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The Interpreter Foundation episodes

  • Interpreter Podcast — September 14, 2025

      In the September 14, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Terry Hutchinson, Kevin Christensen, and Mark Johnson interview Scott Marianno and Reid Neilson about their new book, The Salt Lake Temple. You can listen to or download the discussion segment of the podcast episode below. The audio track is also included […]

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    51 min
  • A Textual Comparison of Masonic Rites and the LDS Temple Endowment

    Abstract: Numerous discussions of the similarities between the LDS temple endowment and Masonic rites exist, which give the impression that the two overlap considerably. Rather than focus on the similarities themselves, this paper seeks to quantify how much the two rites overlap by performing a textual analysis. In the first section, the named entities, clothing, […]

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    21 min
  • Interpreter Come, Follow Me Podcast: Doctrine & Covenants 109–110 for September 29 – October 5

      In the September 7th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Martin Tanner, Brent Schmidt, and Hales Swift discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for September 29 – October 5 covering D&C 109–110. You can listen to or download the Come, Follow Me segment of the September […]

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    57 min
  • Interpreter Podcast — September 7, 2025

      In the September 7, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Martin Tanner, Brent Schmidt, and Hales Swift discuss what is church doctrine and what is scripture. You can listen to or download the discussion segment of the podcast episode below. The audio track is also included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). […]

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    33 min
  • Learning Political Civility from Pahoran to Lincoln

    Review of Rodney Dieser, Cease to Contend: Healing a Nation Through Christlike Civility in Politics (Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2025). 136 pp., $16.99 (paperback). Abstract: In Cease to Contend: Healing a Nation Through Christlike Civility in Politics, Rodney Dieser offers a timely and faith-centered response to the growing crisis of political polarization and incivility. Grounded […]

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    10 min
  • Interpreter Come, Follow Me Podcast: Doctrine & Covenants 106–108 for September 22 – 28

      In the September 4th Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Terry Hutchinson and MArtin Tanner discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for September 22 – 28 covering D&C 106–108. You can listen to or download the Come, Follow Me segment of the September 4th episode of […]

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    44 min
  • Interpreter Podcast — September 3, 2025

      In the September 3, 2025 episode of The Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Terry Hutchinson and Martin Tanner discuss with special guest Ben Spackman the newly published The Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and Evolution, edited by Jamie L. Jensen, Steven L. Peck, Ugo A. Perego, and T. Benjamin Spackman. You can listen to […]

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    47 min
  • Possible Remembrance and Re-enactment of Old World’s Hieros Gamos in the Book of Ether

    Abstract: This paper explores the conclusions that can be drawn from a Mesopotamian origin theory for the Jaredites. The goal is to show that the story of Jared’s daughter in Ether 8 could be a ritual similar to hieros gamos, or sacred marriage, from Mesopotamia. To achieve this, etymologies are given for three names (Jared, […]

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    59 min
  • Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Doctrine and Covenants 102–105

    During 1978, 1979, and 1980, Hugh Nibley taught a Doctrine and Covenants Sunday School class. Cassette recordings were made of these classes and some have survived and were digitized by Steve Whitlock and recently enhanced by Nick Galieti. Most of the tapes were in pretty bad condition. The original recordings usually don’t stop or start […]

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    47 min
  • Interpreter Come, Follow Me Podcast: Doctrine & Covenants 102–105 for September 15 – 21

      In the second August 21st Come, Follow Me segment of the Interpreter Foundation Podcast, our hosts Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and John Thompson discuss the Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants lesson for September 15 – 21 covering D&C 102–105. You can listen to or download the Come, Follow Me segment of the second […]

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    35 min

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