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Becoming Brigham Episode 36: Abandoned Dream, New Hope (opens the original)
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If the Saints would not leave without their endowment, how did Brigham try to both keep God’s promise and preserve their lives when Nauvoo was no longer safe? Why did so many Saints follow a blunt, sometimes offensive Brigham Young into the wilderness—and what does that fact say to modern people whose faith is shaken by that history? Brigham Young tells the Saints they must leave because it is no longer safe, but members refuse to go without the endowment they were promised. Brigham receives ins
Scientist Apostles (opens the original)
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Abstract: James E. Talmage, John A. Widtsoe, and Joseph F. Merrill brought unusually strong scientific training to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, joining the quorum between 1911 and 1931. Tracing their education, scientific work, publications, university leadership, and ecclesiastical service, this paper details how each combined intellectual rigor with religious commitment in distinctive ways. Talmage, a geologist, defended the compatibilit
Becoming Brigham Episode 35: Why not Sidney Rigdon? (opens the original)
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What did Brigham’s letter to the daughter he left behind reveal about how he saw himself as a substitute “father” to the Church? Why did the unfinished Nauvoo Temple become the sharpest dividing line between Brigham Young and Sidney Rigdon? The post Becoming Brigham Episode 35: Why not Sidney Rigdon? first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation .
Conversations with Interpreter: Kevin Tolley: Temple Themes in Jacob’s Sermon in 2 Nephi (opens the original)
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In this episode of Conversations with Interpreter , Kevin L. Tolley speaks about his research into temple connections in Jacob’s sermon and especially with Jacob’s use of Isaiah. Dr. Tolley, who is a Coordinator for Seminary and Institutes, has been studying the idea of temples and temple themes in especially the Book of Isaiah, and the connection between the latter part of Isaiah and Psalms and priesthood. This paper, which was presented at a conference on the small plates held in early 2026 at
Were the Jaredites Sumerians or Influenced by Them? Evidence from the Oath of Akish (opens the original)
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Abstract: This paper explores the oath sworn by Akish and his followers in Ether 8:13–15 as a possible remnant of ancient Sumerian legal and religious tradition. It draws on comparative evidence from early Mesopotamian oath formulae, including the Vulture Stele of Lagash and other Sumerian contractual texts. The study proposes that the structure of the oath sworn “by the God of heaven, and also by the heavens, and also by the earth” reflects a triadic invocation pattern consistent with Sumerian
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