A new article — or, anyway, an article that’s still relatively new (I’ve been traveling) — in the pages of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture:
“Orson Scott Card’s ‘Artifact or Artifice’: Where It Stands After Twenty-five Years”
The article is by the indefatigible Jeff Lindsay, who also has a short related article on his blog:
“The Evolution of Language and the Book of Mormon”
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From the Australian newsroom of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, an article about some of what I was up to this past Thursday:
“Perspectives on Religious Freedom and Truth by BYU Scholar”
And, for those who might have been wondering what I was up to Down Under but who missed the following two earlier articles, I offer a pair of links:
“Sydney Congregation Learns about Evidence and Witnesses of the Book of Mormon”
“Daniel C. Peterson to Deliver Religious Liberty Lecture at University of Notre Dame”
I want to express my particular gratitude to those who spent a great deal of time with us, and a great deal of effort on us, during our stay in Australia — most notably to Brother and Sister Keith Thompson, to Elder and Sister Robert Dudfield, and to Elder and Sister Lloyd in Melbourne. They made things very easy — and very pleasant — for us.
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Particularly in view of my talk about religious liberty on Tuesday evening in Sydney, I was pleased to see this item:
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Stephen Smoot weighs in on an issue that has potential implications for the debate between adherents of the “Heartland” model of Book of Mormon geography and advocates of a Mesoamerican setting for the Book:
“‘No Kings Upon the Land’: A Note on 2 Nephi 10”
Also relevant to the Heartland vs. Mesoamerican issue is the following short piece from Book of Mormon Central:
“Where is the Location of the Hill Cumorah?”
I freely confess that I’m partial to a Mesoamerican model.
Posted from Los Angeles, California
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