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March 2013

March 14, 2013

Conference: “The Expanded Canon” at UVU

The Expanded Canon: Perspectives on Mormonism & Sacred Texts April 4-5, 2013 UVU Library Lecture Hall...

March 13, 2013

BYU Conference on Mysticism, 15-16 March

See Program here: MSH Program 2013 side B I will be speaking on "The Incoherence...

March 10, 2013

What is Prisca Theologia?

At the recent BYU Church History symposium "Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith’s Study of the Ancient World" Samuel...

March 10, 2013

Joseph Smith and Antiquity

I was able to attend most of the sessions of the recent conference "Approaching Antiquity: Joseph...

March 04, 2013

JS Egyptian papyri

Extraordinarily hi-res images of the JS Egyptian papyri are now available at the Joseph Smith...

March 02, 2013

Shaken Faith Syndrome

A new edition of Mike Ash's book Shaken Faith Syndrome is now available at FAIR.

March 02, 2013

The Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar Manuscripts

High resolution versions of the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar Manuscripts are now available online at...

March 02, 2013

Why I’m Resigning from Interpreter

Effective immediately, I'm resigning as executive editor of Interpreter for the following reasons. 1- My department told me...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

The Jains–my DN column

February 25, 2013

It is not personal

I’ve noticed several very strange things about the unfolding of this phase of the Dehlin...

February 23, 2013

Greg Smith’s Review of John Dehlin’s “Mormon Stories” is available now

For those of you who are interested in such things, see:

February 23, 2013

Symposium: Joseph Smith’s Study of the Ancient World

General Information Program

February 23, 2013

Joseph Smith, and the Enochic Traditions

Bob Smith brought it to my attention that there is a recent thesis on "Joseph...

February 23, 2013

Enoch and the Temple Conference

The "Enoch and the Temple" conference was held this week, once in Logan, and again...

February 18, 2013

Elder Maxwell on Ancient Scholarship

John Gee provides insights into Elder Maxwell's views on scholarship.

February 17, 2013

Colorized photo of Oliver Cowdery

By Bryce Haymond Very nicely done.

February 17, 2013

Harrassment and the Dead Sea Scrolls

One of the scholarly scandals whirling about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Some anti-Mormons and...

February 15, 2013

The Russian Meteor and the House of God

Amazing videos of the meteor that struck Russia today. It is worth noting that...

February 15, 2013

Commercial Apologetics?

Kristian Heal, a director at the reorganized Maxwell Institute, made the following comments recently: I...

February 14, 2013

Why it is impossible to have a rational discussion with some people 2

For some reason (I can't imagine why) Loyd Ericson removed our discussion from his facebook...

February 13, 2013

Why it is impossible to have a rational discussion with some people

In this case, Loyd Ericson (a man mentioned by some in whispered tones as a...

February 10, 2013

Owen Daniel Hamblin: the Photos

February 04, 2013

BYU Mysticism conference

The Mysticism conference will be held on 15-16 March, not 15-16 May, which I incorrectly...

February 02, 2013

Nibley blogs from beyond the grave!

Nibley fans might be interested in checking out some of his unpublished letters being posted...

February 02, 2013

An Invented Restoration of the Priesthood?

(Revised 4 Feb 2013) It is a common anti-Mormon assertion that Joseph Smith invented stories...

February 02, 2013

Online D&C resources from LDS.org

Revelations in Context provides historical background on the people and events behind the D&C, with...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Westminster Cathedral (Catholic), London

My photos of some of the sacred symbols and architecture.

January 29, 2013

Mysticism Conference at BYU

I'm attaching a preliminary, tentative schedule for the Mysticism conference. It is still subject to...

January 28, 2013

“The Confusion of Neomysticism”

I've had my paper proposal accepted for the Mormon Scholars and the Humanities conference on...

January 21, 2013

My New Grandson: Collin Grant Bell

Awesomely cute, just like I expected!