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Marie Nelson Bennett, Myrna J. Layton Nov 2025

Marie Nelson Bennett, Myrna J. Layton

Faculty Publications

Marie Nelson Bennett (June 15, 1926 – November 18, 2018) was an American composer.


Moiselle Renstrom, Myrna J. Layton Nov 2025

Moiselle Renstrom, Myrna J. Layton

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Katherine Moiselle Renstrom (June 23, 1889 – September 28, 1956) was a Utah educator, author, lyricist and composer of music for children.


Newel Kay Brown, Myrna J. Layton Nov 2025

Newel Kay Brown, Myrna J. Layton

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Newel Kay Brown (February 29, 1932 – ) is an American composer, conductor, and arranger. He was chair of the Composition Division in the College of Music at the University of North Texas before his retirement.


Marie Manwaring Anderson, Myrna J. Layton Nov 2025

Marie Manwaring Anderson, Myrna J. Layton

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Teresa Marie Manwaring Anderson (July 8, 1913 – February 23, 2002) was an Idaho composer, pianist, music teacher and choral director.


Georgia Mae Wahlin Bello, Myrna J. Layton Nov 2025

Georgia Mae Wahlin Bello, Myrna J. Layton

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Georgia Mae Wahlin Bello (February 13, 1924 – November 5, 2007) was an accomplished vocalist and pianist who was also a “one hit wonder” composer.


Earl C. Hazelle, Myrna J. Layton Nov 2025

Earl C. Hazelle, Myrna J. Layton

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Earl Charles Hazelle (February 1, 1906 – November 22, 1993) was a pianist, organist, accordionist and a composer of music for all three instruments as well as vocal music. He was also an accomplished painter in oils. Hazelle taught both music and art lessons for many years.


Frances K. Thomassen Taylor, Myrna J. Layton Nov 2025

Frances K. Thomassen Taylor, Myrna J. Layton

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Frances Eliza Warren Kingsbury Thomassen Taylor (January 21, 1870 – November 17, 1952) was an organist, composer and member of the General Board of the Primary Associations.


Irene (Christopherson) Tempest, Myrna J. Layton Nov 2025

Irene (Christopherson) Tempest, Myrna J. Layton

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Irene Ellen Nelson Christopherson Tempest (January 19, 1904 – February 9, 1988) was a Utah pianist, organist and composer.


Mildred Tanner Pettit, Myrna J. Layton Nov 2025

Mildred Tanner Pettit, Myrna J. Layton

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Laura Mildred Tanner Pettit (August 9, 1895 – April 9, 1977) is best known as the composer of the iconic Primary song, I am a Child of God. Much of the music composed by Sister Pettit was aimed at children and can be found in various publications of the Primary Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, Sister Pettit wrote dance music and operettas which were performed widely. She sometimes choreographed and directed the productions as well.


Edwin F. Parry, Myrna J. Layton Nov 2025

Edwin F. Parry, Myrna J. Layton

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Edwin Francis Parry (June 11, 1860 – September 16, 1935) was a Utah typesetter, printer and writer who also loved music. He sang, played the organ and piano, wrote song lyrics and composed many songs and hymns.


Maurine Dewsnup, Myrna J. Layton Nov 2025

Maurine Dewsnup, Myrna J. Layton

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Grace Maurine Dewsnup (February 8, 1909 – February 1, 1998) was a Utah piano soloist, dance accompanist, composer, music theorist and teacher.


Ruth Gatrell, Myrna J. Layton Aug 2025

Ruth Gatrell, Myrna J. Layton

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Ruth Josephine Barton was born on December 23, 1921, in Farmington, Utah. Her parents were Lloyd and Edna (Cottrell) Barton. When the Bartons married, Edna already had a five-year-old daughter, Helen, from a previous marriage. Ruth was the first of two children born to Edna’s second marriage. The family was living in Mount Pleasant, Utah, but returned to the home of Edna’s father, Edward Cottrell, for the birth of the baby. She was named Ruth for the biblical heroine, and Josephine because she shared a birthday with the prophet Joseph Smith. A younger sister, Laura Jean, joined the family in …


Vanja Y. Watkins, Myrna J. Layton Aug 2025

Vanja Y. Watkins, Myrna J. Layton

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Vanja Louise Yorgason was born on September 22, 1938 in Ogden, Utah, the daughter of R. Milton and Norma Johns Yorgason. Vanja grew up in a musical home. Her father was a violinist, and her mother a pianist and an organist. Vanja and her four brothers learned to “sing four-part hymns in tune unaccompanied.”1 Their parents felt that music was an important part of their children’s education, and made the necessary sacrifices to provide music lessons.


