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WEB: rsc.byu.edu/review I recently attended a concert where the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra performed. It is always amazing RESEARCH UPDATE FEATURE OUTREACH The Mormon Experience in Kalaupapa Kirtland Egyptian Papers The Community of Christ and Other to me how all the instruments—each with its own unique by Fred E. Woods by Brian M. Hauglid & Robin Restorationist Movements function and sound—combine together to make incredible Scott Jensen by Keith J. Wilson & Richard G. Moore | music. Likewise, people with different talents, training, Interview by Devan Jensen and abilities often unite to produce something greater than the sum of the individual parts. Such is the case with Religious Education at BYU. As I walk down the halls, visit classes, and read publications, I am amazed by the quality of our faculty and students. Each brings incredible intellectual and spiritual abilities. Each has a unique contribution to make, but working together they can and do produce something special. This issue of Religious Education Review is a prime example of that. There is a wide a variety of topics in the articles 6 12 18 contained herein—representing the entire spectrum of what we do in Religious Education and the broad interests of you, our readers. There are other individual contribu- tions to the quality of this publication, and our overall Foreword ...... 2 Academy...... 24 success that may not be as visible as those of authors and Book of Abraham and More The Book of Mormon Academy at University by Thomas A. Wayment by Tyler Balli editors. Behind the scenes are student research assistants, source checkers, copy editors, graphic designers, technical support, and office staff who make the rest of us look good and ensure the qual- Calendar of Events ...... 3 Notes on Faculty and Staff...... 27 ity of this publication and other Religious Studies Center endeavors. Faculty & Staff Highlights ...... 4 New RSC Publications...... 34 As the Apostle Paul taught the Corinthian Saints, “There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:4). Paraphrasing, we can also say, “There are diversities of givers, but the Historian’s Corner ...... 8 same unity of purpose.” Like the combined talents of individual musicians and unique sounds of A New Voice from the Past: The Council of Fifty Minutes by Gerrit J. Dirkmaat instruments in an orchestra, the consecration of many individual gifts makes possible religious scholarship that enlightens the mind and shapes the soul. Also, generous donors have given of their means to support the work of the Religious Studies Center. Those consecrated gifts—whether large donations or widows’ mites—allow us to extend the influence of Religious Education beyond the

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and More FEBRUARY 2017–NOVEMBER 2018 JESUS WEPT: EMOTIONS IN THE SCRIPTURES New exhibition at the Education in Zion Gallery in the Joseph F. and a brief glimpse at where they plan Smith Building to go in their studies. Can you imagine life without emotions? Emotions create texture and richness Another item of interest will that illuminate our everyday lives and punctuate our mortal experience. Learn about the wide range of emotions found in the scriptures, universal emotions his issue of the Review be the publication, after a decade of T across time and cultures, and emotional coping tools. Visit http://emotionsin- ­magazine focuses primarily on research, writing, and presenting, of thescriptures.byu.edu for more information. William W. Phelps and research being conducted relating Warren Parrish Copy of Fred Wood’s history of the commu- to early Latter-day Saint history and Abraham Manuscript, nity at Kalaupapa, Hawaii. The book APRIL 2017 Summer–Fall 1835 documents, with highlights on recent tells a fascinating and engaging story BYU EASTER CONFERENCE [Abraham 1:1–28]. Courtesy research into the Book of Abraham of Intellectual Reserve, Inc. of community faith and struggle. Fred Friday, 14 April 2017 This Easter Conference will be held on Good Friday in the papyri, the Council of Fifty minute shares some thoughts on the proj- Building (JSB) auditorium beginning at 7:00 p.m. The keynote speaker will be books, and current collaborative ect, and the brief report he provides President Kevin J Worthen, president of . The other efforts to encourage and promote traces the journey of a scholar two speakers are Camille Fronk Olson, chair of the Department of Ancient conversations with the Restorationist who came to see a story through Scripture at BYU, and Hank Smith, assistant professor of ancient scripture. churches. Gerrit Dirkmaat, a faculty different eyes. Each speaker will talk about various aspects of the Savior, his life, his mission, the Atonement, and his influence on our lives today. Plan to bring a friend member in the Department of Church We are grateful to all of our or loved one and come early. For more information, visit http://rsc.byu.edu/ History and Doctrine, assisted in readers and donors who help make easterconference. publishing the records from the Religious Education a vibrant place Council of Fifty, and in this issue he to work and teach. The RSC exists, OCTOBER 2017 surveys some of the contents of the in part, to promote and advance SIDNEY B. SPERRY SYMPOSIUM three volumes containing the minutes the research that is carried out by Friday and Saturday, 27–28 October 2017 of the council. Early Mormon docu- Religious Education in all of its The 46th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium will be held in the (JSB) auditorium on BYU campus. The theme is “Prophets and ments and beginnings continue to many faceted endeavors. The Review Prophecies of the Old Testament.” Presentations will cover the Savior’s restora- draw the attention of our faculty magazine is one of the ways that we tion of foundational truths, doctrines, and covenants. For more information, in Religious Education, and with advertise and promote current and visit https:/rsc.byu.edu/sperrysymposium. this increase in interest has come a ongoing research and publication. wealth of new insights and perspec-

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Faculty Highlight: Byran Korth Faculty Spotlight: George A. Pierce BYRAN KORTH ([email protected]) IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY AND DOCTRINE AT BYU. GEORGE A. PIERCE ([email protected]) IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU.

Following a mission to Mexico scholarship. His research interests George A. Pierce grew up in a Baptist household in Florida. He in 1988–90, Byran Korth received include parenting and family rela- received a BA in history from Clearwater Christian College, an MSc in his bachelor’s and master’s degrees tionships as well as early childhood Archaeological Information Systems from the University of York, an MA in from BYU in family sciences (1993 development and learning. With his biblical studies from Wheaton College, and a PhD in Near Eastern languages and 1995, respectively). In 2000 he new role in Religious Education, he and cultures from UCLA, where he joined the Church in June 2009. He has completed a doctorate in human is combining his prior experience also served as research faculty at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in development and family studies and expertise in new areas of study Beer Sheva, Israel. Additionally, he is certified in architectural and mechanical from Auburn University. He joined addressing early childhood religious drafting from the state of Florida. He has excavated in Florida, Scotland, the BYU in 2004 as a faculty member in education and the spiritual develop- West Bank, and Israel. His research focuses on regional settlement patterns, the early childhood teacher educa- ment of young children. His wife, historical geography, and computer applications in archaeology. He and his tion program in the David O. McKay Sheia, completed her bachelor’s in wife, Dr. Krystal Pierce, have two children: Victoria and George III. School of Education, preparing elementary education at BYU, where university students to be teachers of they met. She currently teaches young children. His new position in preschool. They have three children the Department of Church History (Kayden, nineteen; Karissa, thirteen; and Doctrine (2016) includes teach- and Kyler, twelve) with his oldest ing “The Eternal Family” course and serving in the Japan Kobe Mission. engaging in academic and gospel

Faculty Highlight: David F. Boone Faculty Highlight: Hank R. Smith DAVID F. BOONE ([email protected]) IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY AND DOCTRINE AT BYU. HANK R. SMITH ([email protected]) IS AN ASSISTANT TEACHING PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU.

David F. Boone was born in Florida, the tenth of fourteen chil- Hank R. Smith grew up in as an instructor. He loves to teach dren (eleven boys and three girls). His master’s degree from BYU was in St. George, Utah. He received a from the scriptures, especially to history, emphasizing the pioneer frontier west. Later, he earned a doctor- bachelor’s degree in business admin- the youth and young adults of the ate in educational leadership and foundations. Research interests include istration from Dixie State Univer Church. He also enjoys consulting the Southern States Mission and LDS pioneering and colonization in the US sity (2002), his MBA (2005) from work with school districts and corpo- Southwest. A natural connection between the two diverse areas is that many Utah State University, and his PhD rations centered on creating a high Saints converted in the South, then immigrated to and colonized Arizona, New in educational leadership (2014) trust culture. He has addressed audi- Mexico, California, and neighboring states. He and Cathy Ellis have coedited from BYU. His studies focused on the ences in almost every state through Pioneer Women of Arizona, to be published in 2017 by the Religious Studies development of high trust educa- seminars and keynote speaking Center, containing more than two hundred sketches of pioneer women colo- tional organizations and their impact engagements. His outside interests nizers of Arizona Territory, including a few members of other faiths. Their on student achievement. Prior to include marathons, history books, and annotated biographies, coupled with notes, maps, and appendices, feature joining the religion faculty at BYU, hiking with his family. He and his information on geography, illnesses, and transportation. It includes frequent he worked for fourteen years with wife, Sara, are the parents of five chil- interaction with visiting Church leaders and Native Americans, chronicling Seminaries and Institutes of Religion dren and reside in Mapleton, Utah. everyday toils and blessings of pioneer life.

