198. Seven Gospels — A Conversation with Adam Miller and Rosalynde Welch

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🗓️ 6 January 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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To kick off the new year, we recently had the privilege to speak to academic duo and long-time friends, Adam Miller and Rosalynde Welch about the new book they co-authored together, titled Seven Gospels: The Many Lives of Christ in the Book of Mormon.

Their book examines the many ways that Christ shows up in the lives of individuals in the Book of Mormon, including Nephi, Abinadi, Abish, and others. Like the New Testament gospels, these distinct witnesses both affirm and challenge each other, showing how Christ’s message for each of us intimately reflects our personal questions and circumstances.

This episode not only guides us through these distinct witnesses but also describes the close reading process that allowed Adam and Rosalynde to observe such differentiation in the first place. By slowing down with the scriptures and zooming in on details—even supposedly mundane ones like punctuation and phrasing—scripture can teach us things we don’t expect to learn. Just as there are a multiplicity of witnesses of Christ in the Book of Mormon, Adam and Rosalynde make a case that our scriptural canon is a springboard to endless interpretations that speak to us according to our spiritual needs.

For those who don’t yet know these two, Adam is a professor of philosophy at Collin College, and Rosalynde is the Associate Director and Research Fellow at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute. Adam and Rosalynde are two of the brightest minds in Latter-day Saint studies, so to have them team up on a book is a special privilege, and we loved talking with them, as we always do.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters. We recently had the
0:04.4	privilege of speaking with academic duo and longtime friends Adam Miller and
0:08.1	Roslyn Welch about the new book that they co-authored together titled Seven Gospels
0:12.0	the Many Lives of Christ in the Book of Mormon.
0:15.0	Their book examines the many ways that Christ shows up in the lives of individuals in the Book of
0:18.6	Mormon, O'Bynidai, Abish, and others.
0:22.2	And like the New Testament Gospels, these distinct witnesses both affirm and challenge each other,
0:27.0	showing how Christ's message for each of us intimately reflects our own personal questions and circumstances.
0:32.0	This episode not only guides us
0:33.6	through these distinct witnesses, but also describes the close reading
0:36.9	process that allowed Adam and Roslin to observe such differentiation in the first
0:40.3	place. By slowing down with the scriptures and zooming in on details, even things
0:44.4	that seem mundane like punctuation and phrasing, scriptures can teach us things that we don't
0:48.5	expect to learn. And just as there are a multiplicity of witnesses of Christ in the Book
0:52.4	of Mormon, Adam and Roslin make a case that our script is a good thing. as there are a multiplicity of witnesses of Christ in the Book of
0:52.5	Mormon. Adam and Roslyn make a case that our scriptural
0:55.2	canon is a springboard to endless interpretations that speak to us according to
0:59.2	our own spiritual needs. For those of you who don't yet know these two, Adam is a professor of philosophy at
1:04.6	Colin College and Roslyn is the Associate Director and Research Fellow at the Neely Maxwell
1:09.1	Institute at BYU. Adam and Roslyn are two of the brightest minds in Latter-day Saints studies and so to have
1:14.0	them team up on a book like this is such a privilege and we love talking to them as always.
1:18.2	We really hope that you enjoy this conversation and with that we'll jump right in.
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