Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 1 (2012)

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 1 (2012)
Author: The Interpreter Foundation
Publisher: The Interpreter Foundation
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2012-09-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1479266388

This is volume 1 (2012) of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture by Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on diverse topics such as charity in defending the kingdom, Nephi's esoteric exchange with the Spirit in 1 Nephi 11, the cultural context of Nephite apostasy, a book review of Temple Themes in the Book of Moses, a commentary on temple theology in John 17, a letter from John Sorenson to Michael Coe on Mesoamerica, atheist piety, a book review of Latter-day Scripture: Studies in the Book of Mormon, Mormonism and Wikipedia, and a book review of Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader's Guide.

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 15 (2015)

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 15 (2015)
Author: Daniel C. Peterson
Publisher: The Interpreter Foundation
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2015-07-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1514843595

This is volume 15 of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including: "Questioning: The Divine Plan," "Three Streams of Gratitude for Jesus," "A Welcome Introduction," "Providing a Better Understanding for All Concerning the History of Joseph Smith’s Polygamy," "An Easier Way to Understanding Joseph Smith’s Polygamy," "Rediscovering the First Vision," "Say Now Shibboleth, or Maybe Cumorah," "Why the Oxford English Dictionary (and not Webster’s 1828)," "Psalm 82 in Contemporary Latter-day Saint Tradition," "Seeing Ourselves Through the Eyes of a Friendly and Thoughtful Evangelical," "Getting Cain and Gain," "'The Great and Terrible Judgments of the Lord': Destruction and Disaster in 3 Nephi and the Geology of Mesoamerica," "Freemasonry and the Origins of Modern Temple Ordinances," "A Mormon Theodicy: Jacob and the Problem of Evil."

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 25 (2017)

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 25 (2017)
Author: Mark J. Johnson
Publisher: The Interpreter Foundation
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2017-08-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 197431510X

This is volume 25 of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including: "The Life-giving “Water” of the Restoration," "Scriptures with Pictures: Methodology, Unexamined Assumptions, and the Study of the Book of Abraham," "The Healing and Exalting Powers of Christ Weave Together at Easter," "Looking Deeper into Joseph Smith’s First Vision: Imagery, Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Construction of Memory," "Overcoming Obstacles: Becoming a Great Missionary," "On Doubting Nephi’s Break Between 1 and 2 Nephi: A Critique of Joseph Spencer’s An Other Testament: On typology," "Exploring Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan Languages," "Joseph Smith: Monogamist or Polygamist?," "“If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications," "Apostate Religion in the Book of Mormon," "Understanding Jacob’s Teachings about Plural Marriage from a Law of Moses Context," "How Joseph Smith’s Grammar Differed from Book of Mormon Grammar: Evidence from the 1832 History," "How Big A Book? Estimating the Total Surface Area of the Book of Mormon Plates," "The Amlicites and Amalekites: Are They the Same People?," "The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Surprises from the Disputed Longer Ending of Mark, Part 1," "The Book of Mormon Versus the Consensus of Scholars: Surprises from the Disputed Longer Ending of Mark, Part 2."

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 22 (2016)

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 22 (2016)
Author: Daniel C. Peterson
Publisher: The Interpreter Foundation
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2017-01-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1542714427

This is volume 22 of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including: "The Small Voice," "The Changing Forms of the Latter-day Saint Sacrament," "Assessing the Joseph Smith Papyri: An Introduction to the Historiography of their Acquisitions, Translations, and Interpretations," "'Creator of the First Day': The Glossing of Lord of Sabaoth in D&C 95:7," "Nephi’s Use of Inverted Parallels," "Reclaiming Jacob," "On the Dating of Moroni 8-9," "The Parable of the Benevolent Father and Son," "'Arise from the Dust': Insights from Dust-Related Themes in the Book of Mormon (Part 1: Tracks from the Book of Moses)," "'Arise from the Dust': Insights from Dust-Related Themes in the Book of Mormon (Part 2: Enthronement, Resurrection, and Other Ancient Motifs from the “Voice from the Dust”)," "Reading 1 Nephi With Wisdom," and "'Arise from the Dust': Insights from Dust-Related Themes in the Book of Mormon (Part 3: Dusting Off a Famous Chiasmus, Alma 36)."

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 10 (2014)

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 10 (2014)
Author: Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Publisher: The Interpreter Foundation
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2014-08-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1500943401

This is volume 10 (2014) of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including some notes on faith and reason, dating Christ's birth, Mary Whitmer's witness of the gold plates, the LDS Church's polygamous past, dissenters, Book of Mormon anachronisms, the comma in the Word of Wisdom, Enos's adaptations of the onomastic wordplay of Genesis, Mormonism and intellectual freedom, differing investigative approaches of Jeremy Runnells and Jeff Lindsay, a theological poem in the Book of Mormon, and reading the scriptures geographically.

