I listened to them in their
schedule order and as I completed each section, I thought I can now blog that this is the most interesting. The sessions approach helped a lot to keep me on track; I thought the Respondent speakers tied each together excellently.
Listening to them has increased my testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith by increasing my own feelings for him as a scholar and a prophet.
Evening presentation, included “If You Could Hie to Kolob” at 5:00 (words)
Below is the link to posted videos of the Church History Symposium.
Here is the link: https://rsc.byu.edu/symposia/churchhistory
Once on the webpage at the top there is a link to all the videos on YouTube.
My thanks to:
Andrea Ramsey (homepage)
Program Administrator
Conferences & Workshops
Joseph Walker
Faith & Religion Reporter
Deseret News
Lincoln H. Blumell
Brigham Young University, Department of Ancient Scripture, Assistant Professor (Ancient Christianity) July 2010 – present
When Was Jesus Born
An excellent job of linking the presentations to the original schedule:
(Click See Schedule and Individual Videos)
The session only available from schedule, worth listening to, is John W. Welch (Law, BYU), “Joseph Smith’s Awareness of Greek and Latin”
I captured this to show the open attitude of the presenters:
Addendum: Related Historians
Mormon History Association (MHA)
American Society of Church History
Organization of American Historians