Somehow — things rapidly become quite confused and hectic on a tour such as this one — I think that I failed to post a link to the most recent article published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: This one was written by Taylor Halverson:
“The Lives of Abraham: Seeing Abraham through the Eyes of Second-Temple Jews”
Abstract: During the Second-Temple Period, Jews remembered and reimagined the story of Abraham to address their own immediate historical and cultural concerns. By exploring these reimaginations, we learn more about the faith and interests of later Jews who looked to their forefather for inspiration and guidance on how to live in a world of change, opportunity, and challenge. Second Temple Jewish writers included in this article are Artapanus, the author of Jubilees; Pseudo-Eupolemus, the author of Genesis Apocryphon; Philo, and Josephus. Abraham was resurrected in these texts, but with the body and soul of the later author, Josephus; these authors live on in the guise of Abraham.
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For the 19 May 2019 installment of the Interpreter Radio Show, Bruce Webster and Kris Frederickson discussed certain current events, as well as Come Follow Me lesson #22. That installment, now shorn of commercial breaks, is available at no charge online:
Interpreter Radio Show — May 19, 2019
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A stand-alone Interpreter Radio (audio) Roundtable for Come, Follow Me New Testament Lesson 22, “Continue Ye in My Love,” covering John 13-17, has been extracted for you from the full radio program of 19 May 2019. Thus, if you’re so inclined, you can easily (and, again, at no charge) listen to the Gospel Doctrine discussion by itself. The discussants for this roundtable were Bruce Webster and Kris Frederickson:
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me New Testament Lesson 22 “Continue Ye in My Love”
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Stephen Smoot continues with his important series of short essays regarding a “Heartlander” approach to the geography of the Book of Mormon:
“A Review of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Mormon (Part 3A)”
The focus in this installment is “Misrepresentations of Historical Sources: “This land,” “this country,” and “this continent” of America.”
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One of the happiest pieces of news of which I know is the dedication of a new temple. And this one is particularly happy because the dedication was done in Brazil by the first Brazilian apostle, a native speaker of Portuguese:
Posted from Jerusalem, Israel
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