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A Valuable Lds Resource For Learning From The Apocrypha, Jeff Lindsay

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Latter-day Saints are often aware that the Apocrypha contains valuable sacred material along with some “interpolations of men,” but few know how to approach those ancient texts and what they could learn from them. A new book by Jared W. Ludlow provides a helpful tool to guide LDS readers in appreciating the Apocrypha and exploring the material in these highly diverse sacred documents.

“And The Meek Also Shall Increase”: The Verb Yāsap In Isaiah 29 And Nephi’S Prophetic Allusions To The Name Joseph In 2 Nephi 25–30, Matthew L. Bowen

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Beyond his autobiographic use of Joseph’s name and biography, Nephi also considered the name Joseph to have long-term prophetic value. As a Semitic/Hebrew name, Joseph derives from the verb yāsap (to “add,” “increase,” “proceed to do something,” “do something again,” and to “do something more”), thus meaning “may he [God] add,” “may he increase,” or “may he do more/ again.” Several of the prophecies of Isaiah, in which Nephi’s soul delighted and for which he offers extensive interpretation, prominently employ forms of yāsap in describing iterative and restorative divine action (e.g., Isaiah 11:11; 26:15; 29:14; cf. 52:1). The prophecy of …

Why Did Northern Israel Fall To The Assyrians? A Weberian Proposal, Taylor Halverson

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

This article is centered on possible causes for the fall of Israel and, secondarily, Judah. The topic is not new. The very destruction of these ancient kingdoms may be the cause for the production of much of the Biblical literature that drives our interpretive enterprise. My proposal is that Max Weber’s socio political theories of power and domination, sometimes called the tripartite classification of authority, may provide a fruitful lens by which to understand some of the reasons Judah persisted for more than a century after the fall of Israel. Specifically, I wish to investigate whether the lack of routinization …

Christmas In Transition: From Figgy Pudding To The Bread Of Life, Spencer J. Condie

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

While Christmas traditions around the world have evolved, some losing their focus on the Christ child, there is still need for us to center our thoughts and hearts on his message of forgiveness and redeeming love.

Gossamer Thin: 2 Nephi’S “Flaxen Cord” And The Anti-Masonic Thesis, Gregory L. Smith

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Some have seen evidence of anti-Masonic rhetoric in the Book of Mormon and cite 2 Nephi 26:22 in support of this theory, since Satan leads sinners “by the neck with a flaxen cord.” It is claimed that this is a reference to Masonic initiation rituals, which feature a thick noose called a cable-tow or tow-rope. Examining the broader rhetorical context of 2 Nephi demonstrates that the “flaxen cord” more likely refers to something slight and almost undetectable. To test this hypothesis, I undertake a survey of the use of the phrase flaxen cord in 19th century publications. I also examine …

To Be Learned Is Good, If One Stays On The Rails, Paul C. Peterson

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

This review essay looks at certain problematical issues in the recently published collection of essays honoring Latter-day Saint historian Richard Lyman Bushman. Problems emerge from the title itself, “To Be Learned is Good,” as a result of the failure to note that the Book of Mormon passage “To be learned is good” is a conditional statement. In addition, since these essays are billed as “Essays on Faith and Scholarship,” it is odd most of them do not touch on this subject at all. I examine four essays in depth, including Adam Miller’s “Christo-Fiction, Mormon Philosophy, and the Virtual Body of …

“They Shall No More Be Confounded”: Moroni’S Wordplay On Joseph In Ether 13:1-13 And Moroni 10:31, Matthew L. Bowen

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

In two related prophecies, Moroni employs an apparent wordplay on the name Joseph in terms of the Hebrew idiom (lōʾ) yôsîp … ʿôd (+ verbal component), as preserved in the phrases “they shall no more be confounded” (Ether 13:8) and “that thou mayest no more be confounded” (Moroni 10:31). That phraseology enjoyed a long currency within Nephite prophecy (e.g., 1 Nephi 14:2, 15:20), ultimately having its source in Isaiah’s prophecies regarding Jerusalem/Zion (see, for example, Isaiah 51:22; 52:1– 2; 54:2–4). Ether and Moroni’s prophecy in Ether 13 that the Old Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem would “no more be confounded” …

Marjorie Newton’S Account Of The Faith Of The Māori Saints: A Critical Appraisal, Louis Midgley

