It's the Maxwell Institute podcast.

I'm Blair Hodges.

In this episode, we continue our special series on the Maxwell Institute's brief theological introductions to the Book of Mormon, a series of books which briefly,

theologically introduce you to books in the Book of Mormon.

Next up is Jacob.

Diedre Green is the author of this volume.

She's a post-doctoral research fellow here at the

Neely Maxwell Institute. She earned her PhD in religion from Claremont Graduate University, a master's

degree in religion from Yale Divinity School, and a bachelor's of philosophy here at Brigham Young

University. And you might remember her from episode 63 of the Maxwell Institute podcast. She's back to

talk about her new book, Jacob,

a brief theological introduction. Questions and comments about this and other episodes can be sent to

me at MI Podcast at BYU.edu. And if you're interested in learning more about our new book series,

check out m.bYU.edu slash brief.

Didrey Green, welcome once again to the Maxwell Institute podcast.

Thank you, Blair. It's good to be here.

Yeah, it's good to have you back. This time we're talking about your new book, Jacob, a brief theological introduction.

It's part of the Maxwell Institute's brief theological introductions to the Book of Mormon series.

How did you arrive at Jacob? Did they ask you to do Jacob, or did you volunteer for that one?

When Spencer Fluman approached me and asked if I would be a part of this project, I immediately said that if he could promise I could write on Jacob, that I would commit to it.

Otherwise, I'd have to think about it a little more. So you knew right away what you wanted. Absolutely. Have you long loved Jacob then? I would say that when I started teaching Book of Mormon at

BYU in 2016, that I really came to see the book of Jacob in a new light in a way that I felt was

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