(NOTE: This is a rewrite of one my first posts. I was never really happy with it, so I decided to give it another pass. The previous entry has been deleted.) In the Latter-Day Saint canon, there is perhaps no document more controversial than D&C 132. While the Book of Abraham is believed to be... Continue Reading →
“Our First Parents” – How the Book of Mormon redefines “Adam and Eve”
"You don't need me to tell you that human civilization is very, very old." So began Yale professor Christine Hayes' introduction to the Hebrew Bible course. She's right, of course. The earth, and humanity, has been around a lot longer than 4,000 B.C., a date traditionally accepted by orthodox Christians and, unsurprisingly, Joseph Smith, as... Continue Reading →