Peggy Clinger, Myrna J. Layton Aug 2025

Peggy Clinger, Myrna J. Layton

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Catherine Peggy Clinger (January 11, 1949 – August 9, 1975) was an American singer, voice actress and composer.


N. Lorenzo Mitchell, Myrna J. Layton Aug 2025

N. Lorenzo Mitchell, Myrna J. Layton

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Nephi Lorenzo Mitchell (May 4, 1889 – November 9, 1968) was a pianist, organist, music teacher and composer, whose life and work took place in three countries: England, Canada and the United States. Mitchell was named the Aaronic Priesthood Music Director for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1945, and was the director of the McCune School of Music and Art from 1950-1957. He served on the General Music Committee of the Church from 1938-1968.


Front Matter Jan 2025

Front Matter

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

No abstract provided.


The Seed Of The Serpent And The Seed Of The Woman In The Standard Works, Noel Hudson Jan 2025

The Seed Of The Serpent And The Seed Of The Woman In The Standard Works, Noel Hudson

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

The curse of the serpent in Genesis 3:15 is presented as an archetype for the battle between good and evil. An ancient Hebrew literary form that ties together multiple stories through a common set of images, situations, repeated words, and phrases, is termed a leitmotif. A biblical leitmotif based on the curse of the serpent in Genesis 3 and the curse of Cain in Genesis 4 is found throughout both the Old and New Testaments and is referred to as the seed of the serpent leitmotif. Hebrew prophets, early Christians, and protestant reformers all found the seed of …


Birth And Rebirth: The Fish In Mesoamerican Art And Its Implication On Stela 5, Izapa, Chiapas, Mexico, Diane E. Wirth Jan 2025

Birth And Rebirth: The Fish In Mesoamerican Art And Its Implication On Stela 5, Izapa, Chiapas, Mexico, Diane E. Wirth

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

A revealing analysis of fish iconography in Mesoamerica, in relation to the ancestral couple on Stela 5, Izapa, Chiapas, Mexico, holds an unforeseen element that may reveal a key to the Tree of Life referred to in the Book of Mormon. This key is supported by Mesoamerican, Hebrew, and Egyptian traditions.


Front Matter Jan 2025

Front Matter

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

No abstract provided.


Chapter 1: Book Of Mormon Animals, Matthew Roper Jan 2025

Chapter 1: Book Of Mormon Animals, Matthew Roper

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

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Chapter 2: Warfare In The Book Of Mormon, Matthew Roper Jan 2025

Chapter 2: Warfare In The Book Of Mormon, Matthew Roper

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

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Chapter 4: Ancient Culture, Matthew Roper Jan 2025

Chapter 4: Ancient Culture, Matthew Roper

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

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Chapter 5: Book Of Mormon Names, Matthew Roper Jan 2025

Chapter 5: Book Of Mormon Names, Matthew Roper

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

No abstract provided.


Chapter 6: Old World Journeys By Land And Sea, Matthew Roper Jan 2025

Chapter 6: Old World Journeys By Land And Sea, Matthew Roper

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

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Chapter 7: Records, Writing, And Language, Matthew Roper Jan 2025

Chapter 7: Records, Writing, And Language, Matthew Roper

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

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Chapter 8: Events In Third Nephi, Matthew Roper Jan 2025

Chapter 8: Events In Third Nephi, Matthew Roper

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

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Chapter 9: Concluding Observations, Matthew Roper Jan 2025

Chapter 9: Concluding Observations, Matthew Roper

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

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Full Issue Jan 2025

Full Issue

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

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The Flimsiest Show On Earth, Blake T. Ostler Jan 2025

The Flimsiest Show On Earth, Blake T. Ostler

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

Every so often an anti-Mormon book comes along that lowers the bar for attacks on the faith. How the Book of Mormon Came to Pass is one such work. It relies on speculation, conjecture, and tenuous connections to render, out of whole cloth, a hypothesis for the Book of Mormon’s creation that is almost laughable.


A Fitting Tribute To The Prophet Of The Restoration, Steven L. Olsen Jan 2025

A Fitting Tribute To The Prophet Of The Restoration, Steven L. Olsen

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

Joseph Smith: A Life Lived in Crescendo is one of the most extensive and ambitious scholarly works on the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its twenty-one essays address various issues relating to the culmination of the Prophet’s ministry. They provide diverse and profound insights worthy of examination by serious students of the latter-day Restoration.