*** Newly posted today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Interpreter Radio Show — May 9, 2021 The discussants on the 9 May 2021 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen. In that episode, they interviewed Ronald O. Barney regarding his work with the Joseph Smith Papers and his new book Joseph Smith: History, Methods and Memory. The second portion of the show was a roundtable discussing the upcoming... Read more
*** A new little essay (by Dr. Jeffrey M. Bradshaw) went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ““Worlds Without Number”: Hugh Nibley on Science and Religion” To which I append a very apt passage from Elder Parley P. Pratt (1807-1857), of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in his Key to the Science of Theology (1891 edition), pages 161-162: The science of geography will then be extended to millions of worlds, and will embrace a... Read more
*** As will, I’m sure, be immediately apparent to those who are specialists, I am anything but an expert on Buddhism. But details on Buddhism aren’t really the point of the comment that follows. If I’ve got something wrong, or even the whole conception of Buddhism wrong, please concentrate on the more fundamental thought here: As I understand his biography, the parents of Siddhārtha Gautama — later to be known as the Buddha (the “Enlightened One”)... Read more
I’m pleased to report that, as of now, the Interpreter Foundation’s movie Witnesses is scheduled to open on the weekend of 4-5 June (and, in at least some locations, on 2-3 June, as well) in fifty-seven theaters located in eight states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. We have just added a large number of theaters, many (but not all) of them in Arizona. Please have a look at the witnessesfilm.com website to see... Read more
*** Two new pieces went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation. The second of them is an entry on the Interpreter Foundation’s blog, while the first appears in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Mack C. Stirling, “Job: An LDS Reading” Abstract: Mack C. Stirling examines the well-known story of Job, one of the literary books of the Bible and part of the Wisdom literature (which is heavy in temple mysticism and... Read more
*** I offer here a potpourri of appalling horrors from the essentially inexhaustible Christopher Hitchens Memorial “How Religion Poisons Everything” File©: “Donation to Assist Exploited Children in Hawaii: Church partners with Ho’ōla Nā Pua to support the Bromley Family Pearl Haven Campus” “Latter-day Saint NBA CEO tells Wall Street Journal that his faith gives him a ‘longer view’” “Why BYU, other church schools rejected tens of millions in COVID-19 relief” “LDS congregation donates... Read more
I’m pleased to report that, based on views and shares, the Interpreter Foundation’s theatrical film, Witnesses, is currently ranked Number Two nationally on iTunes Apple Trailers. (To put this in perspective, Above Suspicion, starring Emilia Clarke, comes in fifth, and The Misfits, starring Pierce Brosnan, ranks seventh.) It would be fun if we were able to reach the Number One slot. So, if you want to help, please watch the trailer and share it as widely as you can: ... Read more
Two new items went up today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. The first is by A. Keith Thompson, and the second is by Blake T. Ostler: “The Brass Plates: Can Modern Scholarship Help Identify Their Contents?” Abstract: The Book of Mormon contains little information about what the Brass Plates contain. Nephi said it was a larger record than the Hebrew Bible brought to America by the Gentiles. But it could not have contained the records of... Read more
Another trio of new items has gone up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ““We Will Still Weep for Zion”: War and Wealth” This is the seventh of eight weekly blog posts published in honor of the life and work of Hugh Nibley (1910–2005). The series is in honor of the new, landmark book, Hugh Nibley Observed, available in softcover, hardback, digital, and audio editions. Each week our post is accompanied by interviews and insights in pdf, audio,... Read more
Driving southbound on I-15 early this morning, I was pleased to see an advertisement for the Interpreter Foundation’s soon-to premiere theatrical film, Witnesses, on an electronic billboard. And just a few hours ago, I saw the same advertisement on an electronic billboard at the corner of University Parkway and State Street — in other words, at the southwest corner of University Mall — in Orem. Good grief. It looks as if this thing could really happen. If... Read more
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