Category: poetry
Can We Have an Honest Chat About Abortion and Race? Not With ChatGPT
Curious about the knowledge of the impressive new Artificial Intelligence tool, ChatGPT, I started my day with a question about abortion and race. This tool, now owned by…
David and the Psalms in the Book of Mormon: Weakness or Strength?
Overview A 2016 graduate thesis from Kyle Beshears at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, “Davidic References in the Book of Mormon as Evidence Against its Historicity,” proposes an intriguing new…
Dusting Off the Chiasmus in Alma 36: The “Loose” Parts May Have More Structure Than We Thought
Part 3 of my series on dust-related themes in the Book of Mormon has just published: “‘Arise from the Dust’: Insights from Dust-Related Themes in the Book of Mormon (Part…
Dusting Off a Famous Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon, Alma 36
Executive Summary In exploring Noel Reynolds’ hypothesis that some material in the Book of Moses may have been present on the brass plates that Nephi used, I wondered if Nephi…
Alma as an Authentic Ancient Jewish Male Name
In my previous post on Alma 7:11 (I wonder if that was the name of an ancient Nephite convenience store?), one commenter, MahNahvu pointed to possible “evidence of a Hebrew…
King Benjamin’s Speech: Forget Solomon Spaulding, Ethan Smith, and Shakespeare
Talk about great literature! Take a look at the powerful and classic ancient Semitic speech of King Benjamin in the early chapters of Mosiah in the Book of Mormon. In…
