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Joseph Smith: A Life Lived in Crescendo
Edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
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This two-volume set (1100 pages total) seeks to enrich study of the life and teachings of Joseph Smith through essays by knowledgeable and faithful scholars on selected punctuation marks of Joseph Smith’s final years in Nauvoo. While some of Joseph Smith’s contemporaries saw these events and doctrinal developments as evidence that he was a fallen prophet, modern Latter-day Saints, looking back, see them as a glorious culmination to a faithful life.
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Margaret Barker’s Master Classes on the Hebrew Scriptures
The Interpreter Foundation is pleased to offer two seminars from noted scholar Dr. Margaret Barker.
The Nov. 9 seminar looked at the changes and developments in the text of the Hebrew Scriptures and the work of the scribes who transmitted them.
This provided the context for the second seminar on Nov. 16 where Dr. Barker examined five examples from Qumran texts of Deuteronomy and Isaiah to explore how and why differences arose, and which of the versions was the more likely to have been used by the first Christians.
This class is for everyone interested in the story of the Hebrew Scriptures. Knowledge of Hebrew is not required.
Video and audio recording of both seminars are available at https://interpreterfoundation.org/conferences/margaret-barker-master-classes-on-the-hebrew-scriptures/.
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 30–36
D&C 30:1-4 Do Not Fear Man We all struggle from time to time. After David Whitmer had seen the Angel Moroni and the gold plates and heard the voice of God, he slackened somewhat and the Lord saw fit to chasten him. What did the Lord say in verses 1-3 that David...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 29
D&C 29 A Perfect Plan Section 29 is delightfully packed with doctrine and prophecy. Among other questions, Joseph Smith was praying for further information regarding the Fall of Adam and Eve, and this revelation followed. In the first verse the Savior makes...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 27–28
D&C 27:5-14 “The Hour Cometh” After revealing what is important—and what is not—in relation to the ordinance of the sacrament (see verse 2), the Lord teaches Joseph Smith about a future event that will involve the sacrament. Jesus had also...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 23–26
D&C 23 The Lord Personalizes His Messages Section 23 is actually a series of five revelations. The Lord told the first four recipients that they were “under no condemnation,” but did not say this to Joseph Knight, perhaps because he was the only one of...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 20–22
D&C 20:1-36 “The Rise of the Church of Christ” Section 20 may be considered our first church “handbook,” given within a few days after the April 6, 1830 formal organization of the Church, and containing various instructions relating to...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 19
D&C 19 What the Lord Said about Himself and About Martin Harris It had been almost two years since Martin Harris became interested in the Lord’s work and approached Joseph Smith to give him fifty dollars at a time of great need. Martin had been through the...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 18
D&C 18:1-6 “The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail” This section is for Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer, who (along with Martin Harris), would have a role in the calling of the twelve apostles. The Lord’s words to Oliver in verses 2-6 provide a...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 12–17; Joseph Smith—History 1:66–75
D&C 12:7-9 Joseph Knight and You Joseph Knight, Sr. resided in Harmony, Pennsylvania, and he and his family had been supportive of Joseph Smith since they first met in 1825. The first six verses of this revelation, which is directed to Brother Knight, are...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 10–11
D&C 10:1-9 “It Is Now Restored” Section 10 (along with Section 3) addresses the loss of the first 116 pages of the Book of Mormon translation. Read the section heading and Words of Mormon 1:3-7. An important theme we can draw from Section 10 is that...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 6–9
D&C 6 Oliver Cowdery and You In 1829 Joseph and Emma Smith were living near Emma’s parents in Harmony, Pennsylvania. Almost 300 miles away, 22-year-old Oliver Cowdery became acquainted with the Smith family in New York, and learned about Joseph and the gold...
Reprint: Ruth An Allegorical Reading
Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in The Temple: Past, Present and Future, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw. For more information, go to...
Study and Teaching Helps: 2025 Doctrine & Covenants — D&C 3–5
To better understand the Lord’s words in the Doctrine and Covenants, the thoughtful student will read the section headings for helpful background and other information. Occasional further information will be added herein. Section 3 was given for Joseph Smith,...
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