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Marjorie Newton’s Mormon and Maori is a version of her 1998 thesis in which she rejects key elements of the Māori Latter day Saint historical narrative. This contrasts with her earlier, faith affirming Tiki and Temple. In Mormon and Maori Newton targets what she sees as Māori/missionary mythology. She has written for different audiences; one was for secular religious studies scholars, while the other was for faithful Saints. Midgley rejects Newton’s claim that a Mormon American cultural imperialism requires Māori to abandon noble elements of their culture. Faithful Saints are liberated from the soul-destroying behavior that results from the loss …

The Geology Of Moroni’S Stone Box: Examining The Setting And Resources Of Palmyra, Benjamin R. Jordan, Warren P. Aston

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

The story of Joseph Smith retrieving gold plates from a stone box on a hillside in upstate New York and translating them into the foundational text of the Restoration is well known among Latter-day Saints. While countless retellings have examined these events in considerable detail, very few have explored the geological aspects involved in this story. In particular, none have discussed in detail the geological materials that would have been required by the Nephite prophet Moroni ca. ad 421 to construct a sealed container able to protect the gold plates from the elements and from premature discovery for some fourteen …

Et Incarnatus Est: The Imperative For Book Of Mormon Historicity, Stephen O. Smoot

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Some have come to insist that the Book of Mormon should be read as inspired fiction, which is to say that readers, including Latter-day Saints, should abandon any belief in the Book of Mormon as an authentic ancient text and instead should see it as an inspired frontier novel written by Joseph Smith that may act as scripture for those who follow his teachings. T his paper provides reasoning to reject this proposition as not only logically incoherent but also theologically impotent.1 It raises the objection that this position fundamentally undercuts the credibility of Joseph Smith. The Prophet’s direct claims …

Calvin Theological Seminary Academic Catalog 2018-2019, Calvin Theological Seminary

Seminary Academic Catalogs

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The Stromata Vol. 60, No. 1, Calvin Theological Seminary

Stromata (1956-2020)

Inside This Issue

5- Volume Sixty and Still Running by Isaias D’Oleo-Ochoa

7- Let’s Live the Words by Abigail DeZeeuw

10- Towards a Theology of Accommodation: God’s Gift to All His Beloved by Abigail DeZeeuw

17- The Possible Presence of the Concept of the Covenant of Works in Calvin’s Theology and Its Implication for His Soteriology by Eunyi Lee

42- Reading John 7:37–39 in Light of Zechariah 14 by Gwangsoo Lee

54- An Invitation to Dialogue: Sacramental Theology based on the Views of Louis-Marie Chauvet and John Calvin by Sewon Jang

Pri Shilo: A Torah Journal In Memory Of My Rosh Kollel Harav Hagaon Rav Shilo Rafael Zt"L, Avraham Friedman

Hebrew Theological College Publications and Research

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Intermarriages Between The Prophet’S Household (Ahl Al-Bayt) And The Companions (Sahabah) And Their Role In Sustaining Bonds Of Affection — A Jurisprudential Study.", Dr. Mahmoud Ismaeil Mohamed Mashal

Faculty Peer-Reviewed Papers | بحوث هيئة التدريس المحكمة

Affinities between the Prophet’s Family (Peace be upon him) and the companions (May Allah pleased with them) and its role in friendship sustainability, dealing with this phenomenon in jurisprudence". This research aims to pre-eminence of jurisprudence vision in the affinities’ connection with the Prophet’s Family (Peace be upon him), according to the scientific approach which depends on clear evidences on the cohesion between Prophet’s Family (Peace be upon him) and the companions from the supported sources of the particular parties. And the weakness of law which was established on people’s custom about relative efficiency. The liaison by affinities and mating …

Faculty And Student Review Board

Tenor of Our Times

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Diversified Philosophy, Aili W. Bresnahan

Philosophy Faculty Publications

In this essay, Aili Bresnahan notes that institutions and many others are working to diversify the field of philosophy, in terms of the persons who count as philosophers, what counts as a legitimate philosophical methodology, and which phenomena and entities it handles. She writes that this is a positive development that will enrich and enliven the field so that, ultimately, philosophy survives.

Promotional Poster: Global Voices On The University Of Dayton Campus, Misty Thomas-Trout

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

Promotional poster for the Alumni Chair in the Humanities symposium "Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus" features schedule of sessions and a photo of the keynote speaker, Imbolo Mbue, author of the novel Behold the Dreamers.

