Ep. 194 - Kerry Muhlestein - Author of Learning To Love Isaiah

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

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🗓️ 10 January 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Kerry Muhlestein is a professor and former associate chair of the Department of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University, where he has taught about the First Vision for over two decades. He is also the director of research for that department. He has taught in the history department of three universities and has been part of award-winning history publications. He received his BS in psychology with a Hebrew minor from BYU, his MA in Ancient Near Eastern studies from BYU, and his PhD from UCLA in Egyptology. He is also the director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project. He and his wife, Julianne, are the parents of six children, and they have lived in Jerusalem on multiple occasions with Kerry taught there. https://www.outofthedust.org/

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
0:12.0	Day Saints.
0:13.0	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests
0:17.3	and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:26.8	Hello, friends, and happy New Year.
0:29.5	Welcome to episode 194 of the Latter Day Lives podcast.
0:34.3	I'm your host, Sean Rappier.
0:35.8	I hope everyone had just an amazing Christmas and that the
0:39.5	new year is treating you really well. It is good to be back and this week my guest on the show is
0:46.4	just amazing. Carrie Mulestein is an author. He is an archaeologist. He is a professor who is well, well versed on the Old Testament and ancient scripture.
0:59.7	And not only that, but he's such a fun guy. He's really engaging. And I was so grateful I got to have him in our home.
1:06.5	And I just love Carrie. He's a fascinating man, and I especially wanted this episode to go out
1:12.7	as we are beginning our study of Old Testament this year. And if you listen through this
1:18.9	episode, you'll walk away so much more excited about the prospect of studying the Old Testament.
1:24.9	Carrie is just awesome. And coming up this week in my
1:29.1	Latter-day life, it's different, but it's still pretty great. It's all coming up. So sit back,
1:35.9	relax, and enjoy this week's conversation. And today here on the Latter Day Lives podcast and here in the Latter Day Live studio, live and in person, not over Zoom.
1:58.4	It is my pleasure to have the director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project,
2:04.7	the vice president for the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, and a professor
2:10.1	for the Department of Ancient Scripture and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Program at Brigham Young
2:16.0	University, or as I like to call him, he is the
2:19.3	Latter-day St. Indiana Jones. Carrie Mulestein, welcome to the show. Well, thank you. I hope
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