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Kalaupapa is a leveling experience: one crosses the bound- It also depicts how this sacred space touched people who aries of one’s own acknowledged beliefs and ethnicity into came into contact with this extraordinary community. The Mormon Experience in a larger realm of brotherhood and compassion. For it is in Kalaupapa where religious denominations and cultural Methodology divides vanish—where the love of God and mankind mani- The book relies heavily on primary historical sources so Kalaupapa fest themselves in a truly magnificent way. readers can capture the authentic, historical voice of the After over a decade of research, interviews, expe- past and, above all, the divine touch of Kalaupapa. To ditions, and contemplation, I believe I’ve unearthed ensure that this touch is experienced, the book includes the settlement’s secrets. It is the story of community—­ excerpts from scores of interviews to capture the BY FRED E. WOODS ([email protected]), A PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY AND DOCTRINE AT BYU. community unlike anywhere else in the world—not a messages of people from all walks of life who were deeply space divided by borders and barriers or fences and moved by the Kalaupapa experience either as patients in enclosures, but a place which beckons every race and the settlement or those who have visited this sacred turf. This article offers a glimpse into a fascinating religion, every color and creed. Kalaupapa is proof that story of a unique settlement on the Hawaiian island of community is possible, though not without price. The cost Themes of Charity, Service, and Community Moloka‘i known as Kalaupapa.1 Here, patients afflicted was ­suffering—suffering together. The charity and uncommon service rendered at with leprosy (now known as Hansen’s disease) were My experiences and research have prompted me to Kalaupapa is relevant in any age and serves as a reminder forced to separate from society; yet, working together, write the recently released book Kalaupapa: The Mormon of the importance of erecting bridges instead of barriers, they forged a loving, united community from which sacred Experience in an Exiled Community. This book reveals the finding common ground instead of a battleground, and in space emerged. impact the Kalaupapa community had on Mormon patients valuing one another regardless of ethnicity and religiosity. In 1969, the same year that Neil Armstrong took a who lived at or visited the settlement and reveals that their It provides a vivid illustration of the need for Latter- giant step onto the moon, the Hawai‘i Board of Health experiences were quite similar to others who had any day Saints and others to not only join hands, but to look finally made the move to permanently end the isolation of contact with this unique peninsula of sacred space, regard- outside the circle of their faith’s community to embrace all patients—but many chose to remain. This book helps less of race or religion. What makes this book unique is that the universal message to love one another, regardless explain why they wanted to stay and emphasizes the it is the first book ever written that emphasizes the Mormon of our differences. Such an ecumenical philosophy of Mormon experience encountered on that hallowed ground. experience at Kalaupapa whose LDS members made up inclusiveness seems to be desperately needed in a world In 1980, the US Department of the Interior and an average of about 10–20 percent of the total population that suffers from societal diseases such as selfishness, Kalaupapa peninsula. Courtesy of author. National Park Service established the Kalaupapa National of the patients during the time it was an active settlement. pride, bigotry, and prejudice. In addition, it is hoped that Historic Park to preserve the historic buildings and heri- ride down the highest sea cliffs in the world.2 At last we the message of the Kalaupapa community will serve as tage of this unique community. One of the stipulations of heard the thunderous pounding of the Pacific reverberat- a reminder of the acute need for each of us to generate creating the park was that patients would be able to live at ing against the northern coastline, and we inhaled deeply light instead of heat and to apply the Latin maxim: “In Kalaupapa as long as they wanted and that their lifestyle at our safe arrival. Our small caravan spilled us out onto the essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all and privacy would be protected. The year 2016 marked the flat four-mile terra firma peninsula that I would one things, charity.” the sesquicentennial of the moment when the first dozen day consider consecrated. “inmates” were outcast to this island prison. Note: The author also just published Reflections of Kalaupapa, which is a compilation of interviews and personal narratives he gathered over the I felt the tug of Kalaupapa long before I ever visited Scope of Documentary Efforts past decade. there. My wife, JoAnna, and I had been researching the Over the years, the phrase “Saints of Kalaupapa” has come Hawaiian Islands in preparation for a research and anni- to have a broader meaning for me, reaching beyond my 1. Kerri A. Inglis, Ma‘i Lepera: Disease and Displacement in Nineteenth- versary trip to O‘ahu in 2003. I asked her where she would view of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) who reside at the Century Hawai‘i (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press: 2013), xiii. In like to visit after my research was completed. “I don’t care settlement. I have often thought about the community as her dissertation, Inglis uses the strict definition of Makanalua for the peninsula of the north shore of Moloka‘i generally. However, I prefer whatever else we do, but we must visit Kalaupapa,” she a whole and the general composition of its inner goodness. to use the more commonly known name of Kalaupapa to refer to the said. As is our pattern, her impression set me on a decade- Among other things, I have learned that the literal transla- entire peninsula. long passion and changed our lives forever. tion of Kalaupapa may be rendered “flat plain” or “flat 2. These cliffs are nearly two thousand feet tall. It was high adventure just getting to that remote leaf.”3 In either case, I discovered through much reading, 3. Emmett Cahill, Yesterday at Kalaupapa (Honolulu: Editions Limited, 1990), 2. peninsula. The destination necessitated a precarious mule many interviews, and multiple firsthand encounters that Royal Portrait of King Kamehameha V. Photo retouched by JJ Williams.

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the council to be “The Kingdom of God and his Laws, with the keys and power thereof, and judgement in the hands of his servants. Ahman Christ.”3 The long-term goal of the council was to establish a A New Voice from the Past: government that would be prepared for Christ to assume the head of once he returned and began his millennial The Council of Fifty Minutes reign. The short-term goals surrounded organizing the electioneering efforts for Joseph Smith’s presidential By Gerrit J. Dirkmaat campaign and seeking out a place where the Saints could

GERRIT J. DIRKMAAT ([email protected]) IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHURCH move to set up their own government and flee persecution. Council of Fifty minute book. The council, for instance, initiated negotiations with HISTORY AND DOCTRINE AT BYU. Photos courtesy of Church History Library. President Sam Houston of the Republic of Texas in the spring of 1844. Houston for a time seemed to seriously consider allowing the tens of thousands of Mormons to settle in the sparsely populated west Texas. He saw the The council was to begin to establish the The publication of the Council of Fifty minute Yet by February 1844 Joseph had apparently already Mormons as a potential buffer to continual Mexican political kingdom of God on earth just as books by the Joseph Smith Papers Project is one of the made the decision that the Mormons needed to move military incursions and to the constant threat that Mexico the Church worked to bring to pass the most profound achievements of the years-long effort by the outside of the borders of the United States. His journal might settle its own internal political discord long enough religious purposes of God. Church History Department to make available to everyone all recorded, “I instructed the 12 to send out a delegation—& to mount a sustained campaign against the renegade of Joseph Smith’s papers. The Council of Fifty minutes have investigate the Locations of Californnia & oregon & find a province, whose independence they did not recognize. never before been published or made publicly available but good Location where we can remove after the Temple is The council also sent emissaries to negotiate with several William Clayton took careful minutes of the meeting, can now be accessed readily by both academics and inter- completed & build a city in a day and have a government different Indian tribes for two reasons. Not only were they and the resulting record is a treasure trove of statements ested Church members alike. Many nonacademics will likely of our own in a healthy climate.”1 considering settling on Indian land, at least temporarily, and insights from early Church leaders, including Joseph have never even heard of the Council of Fifty, for it was effec- but they also anticipated sweeping success spreading the Smith and Brigham Young. Joseph Smith, for instance, tively in operation in the Church for only a very brief time. gospel among the Indians as the latter embraced the Book spoke several times at length on the principles of religious By late 1843 and early 1844, it had become apparent to By late 1843 and early 1844, it had of Mormon as a story of their ancestors. freedom and admonished the men present to never allow Joseph Smith that the Latter-day Saints would not be able become apparent to Joseph Smith that to live peaceably inside the boundaries of the United States. the Latter-day Saints would not be able Mormons had been massacred and brutalized in Missouri to live peaceably inside the boundaries of in 1838 and had all of their property confiscated without Title page of the first remuneration. Efforts to obtain redress of their griev- the United States. minute book. ances were pursued at the local, state, and federal levels, with even the president of the United States refusing to A few weeks later, on 11 March 1844, Joseph Smith intervene on the Mormons’ behalf. In Nauvoo, the grow- organized the group that would come to be known as the ing Mormon population and their subsequent power were Council of Fifty. The council’s purpose was to “look to engendering the kind of anti-Mormon sentiment that had some place where we can go and establish a Theocracy led to the Missouri expulsion a few years earlier. Joseph either in Texas or Oregon or somewhere in California . . . Smith had personally written to the various presidential and [form] a constitution which shall be according to the hopefuls of the Democratic and Whig Parties, asking if they mind of God and erect it between the heavens and the would work on behalf of the Mormons to help them obtain earth where all nations might flow unto it.”2 The council the land taken from them. Each responded by stating they was to begin to establish the political kingdom of God on either could or would do nothing for the Mormons in their earth just as the Church worked to bring to pass the reli- plight. As a result, Joseph Smith declared himself a candi- gious purposes of God, preparatory to the millennial reign date for president in hopes that such a move might bring of Jesus Christ. During the second meeting of the council, more attention to their cause. Joseph Smith received a revelation declaring the name of

8 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW WINTER 2017 9 violence culminated in the assassination of Joseph and always at the mercy of the tolerance of the majority Hyrum Smith, something that William Clayton bitterly populations in New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. reflects upon in the book. He also narrates the events When antagonism led to violence, the Saints found that occurred leading up to their murders and provided time and again local and state authorities unwilling to a description he had garnered from eyewitnesses about intervene to protect them in their perceived rights and what occurred in Carthage Jail that day. This account is unwilling to fully allow the Mormons to defend them- a previously unknown description of the martyrdom of selves from such violence. That failure of democracy was Joseph and Hyrum Smith. poignantly visible as the bullet-ridden, murdered bodies After Joseph’s murder, the feeling among the council of Joseph and Hyrum Smith were returned in a wagon members that the Church must escape the boundaries of from Carthage only days after having surrendered to the the United States in order to have peace was only magni- governor’s troops with the promise that their lives would fied, and several of the men reflected bitterly on the loss be protected. As Clayton wrote in the minute book of the of their prophet and on the continued threats of violence. reaction to the murders, “I need not state the sorrow of John Taylor, himself savagely wounded in Carthage Jail this people when informed of the fact the following morn- while under the promised protection of the state of Illinois, ing. an universal feeling of gloom and anguish prevailed.”9 expressed his frustration, “In regard to the situation of the The Council of Fifty minutes published in world as it now exists I don’t care a damn because they are Administrative Records, Council of Fifty, Minutes, March as corrupt as the devil. We have no benifit from the laws 1844–January 1846 by The Joseph Smith Papers provides of the land. . . . Some cry out it will bring persecution, but readers insights into the personalities, fears, ideas, and they cannot lie about us, nor persecute us worse than they faith of the men in the council. The volume offers a Sample spread from the have done.” Fully supporting the plan to leave the nation rare look into the discussions and debates of prominent minute books. and find refuge, Taylor asserted, “We know we have no Church leaders during one of the most volatile periods of more justice here, no more than we could get at the gates early Church history. The volume will not only provide a of hell, and the only thing we have got to do is to take care better understanding of the events and decisions that led themselves to be intolerant of the religious views of others. of ourselves.”8 to the exodus from Nauvoo but also allow readers to better Well known for his willingness to allow pastors from other We know we have no more justice here, For many of these men and for many Mormons know the men involved in these meetings and feel in some religions to preach in Nauvoo and frustrated that their no more than we could get at the gates outside of the council, American democracy had failed measure their passions, their anxieties, and their desire to 10 religion had so often been maligned and attacked by bigots of hell, and the only thing we have got to them. As a despised minority group, the Mormons were build up the kingdom of God on earth. who refused to let them worship as they chose, Joseph Smith did not want such intolerance to ever manifest do is to take care of ourselves. 1. Andrew H. Hedges, Alex D. Smith. and Brent M. Rogers, eds., itself among Mormons building the kingdom of God. He Journals, Volume 3: May 1843–June 1844, 20 February 1844, 181. 2. Matthew J. Grow, Ronald K. Esplin, Mark Ashurst-McGee, Gerrit J. explained to the men, “When I have used every means On another occasion, Brigham Young gave a passion- Dirkmaat, and Jeffrey D. Mahas, eds., Council of Fifty, Minutes, March in my power to exalt a mans mind, and have taught him ate oration on the importance of accepting and following 1844–January 1846, 11 March 1844, 42. righteous principles to no effect [and] he is still inclined Joseph Smith as the prophet of the Church. In so doing, he 3. Ibid., 14 March 1844, 48. in his darkness, yet the same principles of liberty and taught a principle about the way revelation is given: “He 4. Ibid., 11 April 1844, 100. charity would ever be manifested by me as though he supposed there has not yet been a perfect revelation given, 5. Ibid., 97. 6. Ibid., 100. embraced it.”4 Joseph explained further that “God cannot because we cannot understand it, yet we receive a little 7. Ibid., 18 April 1844, 119. save or damn a man only on the principle that every man here and a little there. He should not be stumbled if the 8. Ibid., 1 March 1845, 264–65. acts, chooses and worships for himself.”5 One quality often prophet should translate the bible forty thousand times 9. Ibid., Events of June 1844, 204. manifested by Joseph was his love of people and how over and yet it should be different in some places every 10. The Religious Studies Center plans to publish in 2017 a collection of much he treasured friendship. At one point, in what could time, because when God speaks, he always speaks accord- essays examining how the Council of Fifty changes our understand- ing of Mormon history. This book will examine some of the key items be seen as a premonition of his own rapidly approaching ing to the capacity of the people.”7 covered in the minutes in a more digestible, narrative way. It is tenta- demise, Joseph said, “The only thing I am afraid of is, that The Council of Fifty minutes contain many discus- tively entitled Matthew J. Grow and R. Eric Smith, eds., The Council of I will not live long enough to enjoy the society of these my sions about methods and means of escaping the growing Fifty: What They Did and Why It Matters. friends as long as I want to.”6 violence and animosity directed toward the Church. That

