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I came here freely, with neither garlic nor wolf's bane!

A new installment of our short video-documentary series Becoming Brigham was posted this morning: “Mud! Down Payment on an Exodus?— Becoming Brigham Episode 39” For what it’s worth, I’ve also... read more

10/19/2026 5:23:55 PM by Dan Peterson

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Looking at the Largest Orthodox Cathedral on Earth

There is often a considerable amount of anger and, shall we say, misunderstanding with regard to this issue. Jennifer Roach Lees actually knows something about the matter, and she has written a... read more

10/18/2026 7:11:56 PM by Dan Peterson

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The Iron Gates and the Lion of the Lord

Yesterday, I didn’t finish my report about, well, yesterday. So I’ll take care of that right now: Following lunch, we had another excellent lecture from Nadia Kizenko. Then, yesterday afternoon, we... read more

10/17/2026 6:32:44 PM by Dan Peterson

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Walking through History

A new article, written by Jeff Lindsay and Gale L. Pooley, went up today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 70 (2026): 91-128 under the title ““Enough and to... read more

10/16/2026 5:58:36 PM by Dan Peterson

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Learning more about a region of which I've known little

Yet another newly posted item has appeared from the never-changing and essentially dead Interpreter Foundation: “Trailer for Epis0de 39 — Mud! Down payment on an Exodus?” It lasts thirty-six (36)... read more

10/15/2026 2:35:03 PM by Dan Peterson

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From Serbia's "White City," Belgrade

Have you watched our latest installment yet? It’s entitled “Sacrifice For What? — Becoming Brigham Episode 38.” In other, slightly related, news: I was absolutely delighted when the news — to me,... read more

10/14/2026 7:31:49 PM by Dan Peterson

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Accounts of Premortality?

It’s been a very, very long day, and, quite unaccountably, I’ve just lost the blog entry that I was about to post. Frustrating! So I think that I’ll share a few more passages that I marked while... read more

10/13/2026 7:45:55 PM by Dan Peterson

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King St. Stephen of Hungary

The latest installment of Becoming Brigham is now up for your viewing pleasure and edification: “Sacrifice for What?—Episode 38.” Be sure to watch it! For that matter, be sure to share it with... read more

10/12/2026 6:10:59 PM by Dan Peterson

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Violence and the Sacred

Times and dates become a bit confused when one is on the road and several time zones from home. That doesn’t excuse my lapse, but it helps to explain why I’ve failed to call attention to this new... read more

10/11/2026 7:17:11 PM by Dan Peterson

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Notes on Women, Priesthood, and General Conference

A critic counted the women who spoke at general conference. Here’s why an all-male priesthood may matter less than outsiders assume. read more

10/10/2026 7:26:35 PM by Dan Peterson

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"America's Most Neighborly City"? It's not in Switzerland

Once again, we haven’t made our way down to the city of Bern. (It’s about an hour from where we’re staying.) I don’t come to Switzerland for its cities, frankly, but I’m relatively fond of Bern. I... read more

10/9/2026 3:43:41 PM by Dan Peterson

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"The Book of Moses as a Temple Text"

I think that I failed to mention a couple of still-new items that have recently been posted on the website of the essentially dead and never-changing Interpreter Foundation. In my own defense, I... read more

10/8/2026 8:30:00 AM by Dan Peterson

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A Place Charged with Memory

It took many years, but I was finally able to show my beloved Switzerland to my late brother and his late wife. (Strictly speaking, he was my half-brother — hence the different last name — but he... read more

10/7/2026 6:41:09 PM by Dan Peterson

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