Briefly First Nephi, with Joseph M. Spencer [MIPodcast #98]
Maxwell Institute Podcast
Maxwell Institute Podcast
4.7 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
“I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents...”
So begins the first book in the Book of Mormon. First Nephi. And this is the first episode in a special series of interviews with authors of the Maxwell Institute’s forthcoming “Brief Theological Introductions to the Book of Mormon. Twelve different authors tackle twelve different parts of the book, and Joseph M. Spencer of Brigham Young University was given the task of approaching First Nephi.
Learn more about the Brief Theological Introductions series at mi.byu.edu/brief.
About the GuestJoseph M. Spencer is an assistant professor in the department of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University and editor of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. He’s written a number of books on the Book of Mormon such as An Other Testament: On Typology, For Zion: A Mormon Theology of Hope, and his latest book, First Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction.
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| 0:00.0 | Keep talking. Check, check, check. Testing, testing. Check. Okay. Good. |
| 0:09.5 | All right. Now say, it's the Maxwell Institute podcast. It's the Maxwell Institute podcast. |
| 0:16.0 | Very good. Okay. I might use that. |
| 0:21.1 | That's Joseph M. Spencer, and I'm Blair Hodges. |
| 0:23.9 | This episode kicks off a series of 12 shows about the Book of Mormon. |
| 0:27.8 | We're doing a deep dive into the Keystone Scripture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
| 0:32.1 | The Nele-A. Maxwell Institute here at Brigham Young University |
| 0:34.4 | is right in the middle of preparing a series of books called brief theological introductions to the Book of Mormon. Twelve different authors |
| 0:41.1 | tackled 12 different parts of the book. Joseph M. Spencer was given the task of First Nephi, |
| 0:46.5 | the first book in the book of Mormon. So get ready to meet the Book of Mormon again for the |
| 0:50.6 | first time. Brief theological introductions to the Book of Mormon. Questions and comments about this and other episodes of the Maxwell Institute podcast |
| 0:57.4 | can be sent to me at MI Podcast at BYUu.edu. |
| 1:01.6 | If you're interested in learning more about the new book series, brief theological introductions |
| 1:06.2 | to the Book of Mormon, check out our website, m.bY.u.edu slash brief. |
| 1:15.0 | Joseph M. Spencer, welcome to the Maxwell Institute podcast. Thanks. Glad to be here. |
| 1:19.4 | It's good to be with you. I've known you for a long time. So it's fun to sit down with a friend |
| 1:23.9 | and talk about a project they've been working on in a little bit more of a button-down |
| 1:27.7 | setting. I'm sure we're going to be very professional and very boring. Yes, we're trying. |
| 1:32.3 | But we're talking about your book, your new book, a brief theological introduction to First Nephi. |
| 1:37.9 | This book is the first in a series of 12 volumes that the Maxwell Institute is doing. These books are |
| 1:42.6 | taking fresh looks at the central |
| 1:44.5 | scripture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Brief theological introductions. |
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