10 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW WINTER 2017 11 In contrast to the notion that the Prophet trans- a proposed chronological lated the entire Book of Abraham (and more) in July outline of translation the book of abraham 1835, my research suggests that the historical record highlights two separate translation periods that Mindful of the range of divergent viewpoints, and a rather prob- produced the current Book of Abraham, one in 1835 lematic historical record, I offer a brief chronological translation and translating (Abraham 1:1–2:18) and the other in 1842 (Abraham outline informed by my own research: 2:19–5:21; see sidebar). Further light is shed on the situ- 1. Late June/Early July 1835. Joseph Smith purchased four ation when the 1835 Egyptian alphabet and grammar the sacred mummies and several papyrus rolls from Michael Chandler created by Joseph Smith and his scribes, are added to while living in Kirtland, Ohio. the discussion.2 2. Summer/Fall 1835. Joseph Smith translated Abraham BY BRIAN M. HAUGLID Another quite forceful thought has arisen out of 1:1–2:18, which produced three Abraham manuscripts this research—the Abraham and Egyptian documents (Abraham 1:1–2:18) and the Egyptian alphabet and grammar documents. provide excellent evidence for Joseph Smith following 3. Nearly seven years pass without any new translation activity BRIAN M. HAUGLID ([email protected]) IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU. the scriptural injunction to study questions out in his on the Book of Abraham. mind before receiving divine confirmation (D&C 9:8). 4. February 1842. Joseph returns to Abraham and begins proof- reading Abraham 1:1–2:18 in preparation for publication in the 9th number of the Times and Seasons. 5. March 1–4, 1842. Abraham 1:1–2:18 and Facsimile 1 are ore than 136 years ago, the Pearl of Great In recent years, the discussion of the translation of M published in the Times and Seasons. Price was formally accepted as canonical scripture during the Book of Abraham and its relationship to the papyri 6. March 8–9, 1842. Joseph translates Abraham 2:19–5:21 and the October 1880 general conference.1 Significantly, it purchased by Joseph Smith during the Kirtland period prepares the text for publication in the 10th number of the contains miscellaneous revelations and other documents has, to put it mildly, become quite polarized, and it has Times and Seasons. Joseph Smith received but were never canonized during become a challenge to the faith of many Latter-day 7. March 15–19, 1842. Abraham 2:19–5:21 and Facsimile 2 are published in the Times and Seasons. his lifetime. These revelations and other documents Saints. Manuscript copies of portions of the Book of 8. May 1842. Facsimile 3 is published in the Times and Seasons. directly related to his revision of the Bible (the Book of Abraham dating from the mid-1830s and 1842, the surviv- Moses and Joseph Smith—Matthew), his biographical ing fragmentary papyri, and the grammar and alphabet history (Joseph Smith—History), his correspondence with documents that the Prophet and his scribes produced, a newspaper editor (Articles of Faith), and his work on the present researchers and believers with a bewildering array Egyptian papyri he purchased in Kirtland, Ohio (Book of of questions: What is the relationship between the Book Abraham). of Abraham and the papyri? Did Joseph Smith translate Two new book projects, both involving BYU Religious characters directly from the papyri? Did the Prophet use Education faculty member Brian Hauglid, seek to engage the papyri primarily as a springboard to revelation? Were the growing interest in the historical and documentary translation aids such as the Urim and Thummim or seer evidence related to the Book of Abraham, as well as stone used in the translation process? If Joseph Smith searching for how the Book of Abraham came to be. The thought he was translating the papyri but he wasn’t, what, Line drawing of the second- first will be published as a part of the Joseph Smith Papers then, does Joseph Smith’s inspired translation process century BC Egyptian hypocephalus (i.e., under the head) upon which Project and is tentatively titled The Abraham/Egyptian really mean? Facsimile 2 is based. Joseph Smith Papers, Revelations and Translations, vol. 4 of The Joseph While these questions cannot be adequately (and his scribes) restored the missing portions from parts of other Smith Papers, ed. Brian M. Hauglid and Robin Scott Jensen addressed in this short note, here are a few brief insights I papyri fragments (see Egyptian (see article by Robin Scott Jensen). The second publica- have gained over the past ten years working on the physi- papyri 7 on page 15). Photos cour- tesy of Intellectual Reserve, Inc. tion, tentatively titled Mummies, Manuscripts, and Making cal evidence related to the coming forth of the Book of Scriptures: The History and Controversies of the Pearl Abraham. of Great Price, by Terryl Givens and Brian M. Hauglid, addresses the interpretive history of the book while What is the relationship between the building upon the publication of the Book of Abraham Book of Abraham and the papyri? documents.

12 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW WINTER 2017 13 In other words, to understand Joseph Smith’s role as a We need to keep in mind that unlike the Prophet’s manuscripts and documents associ- translator we must be willing to allow his (fallible) human- other translation projects the Book of Abraham is the only ated with the Book of Abraham will ness to be a necessary part of his prophetic gifts. Joseph one where we possess an original artifact (the papyrus), soon appear in print. New discoveries studied and reasoned, doing his part, allowing God to possible original documents (the surviving manuscripts), have already been made, and more inspire him in his weakness. This point should be foremost and the finished product (the published Book of Abraham). await the careful researcher. in our minds when we encounter ambiguities concerning With continued study of the physical evidence related to how the Abraham and Egyptian papers, and the papyri, the Book of Abraham, we hope to gain a greater under- 1. H. Donl Peterson, The Pearl of Great Price: relate to the translation of the Book of Abraham. standing of how Joseph approached the translation of A History and Commentary (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1987), 22–23. ancient artifacts, and in a positive turn of events, all of the 2. Brian M. Hauglid, A Textual History of the Book of Abraham: Manuscripts and Editions, Studies in the Book of Abraham, vol. 5 (Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship). Printing Plates of Facsimiles of Papyrus Drawings, Early 1842. Reuben Hedlock carved these lead plates for publication of the facsimiles in three sepa- rate installments of the Times and Seasons.

Egyptian papyri 7, MS #2339 (also known as Joseph Smith Papyri IV). Fragment from the second-century BC Book of the Dead of Ta-Sherit- Min. Bottom right image copied to restore missing upper right section (becoming figure 3) of Facsimile 2 (see image on page 13).

Egyptian Alphabet, JS and Oliver Cowdery Scribe, circa July–circa December 1835,” p. [1]. This document exhibits characters from the papy- rus and other (some unknown) sources and evidences a serious interest to connect the ancient Egyptian language to the pure Adamic language using a complex system where each character was given multiple hierar- chical meanings.

