Newly up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conversations with Interpreter: “Matthew Bowen and Upon All Nations: Nephi and Isaiah on the Nations” For this episode we talk with Matthew L. Bowen about his article “Upon All the Nations”: The gôyim in Nephi’s Rendition of Isaiah 2 (2 Nephi 12) in Literary Context.” Dr. Bowen discusses places where Nephi’s version of Isaiah 2, preserved in 2 Nephi 12, differs from Isaiah in the received Hebrew. He argues that... Read more
The Interpreter Foundation continues to give revolutionary new meaning to terms like moribund, stagnant, dead, comatose, and unchanging: For instance, a new article went up today in the Interpreter Foundation’s regular peer-reviewed journal: “A Comparative View of Causative Constructions in the Book of Mormon,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 68 (2026): 223-242, written by Stanford Carmack: Abstract: One type of English frequently found in the Book of Mormon is the finite causative construction. For example, “they... Read more
So far as I’m aware, I’ve met Brent Ward, but just once. It was decades ago, and I’m sure that he wouldn’t remember meeting me at all. His parents served as special representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cairo, Egypt, while I was studying there. If I’m not mistaken, he visited Cairo while they were serving. Now, he has just published an article in the Deseret News with which I whole-heartedly agree: “Opinion: Wanted... Read more
Newly posted today on the completely stagnant website of the Interpreter Foundation — which, I read just this morning, is largely if not completely focused on me, my toxic personality, my vanity, and my self-promotion: “Abraham the Astronomer,” Abraham and His Family in Scripture, History, and Tradition, written by Stephen O. Smoot. I had long hoped that my use of the pseudonyms Abraham, Stephen O. Smoot, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, John S. Thompson, Matthew L. Bowen, and David R. Seely... Read more
Responding to my rejection (here and elsewhere) of anti-Islamic bigotry, a reader who is himself severely critical of Islam — he doesn’t believe it to be a genuine religion, for example, but, rather, a violent political ideology masquerading as a religion — challenged me with the following list of passages from the Qur’an. (I’m reasonably confident that he obtained the list from a website; I doubt that he compiled it himself from a careful perusal of the Qur’an.) He... Read more
I’m pleased to report that a copy of Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Matthew L. Bowen, and John S. Thompson, eds., In God’s Image and Likeness 3: The Family of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar (Orem: Interpreter Foundation and Eborn Books, 2026), was delivered to my house on Saturday. The book is both very big and very beautiful. Amusingly, my Malevolent Stalker, who will soon enter into his second quarter of a century of anonymously denigrating and attacking me and all my works, occasionally... Read more
Latter-day Saints, of course, don’t believe that angels have wings, notwithstanding Carl Heinrich Bloch’s painting shown above. Nevertheless, chapter 22 of the gospel of Luke tells us that, in fact, an angel was present with the Savior in Gethsemane: And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. And there appeared an angel unto... Read more
New today on the barely-still-breathing website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conversations with Interpreter: Jeff Bradshaw: “Two New Books on Abraham and Sarah”: Jeffrey M. Bradshaw discusses two new commentaries on the life and ministry of Abraham, Sarah, and their families. The first of these books is part of his commentary series on Genesis, In God’s Image and Likeness, written with co-authors (and Conversations with Interpreter guests) Matthew Bowen and John Thompson. The second book is a shorter version called... Read more
A new review article has appeared on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: “A Fresh Investigation of Latter-day Saint Theology,” written by Spencer Kraus and published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 68 (2026) : 213-222: Review of Grant Underwood, Latter-day Saint Theology among Christian Theologies (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2025). 640 pages. $39.99 (hardcover). Abstract: Grant Underwood’s recent book, Latter-day Saint Theology among Christian Theologies, is an excellent treatment on the theology of The... Read more
Newly posted on the completely stagnant and unchanging website of the Interpreter Foundation: “Approaching Eternal Life: Temple Elements by the Numbers in Facsimile 2,” Abraham and His Family in Scripture, History, and Tradition, written by John W. Welch and Michael D. Rhodes: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Abraham and His Family in Scripture, History, and Tradition, edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, John S. Thompson, Matthew L. Bowen, and David R. Seely. For more... Read more
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