Session One
Varsity Theater
“Preparing the Way of the Lord's Coming"

Introductions
Frank F. Judd, Jr., Ancient Scripture, BYU

7:15 PM
“‘There Arose a Mist of Darkness’: The Narrative of Lehi’s Dream in Christ’s Theophany.”
Daniel Belnap, Ancient Scripture, BYU

7:45 PM
“Third Nephi 9:19-20: The Offering of a Broken Heart”
Dana Pike, Ancient Scripture, BYU

 

8:15 PM
“The Savior’s Coronation in Third Nephi”
LeGrand Baker, Library Science (retired) BYU

 

8:45 PM
“‘How oft Would I Have Gathered You As a Hen Gathereth Her Chickens’: The Power of the Hen Metaphor in Third Nephi 10:4-7”
Jane Allis-Pike, Ancient Scripture, BYU

Session Two
Room 3222
“Experiencing the Lord"

Introductions
Gaye Strathearn, Ancient Scripture, BYU

7:15 PM
“Confirmation Bias and Contention”
Patrick R. Steffen, Clinical Psychology, BYU
 

7:45 PM
“‘They Came Forth and Fell Down and Partook of the Fruit of the Tree’: Proskeynesis in Third Nephi 11:12-29 and 17:9-10 and Its Significance”
Matthew L. Bowen, Graduate Student
Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

8:15 PM
“The Effects of the Manifestations of the Power of Godliness through the Ordinances Performed by the Savior and His Apostles”
Ron Bartholomew, Ancient Scripture, BYU

Session Three
Varsity Theater
“The Lord's Prayers"

Introductions
Morgan Davis, Maxwell Institute, BYU

8:00 AM
“The Praying Savior: Insights from the Gospels of Luke and Third Nephi”
Robert L. Millet, Ancient Scripture, BYU
 

8:30 AM
“‘Jesus Blessed Them. . .and His Countenance Did Shine Upon Them’: Understanding Third Nephi 19 in Light of the Priestly Blessing”
Matthew J. Grey, Graduate Student
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

9:00 AM
“‘Nothing Upon Earth So White’: Third Nephi 19:25 and Becoming Like Christ”
Richard Dilworth Rust, Emeritus Prof. of English
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Session Four
Room 3222
“The Lord's Prophecies" 

Introductions
Cynthia Hallen, Linguistics, BYU

8:00 AM
“The Writings of Malachi in Third Nephi: A Foundation for Zion in the Past and Present”
Aaron Schade, Religion, BYU Hawaii
David R. Seely, Ancient Scripture, BYU

8:30 AM
“Jesus’ Use of Isaiah to Teach the Doctrine of the Gathering in Third Nephi 20:11-23:3”
Gaye Strathearn, Ancient Scripture, BYU
 

 

9:00 AM
“‘And They Understood Me Not’: Third Nephi as Fulfillment of Jesus’ Eschatological Prophecies”
Heather Hardy, Independent Scholar
Asheville, North Carolina

Session Five
Varsity Theater
“Theological Implications"

Introductions
Daniel C. Peterson, Maxwell Institute, BYU

9:45 AM
“The Social Model of the Trinity in Third Nephi”
David Paulsen, Philosophy, BYU
 

10:15 AM
“Children of Light: How the Nephites Created Two Centuries of Peace”
Robert Rees, Emeritus Professor
University of California, Santa Cruz

10:45 AM
“The ‘Father’s Covenant People’ Sermon in Third Nephi 20:10-23:5”
Victor Ludlow, Ancient Scripture, BYU

Session Six
Room 3222
“The Written Record" 

Introductions
Morgan Davis

9:45 AM
“Christ’s Use of Scripture in Third Nephi 19-26”
Grant Hardy, History
University of North Carolina, Asheville

10:15 AM
“Reading and the Menardian Paradox in Third Nephi”
George Handley, Humanities, BYU
 

 

10:45 AM
“‘So Great and Marvelous Things’: The Literary Message of Third Nephi”
Charles Swift, Ancient Scripture, BYU