14 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW WINTER 2017 15 These manuscripts, perhaps more the joseph smith papers than any other work of Latter-day Saints scripture, provide insights and the book of abraham into how Joseph Smith proceeded when translating ancient records. BY ROBIN SCOTT JENSEN volume—have been of interest to scholars for several generations. In addition to these documents, manuscripts ROBIN SCOTT JENSEN ([email protected]) IS ASSOCIATE MANAGING HISTORIAN AND PROJECT ARCHIVIST, of the Book of Abraham from the Kirtland era as well JOSEPH SMITH PAPERS. as the Nauvoo era survive. These manuscripts, perhaps more than any other work of Latter-day Saints scripture, provide insights into how Joseph Smith proceeded when translating ancient records. These two sets of manu- In 1835, Joseph Smith and others purchased four the artifacts—they tried to decipher the ancient language. scripts—the language study documents and the Book of Egyptian mummies with two scrolls and other fragments Following a period of studying some of the papyri, Joseph Abraham documents—show a prophet and his associ- of ancient papyri. Around the time of the purchase, discov- dictated a manuscript containing the Book of Abraham, ates following precedents (that of translating the Book eries of Egyptian artifacts prompted an intense interest of which he believed was a translation of the papyri. While of Mormon, for instance) and the scriptural mandate to all things Egypt throughout Europe and America. While significant portions of the papyri collection are miss- “study it out in [their] mind[s]” (D&C 9:8). The resultant this widespread interest helped bring the mummies and ing, the extant papyri in fact contain relatively common publication of the Book of Abraham in 1842 prompted papyri to Kirtland, Ohio, it was Joseph’s own interest in Egyptian funerary texts. interest from Latter-day Saints throughout the country. ancient language that motivated the purchase. Joseph While it does not appear that Joseph Smith or For generations, the papyri, the various manuscripts likely sought out the artifacts in hopes of finding ancient his associates drew directly upon earlier scholarship of both the Egyptian language and the Book of Abraham, truths hidden in the writings. Once purchased, the regarding ancient Egypt, they shared with such scholars and the first published version of the Book of Abraham mummies and scrolls were displayed, and many reported assumptions about the Egyptian language. For instance, have either not been available, or their scarcity has seeing them in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. But Joseph they believed the language was mysterious, symbolic, and prevented thorough study (original copies of the Times Smith and his associates did more than display closely linked to Hebrew and and Seasons, for instance, are difficult to acquire). The other languages that reflected recent publication of these documents on the website of a more refined and “pure” the Joseph Smith Papers (http://www.josephsmithpapers. language. The documents org/intro/introduction-to-book-of-abraham-manuscripts) that were produced as part has already prompted discussion and scholarly inves- of Joseph Smith’s attempt tigation. An upcoming volume of the Revelations and to understand Egyptian—­ Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers coedited including those termed the by myself and BYU religion professor Brian M. Hauglid Alphabet documents and will offer readers not only the transcriptions and images the Grammar and Alphabet of each of these important Joseph Smith–era documents but also a thorough introduction and contextualization of Warren Parrish Copy of Abraham Manuscript, Fall 1835 [Abraham 1:4–2:2],” p. 3. Characters on this page drawn from the first line on the A Fragment from the Breathing them. Unanswered questions remain regarding the rela- Permit of Hor (also known as Joseph right column of the Breathing Permit of Hor fragment (see figure on page Smith Papyri XI). The first three lines tionships between and among the various manuscripts and 16). Photos courtesy of Intellectual Reserve, Inc. of the right column of this fragment regarding the assumptions Joseph and his associates had have been copied into the left margin of the three 1835 Abraham manuscripts while attempting to decipher Egyptian and while dictat- (Abraham 1:1-2:18). The copied charac- ing or copying the Book of Abraham. But the availability ters suggest that the Prophet and his of these documents will assist scholars in analyzing the scribes were working with this part of the papyrus (see image on page 17). revelatory process of Joseph Smith.

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After it was published, they invited The Community of Christ me to attend the John Whitmer Historical Association conference to participate in a session called “The and Other Restoration Author Meets His Critics.” I went out there pretty nervous about the whole Movements thing, but my wife and I had such a good experience and made so many By Keith J. Wilson, Richard G. Moore, and Devan Jensen friends that we have continued to attend the conference each year since KEITH J. WILSON ([email protected]) IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU. then. Eventually, I was asked to be RICHARD G. MOORE ([email protected]) IS A RETIRED SEMINARIES AND INSTITUTES INSTRUCTOR, AUTHOR on the board of directors of the John OF KNOW YOUR RELIGIONS, VOL. 2: A COMPARATIVE LOOK AT MORMONISM AND THE COMMUNITY OF Whitmer Historical Association, and CHRIST, AND A RICHARD L. EVANS FELLOW OF RELIGIOUS OUTREACH. have been serving on that board for the past two years. That was how I DEVAN JENSEN ([email protected]) IS EXECUTIVE EDITOR AT BYU. became involved with Community of Christ. It was about a year after my first JWHA conference that Keith Left to right: First Counselor of the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ with Fred Larson, a literal descendant of Joseph Smith Jr., attending the Book of Mormon Conference at the LDS stake center. came to my office and said, “Do you want to go out to a Book of Mormon conference in Independence?” And W: What happened was they galva- to secondary leadership. And what that is when I got involved with the nized around the principle of lineal happened then was that these other Restorationists. succession through Joseph Smith III. secondary administrators often were His son and second president was not well grounded in the Restoration, J: For our readers, can you help us Fredrick Madison Smith. But then and some even had Protestant understand some of the sweeping Fredrick Madison did not have any backgrounds and leanings. They changes that have taken place? Just male heirs, so they followed the Smith then began to introduce Protestant a thumbnail sketch of some of these lineage laterally, and they appointed doctrine back into the RLDS Church.

Speakers at the annual Book of Mormon Conference held at the Remnant Church in Independence, Missouri. Those in attendance included 350 changes? Frederick’s younger brother Israel. In the ’60s the Church rewrote the members from six or seven different branches of the Mormon faith. Photos courtesy of Keith J. Wilson. M: I’ll start. I think that most LDS But Israel didn’t have capable male Articles of Faith and republished Church members are at least aware descendants, so they passed the them. During this time the leader­ of the Reorganized Church of Jesus leadership to a younger half brother ship even had some Protestant Christ of Latter Day Saints, now from Joseph III’s third wife. This was theologians come from a seminary in their symposia. They have a group to BYU. I asked, “Rich, do you want to called Community of Christ, which not a polygamous wife but simply a Kansas City and doctrinally instruct Jensen: How did you get that had coalesced around the Book go to Independence with me?” and he had its beginnings in the 1850s but marriage after the deaths of his first the First Presidency and Quorum of involved with the Community of Mormon and keeping the Book of said yes. Rich, had you been involved didn’t officially become an orga- two wives. Twelve! So lots of changes came into of Christ and Restorationist Mormon strong amongst their follow- in RLDS studies up to that time? nized church until April 6, 1860, What happened then was that the church through this impetus of movements? ing, so I thought, “You know, this is Moore: Yes, I wrote a book with Joseph Smith III as its presi- the line of descent diffused some, and these outside sources. By the time Wilson: I wrote a question to good outreach.” I asked one of my comparing the Community of dent. Over the years it grew through men who never dreamed that they you get to Wallace B. Smith, who was someone online with a website. I other colleagues, and he said yes at Christ and the LDS Church, and missionary efforts, and branches were would ever be in church leader- the grandson of Joseph Smith III, he asked about the different dissenting first, but then he withdrew. I thought, I had received a lot of help from established in the United States and ship were called to be in the First introduced in 1984 the revelation RLDS groups and the Community “Who can I get that would be willing?” Community of Christ scholars and in many parts of the world. But about Presidency and eventually became extending the priesthood to worthy of Christ. This individual started I went down the hall, and there was leaders because I had some of them mid-twentieth century, their leader- the President of the Church. Feeling women. This action produced the to correspond with me, and before Rich Moore. He was here as a semi- go over each chapter to make sure ship began to make some significant very inadequate, these leaders natu- first of many fractures in the RLDS long he invited me to speak at one of nary and institute instructor on loan I was representing them correctly. changes. rally delegated lots of responsibility Church.

18 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW WINTER 2017 19 By 1990 it became really intense, But we seem to have moved past that, W: Mine has been just a little differ- of different Restorationist beliefs, all and some of these dissenting and now we’ve become pretty good ent tack because I am associated with joined together—some people who members started to form different friends with people from the various the university still full time and can’t would have never entered an LDS groups. In the ’90s and the early groups. My basic goal is just to open go out and do the kinds of things that Church door before that time. 2000s, you have three major groups up lines of communication so that Rich has been able to do. Mine has forming. The first is a group that we have a better understanding and been to use the resources of BYU— J: So really we’re talking about, in coalesced around the powers vested appreciation of each other, to develop particularly Religious Education—but a big sense, mending some fences in the elders of the church, and associations and friendships. We have all scholars in the Church who have that have been in need of repair for they took the title of Conference more in common than we have differ- written quality materials on the Book some time. And you are also build- of Restoration Elders. The second ences. We recognize and are aware of Mormon, and I share those materi- ing friendships that will produce major group formed about 2001 when of the differences, but we don’t focus als with the goal of strengthening fruits. Fred Larson, a maternal descendant on them. We focus on the similarities their belief in the Book of Mormon. W: Yes. The fences quite honestly of Joseph III, formed the Remnant of our beliefs and the common goals So that’s been very fun to do because began right back in the nineteenth Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day we all have. This has made for really we have so much that’s cutting-edge century with Brigham Young and Saints. And finally in 2005 a group warm relationships, not only with information. We’ve been able to take Emma Smith. And it was very difficult emerged out of a collection of inde- the various independent restoration some of our colleagues and, they have Robert Millet speaking at the annual Book of Mormon Conference held at the Remnant Church in for the first one hundred years, you Independence, Missouri. pendent branches that formerly were churches, but also with members of been well received. When Rich and know. members of the RLDS Church. Today Community of Christ. Keith and I I presented at our first conference, M: Several years ago, I attended they are known as the JCRB, or Joint are part of a group that meets with all the other groups were watch- the Joseph Smith Senior–Lucy Mack Council of Restoration Branches. Community of Christ leaders and ing closely as to whether or not we Smith Family Reunion. Neither my scholars in an ongoing dialogue to would teach the “Brigham version” of wife nor I are members of the Smith J: What is your interaction with improve the relationship between the Mormonism. We did well in that first family, but we were invited to attend these Restoration movements? two churches. encounter. Afterwards in the foyer, a the family reunion with them in What are your goals and hopes? We have also made friends in lady came up to me and said they had Independence. The family consists M: Well, I think when we attended other schisms of the church founded been thinking, “Oh no, here come the of members of various Restoration our first Book of Mormon conference by Joseph Smith. For example, within Mormons, and what are they going churches, but they are united as one in Independence and became friends the Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) to do?” And they liked us because we family. On a Saturday morning, there with people from other Restoration and the Church of Jesus Christ didn’t really teach them about our was a meeting where Lachlan Mackay churches, suddenly, for me, it was (Bickertonite), we have some very particular brand of the Restoration (currently an Apostle in Community this realization that there are people good friends. My wife and I went to but talked just about the Book of of Christ) and I were the speakers. I outside The Church of Jesus Christ Independence about a year ago and Mormon. To this day, every time we spoke about Emma and Brigham, and of Latter-day Saints who are firm spent an entire month there for the have a great Book of Mormon sympo- I was nervous because there are still

