This week for Come, Follow Me lesson 48 covering Ether 12-15, we have lecture 110 from Hugh Nibley’s Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University, covering Ether 7-14. During 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen to and valuable to your Come,...

  In the November 10, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Terry Hutchinson, Mark Johnson, and John Gee. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 49, the recent articles in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship by John, and faithfulness in podcasts. You can listen to or download the November 10th broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. These audio tracks are also included in our podcast feed...

Abstract: The Book of Mormon contains many words left untranslated by Joseph Smith, such as cureloms, cumoms, senine, and ziff. While some might wonder why these words are left untranslated, a closer examination of the kinds of words that are simply transliterated as well as the frequency at which these phenomena occur provide evidence that Joseph Smith actually had an ancient record that he was translating into English. In this paper, I examine why some words have been transliterated in...

Abstract: Because many questions have arisen regarding the discovery of real early modern influence in the dictated language of the Book of Mormon, some of these are considered and answered in this essay. The answers reflect insights from an exploration of the data that drove the conclusions published in previous papers. Numerous considerations independently indicate that the Book of Mormon was dictated in language that cannot be explained as a mere imitation of King James linguistic style,...

  In the November 3, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Martin Tanner, Brent Schmidt, and Hales Swift. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 48, the Margaret Barker Seminars, Saints Volume 4, the new Church garments, the recent articles in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship by Diane E. Wirth and Matthew Bowen, and other topics. You can listen to or download the November 3rd broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. These...

Review of Morgan Deane, To Stop a Slaughter: Just War and the Book of Mormon (Middletown, DE: Morgan Deane, 2024). 138 pages. $14.99 (paperback). Abstract: Morgan Deane’s To Stop a Slaughter: Just War and the Book of Mormon defines and discusses the concepts of war in the Book of Mormon and places “just war” within a larger context. The various aspects of just war and its impact are compared to the teachings and writings of scholars and philosophers from the early Church Fathers to Chinese...

This week for Come, Follow Me lesson 46 covering Ether 1-5, we have lectures 109 and 111 from Hugh Nibley’s Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University, covering Ether 1-2 and Ether 2-8, respectively. During 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen...

  In the October 27, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are John and Stacey Thompson. They discuss the recent article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship by Diane E. Wirth and Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 47. You can listen to or download the October 27th broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. These audio tracks are also included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The Interpreter Radio...

Abstract: Enos’s use of the onomastic wordplay in the Jacob and Esau cycle enables him to meaningfully allude to the symbolic geography of those stories and incorporate it into his New World setting (e.g., allusions to the river Jabbok and Peniel/Penuel, the site of Jacob’s “wrestle” with the divine “man”). A third instance of this type of allusion occurs with Enos’s recollection that he “went to hunt beasts in the forest[s]” (Enos 1:3), which appears to subtly allude to Mount Seir, the...

Abstract: Multiple translations of the Doctrine and Covenants into German have been produced over the past century and a half. This essay looks at a more recent example of these translations as found in the Buch der Lehre und Bündnisse published electronically by the Community of Christ. Focusing on Community of Christ Doctrine and Covenants 36, the revelation of Zion to Enoch, the essay compares and contrasts the German text with its Vorlage. It also notes the ways in which the German...

This week for Come, Follow Me lesson 45 covering Mormon 7-9, we have lectures 107 and 108 from Hugh Nibley’s Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University, covering Mormon 8 and 9. During 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen to and valuable to your...

  In the October 13th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Martin Tanner, Kevin Christensen, and Mark Johnson discuss Book of Mormon lesson 45: “I Speak unto You As If Ye Were Present” covering Mormon 7-9. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon in Context segment of the October 13 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The other segments of the...

  In the October 20, 2024 episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts are Bruce Webster and Kris Frederickson. They discuss Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 46, the Six Days in August film, the new Temple garments, publishing of the Journal, and Saints, Volume 4. You can listen to or download the October 20th broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. These audio tracks are also included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The Interpreter...

This week for Come, Follow Me lesson 44 covering Mormon 1-6, we have lectures 104 through 106 from Hugh Nibley’s Book of Mormon classes at Brigham Young University, covering 4 Nephi 1:27 through Mormon 5. During 1988, 1989, and 1990, Hugh Nibley taught Honors Book of Mormon classes for four semesters at Brigham Young University. The lectures were video-taped and audio cassettes and printed transcripts were made of the lectures. We believe these recordings will be interesting to listen to...

  In the October 6th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our hosts Martin Tanner, Hales Swift, Brent Schmidt, and Dan Peterson discuss Book of Mormon lesson 44: “I Would That I Could Persuade All … to Repent” covering Mormon 1-6. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon in Context segment of the October 6 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The other...