Category Archives: LDS Interest

A Most Remarkable DVD: My Review of FAIR’s New Book of Abraham Video

By David Larsen | Published: December 6, 2011
This has been quite long in coming, but I am happy that Tyler Livingston provided me with a copy of his new DVD that he made for FAIR (Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research), entitled “A Most Remarkable Book: Evidence for the Divine Authenticity of The Book of Abraham,” and I am pleased to share [...]
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John W. Welch: Insights from His Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture

By David Larsen | Published: June 7, 2011
On May 17, 2011 (the day after I left Provo for my recent visit), Professor John W. Welch, Robert K. Thomas Professor of Law and editor-in-chief of BYU Studies, gave the 2011 Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture at a Brigham Young University forum after having been awarded the 2011 Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award, [...]
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Expound Symposium: My Notes on Matthew Brown’s “Cube, Gate and Measuring Tools: A Biblical Pattern”

By David Larsen | Published: May 31, 2011
The following are my notes on Matthew B. Brown’s presentation at the recently held Expound Symposium that I participated in on May 14th (see my initial report on the event here). Matthew’s paper was intriguing — a very insightful treatment of temple-related topics that readers of this blog would surely find extremely interesting.  My notes [...]
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Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: My Expound Symposium Paper

By David Larsen | Published: May 26, 2011
The following is my presentation, entitled “Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: The Psalms as a Key to Understanding the Rituals of the First Temple” from the Expound Symposium. Please note that this is a draft — it is in the format in which I presented it at the symposium — it has not [...]
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Report from the 1st Annual Expound Symposium

By David Larsen | Published: May 23, 2011
On Saturday the 14th of May I had the opportunity to attend and participate in the 1st Annual Expound Symposium, which was held in Provo at the Brigham Young Academy building.  For anyone who was there, I hope I had a chance to talk to you — I met so many bright and interesting people [...]
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First Annual Expound Symposium in Provo, May 14th!!!!

By David Larsen | Published: April 27, 2011
I just wanted to alert you, especially those who live or will be in Utah next month, to the imminent advent of the First Annual Expound Symposium, to be held Saturday, May 14th, at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah.  I will be coming all the way from Scotland to speak at this event [...]
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Don’t Forget the Authentic Ancient Metal Plates

By David Larsen | Published: April 8, 2011
For those disappointed that the recent “discovery” of those lead metal plates from Jordan has turned out to be bogus, Bryce Haymond’s recent post may cheer you up a bit! Bryce provides details of the many examples of inscribed metal plates found in the last century that have been deemed authentic.  He provides pictures, descriptions [...]
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Margaret Barker Misquoted about Lead Codices

By David Larsen | Published: April 2, 2011
I recently came across a blog post by Thomas Verenna that shares an email he sent to Margaret Barker about her recent quotes which have been appearing in the media.  According to this, Barker claims that she has been grossly misquoted. She says: “Alas, I was not quoted correctly. I am discovering all sorts of [...]
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