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Interpreting Interpreter: Ammon’s Chiasm

2 months 2 weeks ago

This post is a summary of the article “The Literary Structure of Alma 17–20: A 14-Unit Chiasm” by Derek Squire in Volume 60 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter series is available at https://interpreterfoundation.org/interpreting-interpreter-on-abstracting-thought/. […]

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Kyler Rasmussen

The Literary Structure of Alma 17–20: A 14-Unit Chiasm

2 months 2 weeks ago

Abstract: This article is an analysis of the literary structure of Alma 17–20. These four chapters in the current Book of Mormon were originally a single chapter in the first edition of the Book of Mormon (originally, chapter 12). The current article describes a process and rationale that was used to identify several major literary […]

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Derek Squire

“Where I will Meet You”: The Convergence of Sacred Time and Sacred Space as the Etiological Function of the Tent of Meeting

2 months 2 weeks ago

Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Sacred Time, Sacred Space, & Sacred Meaning, Proceedings of the Third Interpreter Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference “The Temple on Mount Zion,” 2 November, 2016, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/sacred-time-sacred-space-sacred-meaning/. This chapter explores […]

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Conference Talks: Beauty and Truth in Moses 1

2 months 2 weeks ago

The fourth “Temple on Mount Zion” Conference was held on Saturday, November 10, 2018 in the Tanner Building at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. The presentations were filmed, and both video and audio recordings of each presentation are available. The videos are currently available both at https://interpreterfoundation.org/conferences/2018-temple-on-mount-zion-conference/2018-temple-on-mount-zion-conference-videos/and on the Interpreter Foundation YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/theinterpreterfoundation. […]

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Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 3

2 months 2 weeks ago

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, Follow Me study program this […]

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Interpreter Radio: The Book of Mormon in Context Lesson 3

2 months 2 weeks ago

  In the December 24th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Radio Show, our host Martin Tanner discusses Book of Mormon lesson 3, “Come and Partake of the Fruit” on 1 Nephi 6-10. You can listen to or download the Book of Mormon in Context segment of the December 24 broadcast of the Interpreter […]

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Study and Teaching Helps — 2024 Book of Mormon Lesson 3: 1 Nephi 6-10

2 months 2 weeks ago

Editor’s Note: Four years ago, Jonn Claybaugh began writing the Study and Teaching Helps series of articles for Interpreter. We now have these wonderful and useful posts for all four years of Come, Follow Me lessons. Beginning this year we will be reposting these articles, with dates, lesson numbers, and titles updated for the current […]

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Jonn Claybaugh

Interpreter Radio Show — December 24, 2023

2 months 2 weeks ago

  In this episode of The Interpreter Radio Show, our host is Martin Tanner. He discusses Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 3 and evidences for the Book of Mormon. You can listen to or download the December 24th broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. These audio tracks are also included in our […]

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Testimonies of the Witnesses to the Book of Mormon

2 months 3 weeks ago

As we begin the 2024 curriculum for “Come, Follow Me,” which is focused on the Book of Mormon, it’s appropriate to consider, once more, the testimonies of the witnesses to the Book of Mormon. They represent the only “secular” evidence, the only evidence in addition to a personal spiritual witness, that has been given to […]

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Interpreting Interpreter: Converging on Nahom

2 months 3 weeks ago

This post is a summary of the article “The Nahom Convergence Reexamined: The Eastward Trail, Burial of the Dead, and the Ancient Borders of Nihm” by Neal Rappleye in Volume 60 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. All of the Interpreting Interpreter articles may be seen at https://interpreterfoundation.org/category/summaries/. An introduction to […]

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Kyler Rasmussen

The Nahom Convergence Reexamined: The Eastward Trail, Burial of the Dead, and the Ancient Borders of Nihm

2 months 3 weeks ago

Abstract: For decades, several Latter-day Saint scholars have maintained that there is a convergence between the location of Nahom in the Book of Mormon and the Nihm region of Yemen. To establish whether there really is such a convergence, I set out to reexamine where the narrative details of 1 Nephi 16:33–17:1 best fit within […]

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Neal Rappleye

The Cosmic Mountain in Islamic Tradition

2 months 3 weeks ago

Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in The Temple: Ancient and Restored, Proceedings of the Second Interpreter Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference “The Temple on Mount Zion,” 25 October 2014 (2016) edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Donald W. Parry. For more information, go to https://interpreterfoundation.org/books/the-temple-ancient-and-restored/.   To download this […]

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Conference Talks: “They Shall Be Joined unto Thee”: Levi, Levites, and the Importance of Joinings in Temple Architecture and Ritual

2 months 3 weeks ago

The fourth “Temple on Mount Zion” Conference was held on Saturday, November 10, 2018 in the Tanner Building at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. The presentations were filmed, and both video and audio recordings of each presentation are available. The videos are currently available both at and on the Interpreter Foundation YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/theinterpreterfoundation. […]

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