5, Premortal Existence, the Status of the EModE Hypothesis, Latter-day Saints, and Sexuality

An article written by Dana M. Pike has now appeared in Interpreter: A...

November 20, 2020

“Count Your Many Mormons” #GiveThanks

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

June 2020

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 03, 2020

The Latest from the Interpreter Foundation (Part Two)

Here are four more items that have recently appeared on the website of...

June 02, 2020

The fifth printing of the Yale edition of the Book of Mormon

I've just received the following from my colleague and friend Royal Skousen, and...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

Bad Book of Mormon Grammar?

Dr. Stanford Carmack will be our guest for the first hour of the...

March 2020

March 05, 2020

“Remain faithful to the end, and everything will be all right.”

Here is a file that has newly been posted on the website of...

January 2020

January 05, 2020

15 January 2020: Mark the Date!

The 29 December 2019 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show is now available...

January 20, 2019

Thoughts on the passing scene

First off: "January 20–21, 2019 Total Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon)" You might...

September 2018

September 20, 2018

“Scholars Find Evidence That Book of Mormon Phrases Mocked by Critics Have a Surprising and Fascinating History”

My article for the Deseret News has gone online at LDS Living. I...