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- What Can Artificial Intelligence Tell Us About the Literary Skills Needed to Dictate a Text Like the Book of Mormon?
Abstract: The first oral draft of the Book of Mormon dictated by Joseph Smith reflected remarkable literary refinement and complexity. Such observations demonstrate that he exhibited highly developed composition and oratory skills. To date, no scholar has attempted to describe … Continue reading →
The post What Can Artificial Intelligence Tell Us About the Literary Skills Needed to Dictate a Text Like the Book of Mormon? first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.58 min - What Happened to Nephi at the Camp of the Broken Bow? A Book of Mormon Mystery
Abstract: Nephi started as the youngest son of Lehi and Sariah and ended up as the king or king-like leader of the Nephite nation. While he, in some sense, obviously grew into the role over time, there was likely some … Continue reading →
The post What Happened to Nephi at the Camp of the Broken Bow? A Book of Mormon Mystery first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.2 hr 16 min - A Closer Look at Transliterations in Divine Translations
Abstract: The Book of Mormon contains many words left untranslated by Joseph Smith, such as cureloms, cumoms, senine, and ziff. While some might wonder why these words are left untranslated, a closer examination of the kinds of words that are … Continue reading →
The post A Closer Look at Transliterations in Divine Translations first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.27 min - A Plain Exposition of Book of Mormon English by Means of Short Questions and Informed Answers
Abstract: Because many questions have arisen regarding the discovery of real early modern influence in the dictated language of the Book of Mormon, some of these are considered and answered in this essay. The answers reflect insights from an exploration … Continue reading →
The post A Plain Exposition of Book of Mormon English by Means of Short Questions and Informed Answers first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.25 min - “Behold, I Went to Hunt Beasts in the Forest”: An Addendum on Enos, Esau, and the Symbolic Geography of Seir
Abstract: Enos’s use of the onomastic wordplay in the Jacob and Esau cycle enables him to meaningfully allude to the symbolic geography of those stories and incorporate it into his New World setting (e.g., allusions to the river Jabbok and … Continue reading →
The post “Behold, I Went to Hunt Beasts in the Forest”: An Addendum on Enos, Esau, and the Symbolic Geography of Seir first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.17 min - Die Prophezeiung Henochs: Some Observations on Section 36 in the German Edition of the Community of Christ Doctrine and Covenants
Abstract: Multiple translations of the Doctrine and Covenants into German have been produced over the past century and a half. This essay looks at a more recent example of these translations as found in the Buch der Lehre und Bündnisse … Continue reading →
The post Die Prophezeiung Henochs: Some Observations on Section 36 in the German Edition of the Community of Christ Doctrine and Covenants first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.12 min - The Seed of the Serpent and the Seed of the Woman in the Standard Works
Abstract: The curse of the serpent in Genesis 3:15 is presented as an archetype for the battle between good and evil. An ancient Hebrew literary form that ties together multiple stories through a common set of images, situations, repeated words, … Continue reading →
The post The Seed of the Serpent and the Seed of the Woman in the Standard Works first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.1 hr 53 min - The Pathophysiology of the Death of Jesus the Christ
Abstract: Centuries-long speculation continues regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of the Savior. Over the past century, the Savior’s tribulations between the Last Supper and his death on the cross have been scrupulously examined from a medical viewpoint. In this … Continue reading →
The post The Pathophysiology of the Death of Jesus the Christ first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.2 hr 40 min - Accessing Nephi’s Bountiful: A New Proposal for Reaching Irreantum
Abstract: Many Latter-day Saint scholars recognize that an excellent candidate for Nephi’s Bountiful is found at the inlet Khor Kharfot in southern Oman at the end of the lengthy Wadi Sayq. Many researchers have reasonably assumed that Lehi’s eastward travel … Continue reading →
The post Accessing Nephi’s Bountiful: A New Proposal for Reaching Irreantum first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.18 min - More Evidence for Alma as a Semitic Name
Abstract: Beginning with Hugh Nibley, several Latter-day Saint scholars have highlighted a deed found among the Bar Kokhba documents as evidence of the name Alma as a Jewish male name in antiquity. Here we highlight a second attestation of the … Continue reading →
The post More Evidence for Alma as a Semitic Name first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.19 min
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