Exodus: a movement of the people. As we move into the second book of the Tanak, or Old Testament, we have more than a movement of people. We have a flurry of new people, ideas, and we see Jehovahs mi

Throughout the Old Testament we learn much about the relationships of tribes, clans, and family groups. We began discussing Israels family in the last episode, focusing on Joseph, the favored son sol

The version of Joseph in Egypt I got growing up was shaped heavily by Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Despite the delightful music and vivid color, theres far more to the Joseph narrati

Volume 5 of the Revelations and Translations series from the Joseph Smith Papers Project presents all extant fragments of the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon. For the first time ever, resear

Readers of the Tanak or Old Testament see that The Lord marks Israel as a chosen people. Modern Latter-day Saints identify with being a peculiar people. But what does it mean to be a chosen people?

As Genesis marches on we are introduced to new people, whose lives are in some ways different than our own, but in many ways are similar. In this episode of Abide: A Maxwell Institute Podcast, we me

Today, Dr. Elisa Eastwood Pulido joins us to discuss her book, The Spiritual Evolution of Margarito Bautista: Mexican Mormon Evangelizer, Polygamist Dissident, and Utopian Founder, 1878-1961 (Oxford U

The Lectures on Faith teaches that, a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has the power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation. But how much

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