believers in the Book of Mormon, sole purpose of building relation- sium back there, they always come Roundtable discussion at the Independence Stake Center. Those present include Restorationists, some sensitive feelings there. After who are believers in Joseph Smith, ships and making friends. We went up and say, “You know, we have our Community of Christ Scholars, LDS scholars, Baptist pastors and Book of Mormon enthusiasts. the meeting, a woman who was the who are believers in the Restoration, out with no particular plan and not differences, but when we are together descendant of Emma came up and and are very faithful, good people. knowing beforehand the things which we feel the Spirit so much, and we conference, but I conducted the just shook my hand and said that she We started associating with them, we should do, you know?1 But we just love that.” That is so exhila- M: One of the most spiritual experi- meetings. The speakers were all very agreed with everything I said, and thinking, “There have been such bad were busy every day, involved with rating to have them feel the Spirit ences of my entire life took place at good. Brother Robert Millet was the that it was just right. Just right. I was feelings for so many years—such bad many different groups. And we have through the Book of Mormon, and it a Book of Mormon conference. We concluding speaker, and his words so relieved. These kinds of things blood; and this should not be the made some really good friends. That becomes a common bridge for all. We met on a Friday night in the historic truly brought us all together. The open up communication and friend- case.” For example, when we were has been my major focus—just the obviously still have our individual Stone Church (RLDS), and the next Spirit was so strong that when the ships. Perhaps the first time when first invited to go back and speak, relationship building and the tearing differences, but we have much more night we met in our LDS stake center. congregation sang the closing hymn something like this happened was there were people from a number down of walls that have separated us and in common, and we celebrate that The LDS stake center is just across with the choir, which was “The Spirit when we first spoke at the Book of of groups that said they would not for many years. when we are together. the road from the Community of of God,” I was overcome. I looked Mormon Conference. Keith and I attend if there were LDS people there. Christ . I didn’t speak at the around that room filled with people and others spoke in the Remnant

20 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW WINTER 2017 21 our purpose is so well served if we J: So, in a sense, as our readers my own personal commitment to the Community of Christ view the Book keep as our main objective to witness would perhaps suggest, our flock is gospel. of Mormon as true but not factual. For of the Book of Mormon and let the much bigger than we think of, with The Community of Christ them, scripture is anything that lifts Book of Mormon convert people the Shepherd at the center, and officially still considers the Book of and that helps you to feel the Spirit. as it will. Let it take them where it there are many, many flocks that Mormon as one of their standard So we do have differences there, but takes them, because I just believe are out there worshipping him. works. They have the Bible, the Book where we have our commonalities, that as Joseph Smith said, a man M: That is a good way to put it. My of Mormon, and the Doctrine and that is where we build. will get nearer to God by abiding by involvement with other churches has Covenants. It is likely that many of its precepts than any other book. So increased my faith in the Lord and his their leaders do not believe that the J: Let’s close with one last thought we don’t have to have a reconcilia- love for all of us. We are all children Book of Mormon is a translation of an that you would like to share. tion of the churches in order for this of God. There are some tremen- ancient record. They see it as more W: I have been touched and outreach to be extremely successful. dously faithful people in these other of a creation of Joseph Smith. But continue to be touched by the good- churches; devout in their faith. It is there is no official stand taken on this, ness of these people. They really J: I think it is an important point an everyday thing, not a Sunday only so members are welcome to believe are not only our cousins in terms of that you’re basically trying to rein- thing. They go to church on Sunday, what they want. This is troubling to our religious faith, but they are our force their testimony of the Book but they also go to Wednesday night some of the other Restoration groups brothers and sisters, and I want to of Mormon and then allow them to testimony meetings every week, and who still have a firm belief in the do anything I can to support them in make the decisions that will lead they have study sessions together. plates and the antiquity of the Book of their faith in the Restoration. I just them. When my wife and I were there, we Mormon. feel like it is such a privilege to be at W: For the longest time in the met with a group that studies the BYU with all our resources and to be Church, we have espoused the idea Book of Mormon every week in a J: So what you’re saying is even able to extend just a hand of support. that if you believe in the Book of lady’s home. We had the chance to though the larger Community of And I’m grateful for these core things Mormon it will testify simultaneously meet with them and study with them. Christ doesn’t accept that that way, that unite us and that give us our of the Prophet Joseph Smith and of These are some good and sincere there are individuals in each of common beliefs. Literal descendant of Joseph Smith Jr. holding a first edition copy of the Book of Mormon for the the truthfulness of LDS Church. That people. It has caused me to examine those traditions who say, “Hey, I M: I have been sincerely surprised first time. His name is also Joseph Smith. works in most parts of the world, but still believe this is what it says it is.” at the direction my life has taken in Church’s gathering place. After my work or involve other people in this it does not work in Independence, W: And plenty of people who are the last few years. I did not see any presentation, there was a break. As I work? Missouri, because there are a lot of still affiliated with the Community of of this coming. I am so thankful to walked off the stand, a man came up W: We want to continue our Book of Mormon believers of differ- Christ themselves (not just the break- Keith for inviting me to go with him to me quickly. He approached and outreach. In fact, we have been on ent stripes in that area. So I think we off groups) still believe, and they will and I am also grateful for my involve- got right in my face so quickly that it the phone today organizing this have to go beyond the belief that the come to these sessions. We have had ment with JWHA and being part of almost scared me. He said, “You are a next year’s conference, and we want Book of Mormon is simply testify- an Apostle from the Community of BYU’s Office of Religious Outreach. Brighamite! I am a Josephite.” Then to reach as many of these Book of ing of the Church, and we have to Christ speak at these sessions. So this My wife and I count these things he paused and said, “But today I call Mormon believing groups as we can. go to that concept that the Book of outreach is just all about whether or as tremendous blessings. To a great you brother,” and he shook my hand. It is rather challenging, I can tell you, Mormon is bringing people to Christ. not you accept the Book of Mormon extent, we feel that this is part of It was great moment. because they also have feelings about And somehow I believe deeply that as scripture and with that as a basis, our life’s mission right now. And I the other groups, and there is sense of he will mend our differences during then, we push forward. And even if still can’t get over the fact that our J: Fantastic. Well, now that we territorialism. So we want to involve the latter stages of the Restoration. they don’t accept the historicity of involvement with people of the vari- have established what friendships as many of those as we can. And there And I don’t have to worry about the Book of Mormon, we still believe ous Restoration churches has resulted you’re forming, where do you see are ten or fifteen possible groups right whether or not their name appears that as scripture, it will bless their in not just acquaintances but deep this going from here? I mean, it’s in the Independence area. Some are on our membership rolls in order to lives. For us there are some real friendships. That is such a blessing hard to anticipate what will happen, quite small, and the larger groups are really minister and try to just extend inconsistencies to have the scriptures to us. but do you have any feeling of what not really wild about taking on some resources about the truthfulness of yet to not accept them as histori- can happen in the next few years? small group that might be seen as sort the Book of Mormon to them. cal; the book becomes almost like 1. See 1 Nephi 4:6. Maybe continue the same kind of of a fringe element. But I think that Joseph Smith III. uplifting literature to us. Many in the

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COLLABORATING WITH OTHER FACULTY The Book of Mormon While no one has a PhD in Book of , the Religious Education faculty comprises experts in many different fields. One of the purposes of BOMA is Academy at Brigham to bring together scholars of different skills and areas of expertise that also share a common interest in the Book Young University of Mormon, creating what a BOMA pamphlet calls “a supportive and collegial environment where fellows of the By Tyler Balli Academy can exchange ideas and information about the Book of Mormon.” Dr. Olson described the different areas TYLER BALLI ([email protected]) IS A HISTORY MAJOR AT BYU. of expertise that members of the academy bring from their graduate studies, “such as Hebrew, biblical stud- ies, Mesoamerican studies, nineteenth-century American literature, pedagogy, instructional design, philosophy, and New Testament studies.” This diversity among members A bout three years ago, influential Book of assistant professor in the Ancient Scripture Department. allows them to bring together their expertise and provide Title page of a first edition of the Book of Mormon. Mormon scholars from Brigham Young University were His duties as chair included facilitating, supporting, and to their audience fuller and deeper scholarship about in the midst of concluding their careers. With the pros- encouraging periodic meetings among members in which many aspects of the Book of Mormon, from the theologi- pect of these scholars’ departure, Drs. Robert L. Millet, they could discuss collaborative projects, develop new cal interpretation of a passage of scripture to the historical Dr. John Hilton III, the current chair of the academy, Paul Y. Hoskisson, Dennis L. Largey, and Camille Fronk methods of teaching their Book of Mormon classes, and context surrounding the translation process. mentioned that one of the questions that members of Olson discovered a need for a formal organization, the listen to lectures given by Book of Mormon researchers. A current BOMA project is a perfect example of the academy have asked themselves is “How do [we] talk Book of Mormon Academy (BOMA), that encouraged The organizational structure and support provide what the kind of in-depth, collaborative, and multifaceted about potentially difficult issues with students?” Students, and supported a rising generation of Book of Mormon Dr. Kerry Hull, the second chair of BOMA and a professor scholarship the academy is capable of. The project is a who have easy access to mountains of information that researchers at BYU. The work of these researchers would of ancient scripture, described as “a training ground for book-length volume that focuses exclusively on Abinadi, could potentially challenge their faith in the Book of ultimately benefit the general membership of the Church, the group to increase their knowledge in areas of Book of which the Religious Studies Center will publish in Mormon, will no doubt have many questions for profes- providing members with accessible, first-rate resources Mormon research,” further elevating scholars’ research. 2018. The book capitalizes on the strengths and areas of sors teaching them about the Book of Mormon. Dr. Olson that would deepen their understanding of the Book expertise of each contributing author, delving deep into said, “Whether the questions be on Book of Mormon of Mormon. Abinadi’s relatively short appearance among the people history, doctrine, translation, languages, the authors Dr. Olson hoped that this organization would help of King Noah. It uses several different lenses to provide and abridgers, or the various arguments for and against faculty members “grow deep roots in Book of Mormon new insight and understanding, including literary, intra- the Book of Mormon’s authentic ancient voice, we want scholarship.” She said, “Because there is no postdoctoral textual, intertextual, cultural, historical, and theological to support members of the academy with the needed program at any university for our faculty to attend to perspectives. resources to be equipped to answer accurately, faithfully, achieve content mastery on the Book of Mormon, and and appropriately.” because the faculty who achieved such mastery over HELPING STUDENTS OF THE BOOK OF MORMON The translation process of the Book of Mormon might twenty years ago were retired, we wanted to offer a Ultimately, the biggest beneficiaries of Book of Mormon be one of those potentially difficult issues, and members professional-development venue to select faculty with expertise among BYU faculty are the general members of of the academy have recently accomplished excellent serious interest in Book of Mormon studies.” The acad- the Church. The aims of the academy state the organiza- work on that topic. For example, in 2015, Dr. Michael H. emy seeks to be a resource for faculty members, asking tion’s desire to “facilitate effective teaching of the Book MacKay coauthored From Darkness unto Light: Joseph them, “How can we help you in your academic career if of Mormon” and to have its members “be better able to Smith’s Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon, you want to specialize in Book of Mormon research and provide students with a rigorous examination of the Book and this past year he and Dr. Nicholas J. Frederick teaching?” Dr. Olson said that members “could elect self- of Mormon.” Dr. Olson added further, “We want to encour- (another BOMA member) authored Joseph Smith’s Seer directed agendas, collaborate with others on projects, or age Book of Mormon expertise among academy members Stones, which Deseret Book has listed as one of its best- invite experts in Book of Mormon scholarship to instruct that will equip us to respond to questions and needs selling books from 2016.1 Highlighting the importance of them.” The first chair of the academy (a rotating positon among our students and within the Church if and when Dr. MacKay’s and Dr. Frederick’s work, Dr. Hilton said Restored translation table that Joseph Smith used in his home to trans- that periodically changes) was Dr. Shon D. Hopkin, an late the Book of Mormon. Photo by Alexander L. Baugh. we are called.” that “those [books discuss] topics that could easily come

