David P. Wright

DAVID P. WRIGHT is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. His books in- clude The Disposal of Impurity: Elimination Rites in the Bible and in Hittite and Mesopotamian Literature (Scholars Press, 1987) and Ritual in Narrative: The Dynamics of Feasting, Mourning, and Retaliation Rites in the Ugaritic Tale of Aqhat (Eisenbrauns, forthcoming).

Scripture, History, and Faith: A Round Table Discussion

Articles/Essays – Volume 29, No. 4

Participants

Todd Compton: Ph.D., classics, University of California, Los Angeles. Dean, Graduate Studies, Park College, Independence, Missouri; Director, Temple School Center, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri.

Steven Epperson: Assistant Professor of History, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, specializing in American religious history and history of Christian doctrine.

Mark D. Thomas: Scriptural Studies Editor, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.

Margaret Toscano: Ph.D. candidate, comparative literature, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

David P. Wright: Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Joseph Smith’s Interpretation of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon

Articles/Essays – Volume 31, No. 4

Dialogue 31.4 (Winter 1999):190–199
It is noteworthy because, instead of laying out the original historical meaning of Isaiah, it reapplies the text to the time of Joseph Smith and to the course of Jewish and Christian history up to his time.

A Maturing View of the Book of Mormon: An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins by Grant H. Palmer

Articles/Essays – Volume 38, No. 1