Poster dimensions: 24 inches wide, 36 inches tall

Provost Remarks: Global Voices Symposium, Paul H. Benson

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

Our studies of and engagements with global matters—people and practices, languages and histories, values and geographies—should not be regarded merely as a kind of overlay upon or supplement to whatever we might be inclined to think of as “our own,” as local, as domestic, as home. Our home is the world, the entire world—past, present, and future—in all of its dazzling multiplicity and variety. Whatever risks might attach to a naïve cosmopolitanism that undervalues the significance of our particular, localized practices, meanings, and relationships, it is essential for us to acknowledge, to explore, and embrace all of those global, …

Promotional Flier: Global Voices On The University Of Dayton Campus, Misty Thomas-Trout

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

Promotional flier for the Alumni Chair in the Humanities symposium "Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus" features schedule of sessions and a photo of the keynote speaker, Imbolo Mbue, author of the novel Behold the Dreamers.

Poster dimensions: 8.5 inches wide, 11 inches tall

Acknowledgments, Julius A. Amin

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

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Global Connections And The Marianists, Una M. Cadegan

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

For the past ten or fifteen years, I have been waging a one-person stealth campaign—I guess I am going to uncloak it today. That campaign is to change the university’s motto from Pro Deo et Patria (For God and Country) to Pro Deo et Mundo (For God and the World). “For God and Country,” adopted in 1920, reflected the sense among many American Catholics right after the First World War that they were, in a new way, fully American. “For God and the World” reflects our deepening sense today that our commitments and our awareness need to extend beyond national …

Thinking Critically About “Community”, Christopher Agnew

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

Why hold this symposium now? In the past year, we have seen in this country a contest over definitions of community, over the basic rights of immigrants in this country, over the role of the U.S. in the wider world. Tensions are high, demagogues are out in force, and the results have been frightening to those targeted by the state, and frightening to those who see in these developments something too reminiscent of the worst parts of the twentieth century. It is appropriate in moments like this to appreciate the successes and recognize the problems, both realized and potential, that …

My Journey To And At Ud, Yanhui Hou

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

In this presentation, a doctoral candidate shares her experience coming from her home in Shandong, Jinan, China, to the University of Dayton to earn a master's in higher education administration and doctorate in educational leadership.

Storytelling And Cross-Cultural Communication, Jia Yang

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

Misunderstanding happens when a person is trying to apply a story of his/her native culture to people from another culture, and do not realize that the story might be interpreted differently by the audience. The same story may not deliver the same results as you predict in your native culture.

My Experience At The University Of Dayton, Amal Alrasheed

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

“I am Amal. What is your name?” This “easy” phrase is what I used to say when I wanted to integrate within a new community back in Saudi Arabia. However, this phrase was the toughest phrase I could say out loud when I was a freshman at the University of Dayton. I faced a lot of challenges when I first came to UD. I was not prepared to handle the differences between my culture and the American culture. I wanted to be part of the UD community; however, people seemed uncomfortable whenever I opened a conversation. I had a tough …

Photos Of Session: Ud’S International Community, Julie Noeth

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

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My International Experience And Perceptions Of American Culture, Blaise Mosengo

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

I came to UD from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the 54 countries in Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo includes more than 250 tribes. Two principal values can define the Congolese culture, as well as the cultures of many other countries in Africa: hospitality and attachment to the family. In Congolese cultures, strangers are welcome and given particular care. In fact, being together is of a great value in this cultural environment. There is little room for individualism. We exist first as members of a family or a clan.

The perceptions of many …

Themes Which Shaped My Professional Journey, Jusuf Salih

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

By the emergence of the new conditions of fast communication among diverse communities today, we are witnessing many changes in social, political, economic, and other aspects of modern societies. With mass communication and social media, the barriers among nations are falling, thus giving opportunities for openness and better understanding — but also to misleading and deceptive information. Therefore, these changes demand redefinition and reevaluation of the newly emerged conditions and accordingly adjustments to the new circumstances. Issues related to religion, ethnicity, and nationality are particularly complex and sensitive matters that can bridge but also divide people; therefore, they require thorough …

Photos Of Session: Globalization On Ud's Campus, Julie Noeth

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

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My Formative Years, Tiffany Taylor Smith

Proceedings: 2018 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

Slides trace Tiffany Taylor Smith's growing up in Dayton, showing how her experience shaped her professional life. Her neighborhood in Dayton was vibrant and forward-looking. She credits and her parents and siblings, and by the time she went off to graduate school in New York, her fundamental values about what it means to be human had been formed. She is passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive community for all.