24 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW WINTER 2017 25 book of mormon academy notes faculty and staff Current Members of the Book of Mormon Academy SELECTED RECENT FACULTY ———, Vrydaghs, L., Mercer, T., Pearce, Autobiographical Stories from the Shon Hopkin, Amy Easton-Flake, Tyler Griffin, Kerry Hull, Nick PUBLICATIONS M., Snyder, S., Lisztes-Szabó, Lives of the Prophets (American Frederick, Michael MacKay, Joseph Spencer, Mark Wright, Alford, Kenneth L. “Organizing the Z., Pető, A. “A Morphometric Fork, UT: Covenant Publications, John Hilton III Church in Afghanistan.” In The Study of Variance in Articulated 2016). Worldwide Church, edited by Dendritic Phytolith Wave Blumell, Lincoln H. “P. Birmingham Goodman and Properzi, 50–70. Lobes within Selected inv. 317: An Addendum to ———, and Craig K. Manscill. “Hyrum Species of Triticeae and the Fourth-Century Bishops MOVING FORWARD Smith’s Liberty Jail Letters.” In Aveneae.” Vegetation History of Oxyrhynchus.” Journal of Moving forward, the Book of Mormon Academy is now Foundations of the Restoration, and Archaeobotany, 2016. DOI Juristic Papyrology 44 (2016): trying to publish more of the products of their scholarship edited by Ostler, MacKay, and 10.1007/s00334-015-0551-x. 75–83. and collaboration, extending its influence beyond BYU’s Gardner, 189–206. Baugh, Alexander L. “The History ———. “Two Greek Letters from the campus. “As we produce teaching resources, we hope ———, and John Hilton III. “Have and Doctrine of the Adam-ondi- Petrie and Harris Collections.” that those will be useful for gospel teachers outside of You Considered Using Open Ahman Revelation (D&C 116).” Analecta Papyrologica 27 (2016): BYU, such as gospel doctrine instructors and S&I faculty,” Textbooks?” Teaching Professor In Foundations of the Restoration, 19–27. Dr. Hopkin said. One such resource that the academy is 30, no. 7 (August/September edited by Ostler, MacKay, and ———. “A New Jewish Epitaph The Grandin Smith Press that was used to print the first edition of the currently working on is an annotated bibliography of what 2016), 4–5. Gardner, 157–87. Commemorating Care for Book of Mormon in 1930. Photo by Brent R. Nordgren. Dr. Hull called “must-read sources” for those interested in ———. Review of Sherman Fleek, ———. “The Testimonies of the Book Orphans.” Journal for the scholarly studies about the Book of Mormon. Saints of Valor: Mormon Medal of Mormon Witnesses.” In A Study of Judaism in the Persian, up in the first two or three periods in a Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon is more than a topic of academic of Honor Recipients. In Journal Reason for Faith, edited by Hales, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods class that would be important for teachers to give a faith- and spiritual interest. The Prophet Joseph Smith once of Mormon History 42, no. 4 46–58. 47 (2016): 310–29. ful, scholarly, and accurate response to.” called the Book of Mormon “the key stone of our reli- (October 2016): 208–12. Bennett, Richard E. “From Calvary ———. “Christian Amulet Containing Dr. Frederick has also done extensive research on the gion.”2 About 140 years later, President Ezra Taft Benson ———. “Review of John Gary Maxwell, to Cumorah: What Mormon a Doxology with Sketches on presence of the New Testament in the Book of Mormon, expounded upon that statement, calling it “the keystone in The Civil War Years in Utah: The History Means to Me.” In Let the Back.” Proceedings of the which Dr. Hilton called “another important issue for our witness of Christ . . . , the keystone of our doctrine . . . , Kingdom of God and the Territory Us Reason Together, edited by 27th International Congress of students to recognize and grapple with.” Dr. Hilton also [and] the keystone of testimony.”3 If this book of scripture That Did Not Fight.” BYU Studies Fluhman and Top, 81–94. Papyrology, Warsaw, 29 July–3 described how Dr. Frederick presented his findings to truly is a keystone of everything that the Prophet Joseph Quarterly 55, no. 4 (2016): Black, Sharon, Brad Wilcox, and August 2013. Vol. 2: Subliterary the academy and then members collectively discussed Smith and President Benson said, then it needs to be a 197–200. Kyle Lyons, “Book of Mormon Papyri. Documentary Papyri. how to use this research effectively in the classroom and preeminent focus of our study and our scholarship. The See copublications with Barbara Citations in General Conferences, Scribal Practices, Linguistic “share it in a meaningful way with students.” This process Book of Mormon Academy is playing an important role in Morgan Gardner and John 1965–2014.” Religious Educator 17, Matters, 745–54. Warsaw: is invaluable. After all, these scholars don’t just spend BYU’s focus on this keystone, helping faculty, as Dr. Olson Hilton III. no. 3 (2016): 171–87. The Raphael Taubenschlag their time poring over dusty records in archives; they said, to “think deeply about the Book of Mormon as more Ball, Terry B., A. Davis, R. R. ———, Brad Wilcox, Wendy Baker Foundation, 2016. have the opportunity to influence and shape the views of than simply one of our core classes that we teach”—which Evett, J. L. Ladwig, M. Tromp, Smemoe, and Bruce L. Brown. ——— (with Erik O. Yingling). “A hundreds of students over the course of their careers. And is indeed a worthy goal. W. A. Out, and M. Portillo. “Absence of ‘Joseph Smith’ in the New Coptic Epitaph from the as Dr. Olson said, “Our students should enjoy the fruits “Morphometric Analysis of Book of Mormon: Lack of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian of professors who can answer their questions based on 1. “Best Books of 2016,” Deseret Book, accessed 17 January 2017, https:// Phytoliths: Recommendations Name Letter Effect in Nephite, Archaeology.” Bulletin of the deseretbook.com/t/best-of-2016. reputable sources.” Dr. Hopkin believes that teaching BYU towards Standardization from Lamanite, and Jaredite Names.” American Society of Papyrologists 2. Wilford Woodruff’s Journals, vol. 2, 1 January 1841 to 31 December students more expertly will benefit more people than just 1845, ed. Scott G. Kenney (Midvale, UT: Signature Books, 1983), 139. the International Committee Religious Educator 17, no. 2 53 (2016): 189–198. the students themselves: “We hope that teaching BYU 3. “The Book of Mormon—Keystone of Our Religion,” Ensign, November for Phytolith Morphometrics.” (2016): 37–55. ——— (with Thomas A. Wayment). students as effectively as possible will have a ripple effect 1986, 5. Journal of Archaeological Science Black, Susan Easton, and “The ‘Number of the Beast’: as those students later become gospel teachers.” 68 (April 2016): 106–11. Mary Jane Woodger, In Early Christian Isopsephies Their Own Words: Inspiring and Revelation 13:18.” In Book

