Hello and welcome to another episode of the Maxwell Institute's Book of Mormon Studies podcast.

My name is Rosalind Welch. I'm the host of the podcast and I am absolutely delighted today to be

joined by a very, very special guest. All of my guests are special, but this one is very

special. Today we're joined by Dr. John W. Welch. He often goes by Jack. Dr. Welch is a name that

our listeners have heard many times. He's a very important scholar of Book of Mormon Studies. In fact, an architect

of the contemporary field of Book of Mormon Studies. He's much more than that. He is also an

emeritus professor of law at Brigham Young University, where he spent 40 years on the faculty here.

During that time, he founded the organization Farms, Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, which published pioneering scholarship on the literary and poetic devices in the Book of Mormon.

He also was the editor of BYU studies for many years during that time, where, among many other things, he published articles on the Book of Mormon.

These days, Jack spends a lot of his time and energy over at Book of Mormon Central. He himself is the co-host of a podcast over at Book of Mormon Central. It's called Book of Mormon Matters, and he co-hosts

that with Lynn Wilson. He is also the author of a new reference book on the Book of Mormon. It's titled

Inspirations and Insights from the Book of Mormon, Come Follow Me Commentary that was published last year by year by covenant publications. Jack, thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Roslyn. And it's so good to be here. And I just happened to bring this book.

So if people want to take a look at it, we'll refer to it. But it's, it is a handy guide that goes through the lessons as you are doing, just one a week.

And it's been a lot of fun to do. But more fun to be here with you today. And wow, what a great

opportunity for us to share more than just our last name, huh? That's right. That's right. Some listeners may wonder,

I'm Rosalind Welch, your Jack Welch. Indeed, we are related. Jack is my father-in-law, so I can

attest. He is a wonderful scholar. He's also a wonderful grandfather and a wonderful father.

It's so fun that we share this passion and this love for the Book of Mormon.

And I've really, really been looking forward to having this conversation with you here today.

Oh, thank you.

We are indeed today talking about Alma 30 through 63, the second half of the book of Alma.

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