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 5 (2013)

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 5 (2013)
Author: The Interpreter Foundation
Publisher: The Interpreter Foundation
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2013-09-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1492309826

This is volume 5 (2013) of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripturepublished by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including the continuation of Bible-like divine manifestations and revelations, a book review of Mormon Parallels: A Bibliographic Source and essay in the study of literary parallels, an examination of the construction of the Words of Mormon in the Book of Mormon, an essay of the history of the translation process of the Book of Mormon, a book review of Temple Mysticism: An Introduction by Margaret Barker, and a study of theophany and sacrifice as the etiological foundation of the temple, both ancient and modern.

The Pearl of Greatest Price

The Pearl of Greatest Price
Author: Terryl Givens
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2019-09-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0190603887

The Pearl of Greatest Price narrates the history of Mormonism's fourth volume of scripture, canonized in 1880. The authors track its predecessors, describe its several components, and assess their theological significance within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Four principal sections are discussed, along with attendant controversies associated with each. The Book of Moses purports to be a Mosaic narrative missing from the biblical version of Genesis. Too little treated in the scholarship on Mormonism, these chapters, produced only months after the Book of Mormon was published, actually contain the theological nucleus of Latter-day Saint doctrines as well as a virtual template for the Restoration Joseph Smith was to effect. In The Pearl of Greatest Price, the author covers three principal parts that are the focus of many of the controversies engulfing Mormonism today. These parts are The Book of Abraham, The Book of Moses, and The Joseph Smith History. Most controversial of all is the Book of Abraham, a production that arose out of a group of papyri Smith acquired, along with four mummies, in 1835. Most of the papyri disappeared in the great Chicago Fire, but surviving fragments have been identified as Egyptian funerary documents. This has created one of the most serious challenges to Smith's prophetic claims the LDS church has faced. LDS scholars, however, have developed several frameworks for vindicating the inspiration of the resulting narrative and Smith's calling as a prophet. The author attempts to make sense of Smith's several, at times divergent, accounts of his First Vision, one of which is canonized as scripture. He also assesses the creedal nature of Smith's "Articles of Faith," in the context of his professed anti-creedalism. In sum, this study chronicles the volume's historical legacy and theological indispensability to the Latter-day Saint tradition, as well as the reasons for its resilience and future prospects in the face of daunting challenges.

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 16 (2015)

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 16 (2015)
Author: Daniel C. Peterson
Publisher: The Interpreter Foundation
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2015-10-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1518793304

This is volume 16 of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including: "Toward Ever More Intelligent Discipleship," "A Response to Denver Snuffer’s Essay on Plural Marriage, Adoption, and the Supposed Falling Away of the Church – Part 1: Ignoring Inconvenient Evidence," "A Response to Denver Snuffer’s Essay on Plural Marriage, Adoption, and the Supposed Falling Away of the Church – Part 2: Facade or Reality?", "Careless Accounts and Tawdry Novelties," "The Prodigal’s Return to the Father: House of Glory and Rediscovery," "The Deuteronomist Reforms and Lehi’s Family Dynamics: A Social Context for the Rebellions of Laman and Lemuel," "The Doctrine of Resurrection in the Book of Mormon," "Not Leaving and Going On to Perfection," "Learning Nephi’s Language: Creating a Context for 1 Nephi 1:2," "The Treason of the Geographers: Mythical “Mesoamerican” Conspiracy and the Book of Mormon," "John Bernhisel’s Gift to a Prophet: Incidents of Travel in Central America and the Book of Mormon," "A Treasure Trove of Questions," "The Theory of Evolution is Compatible with Both Belief and Unbelief in a Supreme Being."

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 18 (2016)

Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture, Volume 18 (2016)
Author: Daniel C. Peterson
Publisher: The Interpreter Foundation
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2016-03-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 153084293X

This is volume 18 of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture published by The Interpreter Foundation. It contains articles on a variety of topics including: "Cloud Illusions and the Perfect Day," "Viewing the Temple Through Wilford Woodruff’s Eyes," "The 'Fiery Darts of the Adversary' in 1 Nephi 15:24," "'He Did It': A Christmas Message," "Jesus Christ’s Interactions with the Women of the New Testament," "The More Part of the Book of Mormon Is Early Modern English," "Joseph Smith Read the Words," "Untangling Scripture from the Philosophies of Men," "The Case of the {-th} Plural in the Earliest Text," "The Case of Plural?Was in the Earliest Text," "To 'See and Hear'," "Samuel the Lamanite, Christ, and Zenos: A Study of Intertextuality," "The Yoke of Christ: A Light Burden Heavy With Meaning," "The Faith to See: Burning in the Bosom and Translating the Book of Mormon in Doctrine and Covenants 9," "'They Were Moved with Compassion' (Alma 27:4; 53:13): Toponymic Wordplay on Zarahemla and Jershon," and "Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon."