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January 2026

January 15, 2026

Church leaders and scholars: retreating from “historicity”?

This item was posted earlier today: The Interpreter Insights Podcast -- January 15, 2026:...

December 2025

December 16, 2025

What wondrous love is this?

Here's a thought from President Russell M. Nelson that I think especially appropriate for...

June 2025

June 27, 2025

181 Years Ago, Today

Today, 27 June, is the 181st anniversary of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum...

June 06, 2025

Remember!

Eighty-one years ago today, Allied troops came ashore on the beaches of Normandy during...

March 2025

March 16, 2025

“Reexploring the Book of Mormon”

As a small constituent part of a long-term project that I'm working on, I'll...

December 2024

December 02, 2024

Visually Stunning

Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Interpreter Radio Show — November...

May 2022

May 01, 2022

“Whirr! whirr! all by wheels; — whiz! whiz! all by steam!”

*** Curiously, I still haven't read the entirety of Alexander Kinglake's 1844...

October 2021

October 15, 2021

“An Ishmael Buried Near Nahom”

*** Neal Rappleye published a potentially very significant article today in Interpreter:...

September 2021

September 24, 2021

“Framing the Book of Abraham”

*** New, today, in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and...

June 2021

June 10, 2021

Joseph, the stone, and the hat: Why they all matter

*** As you can see from the illustration above, the Interpreter Foundation's...

April 2021

April 23, 2021

Addendum 5: Founding the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative at BYU (Part 1)

*** The news, when it first arrived early Friday afternoon, was uncertain. ...

December 2020

December 18, 2020

“Joseph Smith’s Translation Projects under a Microscope”

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

November 2020

November 30, 2020

Lifetime Honors Come to Two Former Colleagues

I deem this announcement, which just came to my attention, to be worthy...

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...

October 2020

October 18, 2020

“I cheerfully certify”

Below are two passages that I've extracted from Ronald E. Romig, Eighth Witness:...

October 18, 2020

Revision 6.10a “The West achieves dominance” (addendum)

It's commonly believed among Muslims that the Qur’an cannot be translated. Not that...

October 02, 2020

Joseph Smith, Adam Clarke, and Nauvoo

Two important reviews appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

September 2020

September 23, 2020

Of seer stones and hearing angels sing

I offer here three quotations from Ronald E. Romig, Eighth Witness: The Biography...

September 18, 2020

“The Expanse of Joseph Smith’s Translation Vision”

New, today, in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: ...

August 2020

August 23, 2020

Revision 4.5 “Muhammad and the Restoration of Lost Truth”

After those prophets We sent forth Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming the...

August 22, 2020

Revision 4.4 “Dispensations”

We'll now proceed to examine some of the teachings of the Qur’an in...

August 21, 2020

Revision 4.3 “The Qur’an and the Doctrine and Covenants”

But there is a deeper theological reason for the claim that the Qur'an...

August 20, 2020

A ten-minute video on “Evidences of the Book of Abraham: Historicity”

The official magazine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for...

August 20, 2020

Revision 4.2 “Can the Qur’an Be Translated?” (Plus a Note on Religious Bigotry and Me)

This Muslim emphasis on the words and style of the Arabic Qur'an was...

August 19, 2020

Revision 4.1 “Islam and the Qur’an”

Muslims believe that the Qur'an as they have it today is an actual...

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 —...

July 2020

July 06, 2020

Getting to Know Elder Boyd K. Packer (Conclusion)

I hereby bring my little trilogy (which began with "Getting to Know Elder...

July 05, 2020

A Prolegomenon to “Getting to Know Elder Boyd K. Packer”

I first met Elder Boyd K. Packer when he came to Switzerland during...

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...