Last year I
attended the FAIR Conference for the first time and really enjoyed it. So this
year I am going back. For those interested in Mormon Studies, or (more particularly)
Mormon Apologetics, I strongly encourage you to attend.
Last year
there was ground-breaking research unveiled
for the first time on the Kirtland Egyptian Papers and their connection to the
Book of Abraham. This year will feature several speakers on a variety of topics.
Here are just a few presentations that interest me in particular:
Stephen D. Ricks, “The Sacred Embrace in Ancient Egyptian
Religion and Art”
Brant Gardner, “The Gift and Power: Translating the Book of
Mormon”
Steven C. Harper, “Accounts of the First Vision”
Newell Bringhurst, “The 2012 Presidential Race and the
Mormon Question” (As a political science major, I can’t help but get excited
when my major and my hobby intersect like this!)
Don Bradley, “‘President Joseph Has Translated a Portion’:
Solving the Mystery of the Kinderhook Plates” (This one sounds very promising…though
I fear the title might be promising too much…I hope not though!)
Paul Fields, “Book of Mormon ‘Wordprint’ Analysis: How to do
it wrong…and how to do it right” (My very good friend from high school, who
recently finished his undergrad at BYU and has received a full-ride scholarship
[or something like that] to Harvard for his graduate work, helped collect the
research and data for this presentation)
Chris Watkins, “Excavating the Text: Archaeological
Expectations for the Book of Mormon Peoples”
There are
several more presentations as well. The FAIR Bookstore also sets up shop at the
conference and offers a lot of books as a discount price.
Neal, expect to pleasantly surprised! =)
ReplyDeleteBTW, how do you pronounce your last name?
Hey Don!
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to visit my little, largely irrelevant, space on the internet. ;)
I really look forward to what you have to offer this year, since the Kinderhook plates remain (in my view) one of the more confusing events in early LDS History. I hope you really have solved the mystery (also, I hope my comments in the posting didn't offend you, I just try to temper my expectations sometimes).
My last name is pronounced Rapp-LEE. I know the "Y" in there really throws people off, they want to say it Rappl-EYE.