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of Seven Seals: The Peculiarity Esplin, Scott C. Review of By Study The First Vision, a Pattern ______, and Jodi Magness, Shua and Interfaith Work at BYU.” In Review of Research on Efficacy of Revelation, Its Manuscripts, and Also by Faith: One Hundred for Spiritual Learning.” In Kisilevitz, Dennis Mizzi, and Let Us Reason Together, edited by and Perceptions.” Educational Attestation, and Transmission, ed. Years of Seminaries and Institutes Foundations of the Restoration, Karen Britt. “Huqoq—2015: Fluhman and Top, 291–310. Technology Research and Thomas J. Kraus and Michael of Religion. Religious Educator 17, edited by Ostler, MacKay, and Preliminary Report.” Excavations ———. “The Freeze and the Thaw: Development, 64, no. 4 (2016): Sommer, 119–35. Tübingen: Mohr no. 3 (2016): 189–93. Gardner, 65–80. and Surveys in Israel (Hadashot The LDS Church and the State 573–90. Siebeck, 2016. ———. “‘Good Citizens of Our ———, and Kenneth L. Alford. “Using Arkheologiyot) 128 (2016). Online. in Ghana of the 1980s.” In The ———. “What Shall I Do?” Ensign, Chadwick, Jeffrey R. “Archaeology.” Adopted Country’: The Juárez Interviews to Assess and Mentor Griffiths, Casey Paul. “‘A Covenant Worldwide Church, edited by March 2016, 20–22. In A Bible Reader’s History of the Academy and Latter-day Students.” Teaching Professor 30, and a Deed Which Cannot Be Goodman and Properzi, 21–46. ———, and Brady Liu. “‘This Is Ancient World, edited by Jackson, Saint Globalization through no. 9 (2016): 6–7. Broken’: The Continuing Saga of ———. Review of Randall Balmer and Very Historic’: The Young 14–26. Education.” In The Worldwide Goodman, Michael A. “Religious Consecration.” In Foundations of Jana Riess, Mormonism and Ambassadors 1979 Tour of China. ———. “Jericho—Archaeology” and Church, edited by Goodman and and Cultural Influences Faced the Restoration, edited by Ostler, American Politics. BYU Studies BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 3 “Jerusalem—Archaeology,” in The Properzi, 379–400. by the First LDS Missionary MacKay, and Gardner, 121–37. Quarterly 55, no. 3 (2016): 187–92. (2016): 134–64. Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its ———. “‘You Can Make Your Own in Thailand.” In Goodman and ———, and E. Dale LeBaron. Hedges, Andrew H. “Extradition, ———, Barbara Illowsky, Justin Reception (EBR), vol. 13, ed. Dale Bright Future, Tom Trails’: Properzi, The Worldwide Church, “Perspectives from the Global the Mormons, and the Election Whiting and J. Dale Ackerman. C. Allison Jr. et al., 956–58 and Evaluating the Impact of the 95–118. Expansion of Latter-day Saint of 1843.” Journal of the Illinois “Examining Student Perception 1002–32, respectively. Berlin: De LDS Indian Seminary Program.” ———, and Mauro Properzi, eds. The Religious Education.” Religious State Historical Society 109, no. 2 of an Open Statistics Book.” Open Gruyter, 2016. Journal of Mormon History 42, no. Worldwide Church: Mormonism Educator 17, no. 2 (2016): 119–37. (Summer 2016): 127–47. Praxis 8, no. 3 (2016): 265–77. Grow, Matthew J., Ronald K. Esplin, 4 (October 2016): 172–207. as a Global Religion. Provo, UT: ———, Scott C. Esplin, and E. Vance ———. “News from Salt Lake, 1847– ———, Kenneth Plummer, Ben Fryar, Mark Ashurst-McGee, Gerrit J. ______. “Preserving a Common History: Religious Studies Center; Salt Randall. “‘The Glory of God 1849.” Utah Historical Quarterly and Ryan S. Gardner. “Comparing Dirkmaat, and Jeffrey D. Mahas, Property Transactions in Nauvoo Lake City: Deseret Book, 2016. Is Intelligence’: Exploring the 84, no. 3 (Summer 2016): 216–35. Spiritual Outcomes between “Minutes of the Afternoon between the Latter-day Saint ______. “Introduction: The Worldwide Foundations of Latter-day Saint ———. “Thomas Ford and Joseph Students in One General Meeting of the Council of Fifty, and Reorganized Latter Day Reach of Mormonism.” In The Religious Education,” Religious Smith, 1842–1844.” Journal Education Distance Religion April 11, 1854,” BYU Studies Saint.” (Community of Christ) Worldwide Church, ed. Goodman Education 111, no. 2 (2016): of Mormon History 42, no. 4 Course with Students in the Quarterly 55, no. 3 (2016): 23–33. Churches,” John Whitmer and Properzi, vii–xii. 153–69. (October 2016): 97–124. Same Face-to-Face Course.” ———, Administrative Records: Council Historical Association Journal ______. Taking the Fear Out of Halverson, Taylor, and Griffin, ———, Rachel Cope, Gerrit J. Religion & Education 43, no. 1 of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844– 36, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2016): Dating, Michael Goodman, Tyler J. Millions Shall Know Dirkmaat, and Thomas A. (2016): 95–116. January 1846 (Salt Lake City: 95–109. Ensign, April 2016, 18–21. Brother Joseph Again: Daily Wayment. “Discussing Difficult ———, Lane Fischer, David Wiley, and Church Historian’s Press, 2016). Fluhman, J. Spencer, and Brent L. Grey, Matthew. Review of Pieter W. Inspiration from the Prophet Topics: Plural Marriage.” Linda Williams, “Maintaining Devos, Y., Nicosia, C., Vrydaghs, L., Top, eds. Let Us Reason Together: van der Horst, Studies in Ancient Joseph Smith. Salt Lake City: Religious Educator 17, no. 1 (2016): Momentum Toward Graduation: Speleers, L., van der Valk, Jan., Essays in Honor of the Life’s Work Judaism and Early Christianity Deseret Book, 2016. 11–21. OER and the Course Throughput Marinova, E., Claes, B., Albert, of Robert L. Millet. Provo, UT: (Leiden: Brill, 2014). In Review of Hauglid, Brian, Mark Wright, Hilton, John, III. “Helping Students Rate,” International Review of R. M., Esteban, I., Ball, Terry B., Religious Studies Center; Salt Biblical Literature (2015). Online. Joseph Spencer, and Janiece Study the Scriptures.” Religious Research on Distance and Open Court-Picon, M., Degraeve, A. Lake City: Deseret Book, 2016. ———. “Roman Palestine after Herod Johnson. “A Book of Mormon Educator 17, no. 1 (2016): 109–19. Learning 17, no. 6 (2016): 1–10. 2016. “An Integrated Study of Frederick, Nicholas J. The Bible, the Great.” In Jackson, A Bible Perspective.” Journal of Book of ———. “The LDS Church in Taiwan: ———, and Anthony Sweat. Q&A, Dark Earth from the Alluvial Mormon Scripture, and the Reader’s History of the Ancient Mormon Studies 25 (2016): 13–19. The First Three Years.” Mormon Deseret Book (Salt Lake City), Valley of the Senne River Rhetoric of Allusivity. Teaneck, World, 336–49. Haws, J. B. “The Romney Lens: A Historical Studies 17, no. 1 (2016): (272 pages). (Brussels, Belgium).” Quaternary NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson, 2016. ———. “The Time of Herod the Great.” Bifocal Approach to Mormonism, 37–83. ———, Anthony Sweat, Tyler J. International, DOI:10.1016/j. Gardner, Barbara Morgan. “A In A Bible Reader’s History of the American Religion, and Politics ———. “‘One of the Great Moments of Griffin, and Casey Paul quaint.2016.06.025. Century of LDS Church Ancient World, edited by Jackson, in the Past Half-Century.” In Out the History of the Church’: The Griffiths. “Teaching with Easton-Flake, Amy. “Beyond Schools in Mexico Influenced 322–35. of Obscurity: Mormonism since Construction of the First Chapel Spiritual Impact: An Analysis of Understanding: Narrative Theory by Lamanite Identity.” In The ———, and Cory Crawford, “Forum on 1945, ed. Patrick Mason and John in the Chinese Realm.” Journal of Student Comments Regarding as Expansion in Book of Mormon Worldwide Church, edited by Faith and Biblical Scholarship: Turner, 81–103. 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Hopkin, Shon D. “Salvation by Grace, ———. “The Romans.” In A Bible the Protestant Reformation.” MacKay, Michael Hubbard. Nature of the Prophet’s Ideas Newell, Lloyd D. “Instruments Rewards of Degree by Works: Reader’s History of the Ancient Open Theology 2 (2106): 324–37. “Mormon Paradigm Shifts: Joseph about the Ancient World.” BYU or Agents?: Balancing The Soteriology of Doctrine and World, edited by Jackson, 309–21. ———. “Sin, Guilt, and Grace: Martin Smith’s Seer Stones.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 3 (2016): Submissiveness and Anxious Covenants 76.” In Let Us Reason ———. “The Unveiling of Christ Luther and the Doctrines of the Religious Education Review,” Fall 35–82. Engagement in Heavenly Father’s Together, edited by Fluhman and . . . and of Angels: Apocalyptic Restoration.” In Let Us Reason 2016, 12–17. ———. “Papyri and Presumptions: Plan.” In Let Us Reason Together, Top, 329–56. Meditation in Revelation.” In Together, edited by Fluhman and ———. Sacred Space: Exploring the A Careful Examination of the edited by Fluhman and Top, 37–50. ———. “Representing the Divine Apocalypse: Reading Revelation Top, 311–28. Birthplace of Mormonism. Provo, Eyewitness Accounts Associated Ogletree, Mark D. “David O. McKay: Ascent: The Day of Atonement 21–22, ed. Julie M. Smith, 85–98. ———. (with Brent R. Nordgren). UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt with the Joseph Smith Papyri.” Creative Father and Grandfather.” in Christian and Nephite Provo, UT: Maxwell Institute, “Update on the Church in Ghana, Lake City: Deseret Book, 2016. Journal of Mormon History 42, no. BYU Religious Education Review, Scripture and Practice.” In The 2016. Africa: A Conversation with ———, and Nicholas J. Frederick, 4 (2016): 31–50. Fall 2016, 8–11. Temple Ancient and Restored: ———. Worship: Adding Depth to Your Daniel K Judd.” BYU Religious Joseph Smith’s Seer Stones. Provo, ———. “The Explanation-Defying Book ———.“‘That My Family Should Temple on Mount Zion, vol. 3, ed. Devotion. Salt Lake City: Deseret Education Review, Winter 2016, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt of Abraham.” In A Reason for Partake.’” Religious Educator 17, Donald Parry and Stephen Ricks, Book, 2016. 24–30. Lake City: Deseret Book, 2016. Faith, edited by Hales, 79–91. no. 1 (2016): 93–107. 325–48. Provo, UT: Interpreter Jackson, Kent P., ed. A Bible Reader’s ———, and Jacob D. Judd. “The Martin, Jan J. “William Tyndale, ———. “Assessing the Joseph Smith Olsen, Daniel H., and Greg Foundation, 2016. History of the Ancient World. Doctrines of Eternal Marriage John Foxe, and the ‘Boy That Papyri: an Introduction to Wilkinson. “Are Fast Pilgrims ———. “Seeing Eye to Eye: Nephi’s and Provo, UT: The Jerusalem and Eternal Families.” In Driveth the Plough.’” Religious the Historiography of their True Pilgrims?: The Shikoku John’s Intertwining Visions of Center for Near Eastern Studies, Foundations of the Restoration, Educator 17, no. 2 (2016): 87–105. Acquisitions, Translations, and Pilgrimage.” Annals of American the Tree of Life.” In Apocalypse: Brigham Young University, 2016. edited by Ostler, MacKay, and McBaine, Neylan, and Thomas A. Interpretations,” The Interpreter: Tourism (2016): 1–3. Reading Revelation 21–22, ed. ———. “Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” Gardner, 245–68. Wayment. “Discussing Difficult A Journal of Mormon Scripture 22 Olson, Camille Fronk. “To Know Julie M. Smith, 66–84. Provo, UT: In A Reason for Faith, edited by Judd, Frank F., Jr. “Perspectives Topics: The Representation (2016): 17–49. God Is Life Eternal.” In Let Maxwell Institute, 2016. Hales, 69–78. about Pontius Pilate in the of Women in Today’s Church.” ———.“Those Who Speak Rebellion: Us Reason Together, edited by Hoskisson, Paul Y., and Stephen O. “New Testament Revision 1,” The Ante-Nicene Fathers,” Studies in Religious Educator 17, no. 2 Refining Our Understanding Fluhman and Top, 23–36. Smoot. “Was Noah’s Flood the Joseph Smith Papers, http:// the Bible and Antiquity 8 (2016): (2016): 107–17. of the Words Used to Describe ———. “Examples of Covenant Keepers Baptism of the Earth?” In Let www.josephsmithpapers.org/ 157–81. Minert, Roger P. “Austrian ‘Rebellion.’” In Proceedings of the in Scripture.” In Between God and Us Reason Together, edited by paper-summary/new-testament- Ludlow, Jared W. Revealing World Census Records from 1857 to Tenth International Congress of Us: How Covenants Connect Us to Fluhman and Top, 163–88. revision-1/1, edited with Scott History to 1500. South Orange, 1910.” Palatine Immigrant 41, no. Egyptologists, ed. P. Kousoulis Heaven. Hull, Kerry. A Dictionary of Ch’orti’ H. Faulring and Robert J. NJ: Thinking Strings, 2016. 2 (2016): 19–32. and N. Lazaridis. Leuven: Peeters Ostler, Craig James, and Brady Mayan-Spanish-English. Salt Matthews. ———. “Intertestamental Literature ———. “Die Geschichte der Publishers, 2015. Burns. “Development of LDS Lake City: University of Utah “New Testament Revision 2,” The and the Dead Sea Scrolls.” In Volkszählungen in Mecklenburg- ———. “Egypt’s Middle Kingdom and Humanitarian Aid.” In The Press, 2016. Joseph Smith Papers, http:// A Bible Reader’s History of the Schwerin.” Wismarer Beiträge 22 Second Intermediate Period.” In Worldwide Church, edited by ———. “The Ch’orti’ Maya Myths of www.josephsmithpapers.org/ Ancient World, edited by Jackson, (2016): 90–105. A Bible Reader’s History of the Goodman and Properzi, 403–24. Creation.” Oral Tradition 30, no. 1 paper-summary/new-testament- 350–63. ———. German Immigrants in Ancient World, edited by Jackson, Ostler, Craig James, and Lloyd D. (2016): 3–26. revision-2/1, edited with Scott ———. “The Fall of Judah and the American Church Records. Vol. 65–76. Newell. “‘Here Is Wisdom; Yea, ———. “Two Case Studies for the H. Faulring and Robert J. Exile.” In A Bible Reader’s 19, Missouri (Excluding St. Louis ———. “Egypt’s Old Kingdom.” In A Bible to Be a Seer, a Revelator, . . . and Development of the Concept of Matthews. History of the Ancient World, Co.) Orting, WA: Family Roots Reader’s History of the Ancient a Prophet.’” In Foundations of Religion: The New Testament “Old Testament Revision 2,” The edited by Jackson, 261–71. Publishing, 2016. World, edited by Jackson, 52–64. the Restoration, edited by Ostler, and the Book of Mormon.” Joseph Smith Papers, http:// ———. “The World of the Bible.” In ———. “Why and How Did Karl G. ———. “The Exodus.” In A Bible MacKay, and Gardner, 45–64. Religious Educator 17, no. 1 (2016): www.josephsmithpapers.org/ A Bible Reader’s History of the Maeser Leave Saxony?” BYU Reader’s History of the Ancient Ostler, Craig James, Michael 40–63. paper-summary/old-testament- Ancient World, edited by Jackson, Studies 55, no. 2 (2016): 74–98. World, edited by Jackson, 116–28. Hubbard MacKay, and Huntsman, Eric D. “The Byzantine revision-2/1, edited with Scott H. 1–13. ———. German Census Records, 1816– ———, and Megan Hansen. “‘The Barbara Morgan Gardner, eds. Period.” In A Bible Reader’s Faulring and Robert J. Matthews. ______. “Moses and Paul: The Law.” In 1916. Orting, WA: Family Roots Work of Translating’: The Foundations of the Restoration: History of the Ancient World, Judd, Daniel K. “Clinical and As Iron Sharpens Iron: Listening Publishing, 2016. Book of Abraham’s Translation Fulfillment of the Covenant edited by Jackson, 379–94. Pastoral Implications of the to the Various Voices of Scripture. Muhlestein, Kerry. “Joseph Smith Chronology.” In Let Us Reason Purposes (45th Annual Brigham Ministry of Martin Luther and Ed. Julie Smith. Salt Lake City: and Egyptian Artifacts: A Model Together, edited by Fluhman and Young University Sidney B. Greg Kofford Books, 2016, 75–84. for Evaluating the Prophetic Top, 139–62. Sperry Symposium). Provo, UT:

