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001: Introduction to Mormon Stories Sunday School

July 3, 2012
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In this first episode of Mormon Stories Sunday School, Bible scholar Jared Anderson outlines the vision, tone, goals, and proposed content of this Sunday School podcast. There will be a weekly Gospel Doctrine podcast entitled “Engaging Gospel Doctrine”, as well as a “ward library” of expanding content under the title “Excavating Scripture”. He also introduces skills for “close reading” of the scriptures as well as suggests resources, to which you can find links below.

This project models Sunday School teaching that is substantive and engaging while remaining faith-friendly, something that would be at home in a ward environment (though the coolest ward ever). Content will be produced in the following order:

  • A weekly Sunday School lesson published about two weeks before the Church schedule
  • A series of twelve audio-visual presentations that explore the intersection of key disciplines and topics with religion and Mormonism
  • Mormon Stories-style interviews that will focus on the Standard Works and related topics
  • A podcast commentary of the Standard Works

Here is a link to Dr. Sophia McClennen’s Close Reading Guide

The “Super Quad” list of books:

 

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Jared Anderson – An Academic Introduction to the New Testament

July 2, 2012
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In this 5-part series from Mormon Stories Podcast, Brian Johnston (StayLDS.com) interviews Jared Anderson.  Jared is finishing his Ph.D. in Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, focusing on the Gospels and New Testament. Jared received an Honors Bachelor of Arts from the University of Utah, where he majored in Middle Eastern Studies with an emphasis in Hebrew, as well as learning Greek and Latin under Margaret Toscano. His honors thesis explored Joseph Smith’s study and use of languages.After graduating Magna cum Laude at the U of U, Jared completed his Master’s degree at UNC Chapel Hill with a thesis on the text of the Fourth Gospel in the writings of the third-century Church Father Origen of Alexandria. His dissertation will reconstruct and analyze the form of the Gospel of Mark used by the author of Matthew. Read more »

Translating the Book of Mormon with Brant Gardner

July 2, 2012
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In this Mormon Stories podcast-produced 5-part conversation with Brant Gardner about his new book entitled “The Gift and Power: Translating the Book of Mormon,” we discuss most of the major issues with the Book of Mormon including: Joseph Smith’s use of folk magic, the Book of Mormon translation process (including the peep stone in the hat), Book of Mormon anachronisms, DNA and race.  This interview attempts to address many of the issues discussed in our interviews with Grant Palmer and Dr. Michael Coe. Read more »

Grant & Heather Hardy – Book of Mormon Scholarship

July 2, 2012
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In this 2-part discussion from Mormon Stories Podcast, KC Kern (BookofMormonOnline.Net) speaks with Dr. Grant Hardy and his wife Heather Hardy.  Grant Hardy is Professor of History and Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He has a B.A. in Ancient Greek from Brigham Young University and  Ph.D. in Chinese Language and Literature from Yale. He has authored Worlds of Bronze and Bamboo: Sima Qian’s Conquest of History; The Establishment of the Han Empire and Imperial China; and Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Guide, Read more »

Welcome to Mormon Stories Sunday School!

January 4, 2012
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