Hello and welcome to another episode of the Maxwell Institute, Book of Mormon Studies

podcast.

My name is Rosalind Welch.

I'm the host of the podcast and the associate director of the institute.

And my guest today is a friend, an amazing scholar, and really an incredible human being.

His name is Dr. Steve Peck.

Steve is an associate professor of biology here at Brigham Young University.

And he's also a fellow at the Maxwell Institute.

So this is such an honor.

Well, we're so.

Rosalind, you're one of my heroes.

So I'm really intimidated and grateful to be here and have this chance.

Well, so here's the thing.

Don't be intimidated.

You're a biologist.

We love having you.

You always bring a really interesting and fresh perspective.

And you're also a good Book of Mormon scholar in your own right.

You're a regular fixture at the Book of Mormon Studies Association annual meeting. If you always have a fascinating paper on the Book of Mormon, you're an excellent reader of the Book of Mormon. And the reality is, as we were just talking about, no university in the world offers a degree in Book of Mormon Studies. So you can opt into the field of Mormon scholarship simply by love and enthusiasm of the book

and by knowledge of the literature.

And on both of those counts, you definitely qualify.

So we are delighted to have you here today.

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