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Early mormon Understandings ———. “The Divine Principle of Top, Brent L. “‘The First Principles Buddhist Pilgrimage (Sheffield: of Zion and Babylon and the ———. “The Canaanites.” In A Bible of Israel, Jews, and the Second Friendship: Some Prophetic and of Man Are Self-Existent with Equinox, 2015); Ian Reader, Search for a Promised Land.” Acta Reader’s History of the Ancient Coming.” In Foundations of the Secular Perspectives.” In Let God’: The Immortality of the Pilgrimage in the Marketplace Comparanda FVG 26 (2016): 65–78. World, edited by Jackson, 88–101. Restoration, edited by Ostler, Us Reason Together, edited by Soul in Mormon Theology.” In (New York: Routledge, 2014); ———. “‘More Precious Than Gold’: Pike, Dana M. “Israel’s Divided MacKay, and Gardner, 225–44. Fluhman and Top, 117–38. Let Us Reason Together, edited by and Ian Reader, Pilgrimage: A Mormonism Comes to Nome Monarchy, Part 1 (930–841 BCE).” ———. “The Non-Mormon Mormony: ———. “The Persian Empire and the Fluhman and Top, 3–22. Very Short Introduction (Oxford: (1900–1913).” Alaska History 31, In A Bible Reader’s History of the Authority, Religious Tolerance, Restored Jewish Nation.” In Wiley, David, Linda Williams, Daniel Oxford University Press, 2015). no. 2 (Fall 2016): 28–45. Ancient World, edited by Jackson, and Sectarian Identification in A Bible Reader’s History of the DeMarte, and John Hilton III. In Religious Studies Review 42, no. ———. “Mormon Missionaries 213–25. Late Imperial Russia.” In The Ancient World, edited by Jackson, “The Tidewater Z-Degree and 1 (March 2016): 19–27. and Mid-Twentieth-Century ———. “Israel’s Divided Monarchy, Worldwide Church, edited by 272–84. the INTRO Model for Sustaining Woodger, Mary Jane. “Moses of Basketball in Australia: Religion Part 2 (841–722 BCE).” In A Bible Goodman and Properzi, 185–207. ———. To Become Like God: Witnesses OER Adoption.” Education Policy Czechoslovakia: Wallace F. through Sport as a Vehicle to Reader’s History of the Ancient Schade, Aaron P. “Ammonites, of Our Divine Potential. Salt Lake Analysis Archives 24, no. 41 Toronto, the Thirty-Two-Year Reach Secular Society.” Journal World, Jackson, 226–36. Moabites, Phoenicians, Arameans, City: Deseret Book, 2016. (2016): 1–12. Mission President.” In Goodman for the Academic Study of Religion ———. “Israel’s United Monarchy and Edomites.” In A Bible ______. “3 Fascinating Connections Vrydaghs, L., Ball, Terry B., and Devos, and Properzi, The Worldwide 29, no. 1 (2016): 77–93. (1030?–931 BCE).” In A Bible Reader’s History of the Ancient Between LDS and Ancient Y. 2016. “Beyond Redundancy and Church, 232–56. ———, and Jean Huysmans, “The Reader’s History of the Ancient World, edited by Jackson, 198–212. Egyptian Beliefs and Worship.” Multiplicity: Integrating Phytolith ———. “The Restoration of the Consecrated Service of World, edited by Jackson, 162–74. ______. “The Mesha Inscription: LDS Living, www.ldsliving.com, Analysis and Micromorphology to Perpetual Covenant to Hallow the Elder John W. F. Volker: The ———. “The ‘Spirit’ That Returns to Clermont-Ganneau’s Scribal 21 October 2016. 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Wiley, David, Linda Williams, Daniel Womanhood Movement. Salt Lake ———. “In the Footsteps of Peter and Ancient World, edited by Jackson, Sweat, Anthony, Michael Hubbard DeMarte, and John Hilton III. City: The University of Utah RETIRING Paul: Modern Pioneers in Italy.” 237–49. MacKay, and Gerrit J. Dirkmaat. “The Tidewater Z-Degree and Press, 2015, BYU Studies 54, no. 4 Kip Sperry (Church History and Religious Educator 17, no. 2 ———. “Temples in the Near East “Doctrine: Models to Evaluate the INTRO Model for Sustaining (2015): 203–6. Doctrine) retired in December, (2016): 139–61. and Israel.” In A Bible Reader’s Types and Sources of Latter- OER Adoption.” Education Policy ———, Riley M. Moffat, and Fred E. and Kent P. Jackson (Ancient Reed, Andrew C., John M. Murphy, History of the Ancient World, day Saint Teachings.” Religious Analysis Archives 24, no. 41: 1–12. Woods. Sacred and Historical Scripture) will retire the end of and Jesse King, “Rose Marie Reid, edited by Jackson, 175–85. 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The of the brown seer stone that was A Reason for A Historian in essays published in this volume represent the talks presented at the owned and used by Joseph Smith, the Faith was written to do just as the Zion: The annual Brigham Young University Easter Conferences in 2016 and 2017 news ignited a firestorm of curiosity title implies: provide reasons for Autobiography by Sheri Dew, Eric D. Huntsman, Daniel K Judd, Camille Fronk Olson, and controversy. People wanted more faith by offering faithful answers to of Andrew Hank R. Smith, and Elder Kevin J Worthen. information and wondered why they sincere questions. 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