Special guest, Mandy Green, helps unveil Mary Magdalene by discussing scripture, traditions, and extra-biblical texts. Books mentioned in the podcast can be seen here.A segment from Mary’s ascent vision can be read here.Click here for Μαγαδάν.Read Dan Peterson’s article here. Mandy Green’s website: https://www.mandybrookegreen.com/Continue Reading

This is for my Old Testament class that asked about Psalm 22.20-21. The language is somewhat tricky, and so I put this here to help unpack this a bit.Continue Reading

The slides for this podcast are in pdf format here. The podcast outline with notes is here. To see a color-coded version of the two narratives of P and J that together compose the Flood narrative, go here. For a pdf copy of this color-coded text, go here.Continue Reading

D&C 133.3 Make bare his holy arm – Isaiah 52.10 D&C 133 quotes a great passage of Isaiah from the very start: The Lord shall suddenly come to his temple… for he shall make bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends ofContinue Reading

D&C 109 The Dedicatory Prayer of the Kirtland Temple – March 27, 1836 Historical Background The following background information provided by Ostler and McConkie is valuable: In preparation for the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, the Prophet Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Oliver Cowdery, as well as Warren A. CowderyContinue Reading

May 6, 1833 The historical background from Robinson and Garrett is insightful Doctrinally, Doctrine and Covenants 93 is one of the more informative and important revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants, yet the Prophet gives almost no historical information concerning its reception. He simply recorded, “May 6.—I received the following.”[1]Smith,Continue Reading

D&C 77 Questions and Answers concerning St. John’s Ἀποκάλυψις Apokalypsis, or Revelation[1]ἀποκάλυψις definition:   1. Laying bare, making naked, 2. A disclosure of truth, instruction, 2a. Concerning things before unknown, 2b. Used of events by which things or states or … Continue reading In the form of questions and answers, the ProphetContinue Reading