Backyard Professor

Backyard Professor: 137: Book of Mormon as Anti-Masonic Text with Dan Vogel

Dan Vogel demonstrates why the Book of Mormon is an anti-Masonic book.

World renowned author, biblical scholar, classicist Dennis R. MacDonald discusses his new book concerning Greek Epic materials and how biblical authors of the Gospels used… Read More »Backyard Professor: 136: Dr. Dennis MacDonald Discusses His New Book on Greek Epics & the Gospels

The themes are Enoch as the Hermetic Archetype of the Mysteries of the over-arching Cosmic Covenant. What is that? We discuss it here.

I share why I am so enthusiastic and hopeful for sharing ideas from Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler’s remarkably fascinating book “The Bible With… Read More »Backyard Professor 134 Bible With & Without Jesus Book Review

Sharing the faulty apologetic of Hugh Nibley and his bias, and getting us ready for Colby Townsend’s new research which outdates Nibley entirely.

Introducing the new book of Dr. Dennis R. MacDonald, “Synopses of Epic, Tragedy, and the Gospels,” as well as my Curriculum for the year 2023… Read More »Backyard Professor 132 GAME CHANGER BOOK for This Year s Curriculum of Study

Double Ph.D student Colby Townsend will discuss Joseph Smith’s Book of Enoch in the Pearl of Great Price and why and how Hugh Nibley was… Read More »Backyard Professor: 131: Colby Townsend on Joseph Smith’s Occult Book of Enoch

We know the Mormon temple endowment has Freemasonic ideas and themes. But the Kabbalistic themes have been downplayed, and both have a Hermetic basis. We… Read More »Backyard Professor: 130: What Was Joseph Smith Up To? The Hermetic Endowment

I find a 2nd video defending the Book of Abraham historical authenticity and find it massively fails to confirm the Book of Abraham. Mormon apologists… Read More »Backyard Professor 129 Backyard Professor Responds to Book of Mormon Central on Bk of Abraham 2

The Mormon apologists continually regurgitate the same old arguments, but now they are getting sophisticated about it. I am not impressed. With actual knowledge their… Read More »Backyard Professor 128 Backyard Professor Responds to Book of Mormon Central -The Book of Abraham.

A most startling statement Elder Bednar reads is worth responding to.

Russell M. Nelson’s teachings are heard, and I respond with my heart.

The really crazy thing from a former Mormon apologist is… the Tanners got it correct!!! Come and see how powerful their historical analysis actually is,… Read More »Backyard Professor Responds to Sandra Tanner on 1831 Polygamy Revelation

Elder Holland means well…

A talk wherein the true colors of where loyalty is expected of members of the church.