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I must point out that the Interpreter Foundation's chair has posted an "earnest" and rather agonizing year-end appeal for more money for the Witnesses project. As a lead-in to the appeal, he complains about an "attack on several organizations including the Interpreter Foundation [that] was posted on...

Professor Peterson was kind enough to contact me in order to set me straight on the nature of this "trailer." It is a kind of project overview that combines elements of the film and the documentary. The trailer that is being shown in Megaplex Theaters is professionally produced. We have no access t...

I applied to be a signatory, but I was rejected when I proposed five additional tentpoles of Latter-day Saint Radical Orthodoxy: 1. Proclamation of the First Presidency to the Saints Scattered Abroad , Jan. 15, 1841. 2. Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

These revisions illustrate the care and integrity with which the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project has been conducted from the time it was launched. Care and integrity? I'd expect nothing less with $312,000+ poured into the project by the Interpreter Foundation since late 2014 . I'm ready to ins...

Kishkumen, I have constructed a draft timeline that I hope will be expanded upon and become the standard reference for forthcoming histories of the film and documentary project. February 6, 2019 : the Witnesses co-executive producer announces the launch of a film website featuring a link titled "Pla...

The revisions to Nature of the Original Language will apparently appear in part 8 of volume 3 of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project. However, Dr. Skousen previously noted that Part 8 "will outline the history of the modern critical text project of the Book of Mormon, including the FARMS critic...

Doctor Thompson writes: Contrary to Givens’ assertion, Joseph Smith does not actually translate any of the text in Facsimile #3 either. For example, he interprets Fig. 5 as “Shulem, one of the king’s principal waiters, as represented by the characters above his hand,” but Joseph Smith does not actua...

Tom, was there any indication as to the reason behind not being able to "fully access" the ECCO? What could possibly be the issue here? I checked out the website and it seems like a straight-forward purchase and Gale seems to be a huge market player; was the database defective in some way? It's kin...

I’m surprised that the article does not even acknowledge Janiece Johnson, “Becoming a People of the Books: Toward an Understanding of Early Mormon Converts and the New Word of the Lord,” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 27 (2018): 1-43. Did anyone review the article prior to publication?

... until now many key events in Latter-day Saint history have surprisingly never been depicted to accurately represent important events of the historical record. Fanny and Joseph in the barn, ... The hard part of depicting Fanny and Joseph in the barn would be to include their discovery by Emma ro...