Brigh
am Yo
ung U
niver
sity
Confe
renc
es an
d Wor
ksho
ps13
6 Har
man C
ontin
uing E
duca
tion B
uildin
gPr
ovo,
Utah
8460
2
NO
NP
RO
FIT
OR
GA
NIZ
ATIO
NU
.S. P
OS
TAG
E
PAID
PR
OV
O, U
TP
ER
MIT
#49
07-2
017
Friday, October 27, 2017, 6:30–9:30 p.m.Saturday, October 28, 2017, 9:00 a.m.–noon
Joseph Smith Building • Brigham Young University • Provo, Utah
Admission is Free • No Registration RequiredFurther Information: 801-422-3611
The 46th Annual
Brigham Young UniversitySidney B. Sperry Symposium
Prophets and Propheciesof the Old Testament
k
Friday, October 27, 2017
Time JSB Auditorium 206 MARB 207 MARB 221 MARB
6:30 P.M. Keynote Address: Elder Spencer J. Condie: I Will Write My Law in Their Hearts,Emeritus General Authority
7:30 P.M.
The Lord God Which Gathereth the OutcastsDaniel BelnapAncient ScriptureBYU
The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament GospelsNicholas J. FrederickAncient ScriptureBYU
Ominous Onomastics: Symbolic Naming and Paronomasia in Old Testament ProphecyMatthew L. BowenReligious EducationBYU–Hawaii
8:30 P.M.
Sitting EnthronedJennifer C. LaneReligious EducationBYU–Hawaii
Old Wine in New Bottles: Exploring the Use of the Old Testament in the Doctrine and CovenantsNicholas J. FrederickAncient ScriptureBYU
“One Like the Son of Man Came with the Clouds of Heaven”: The Context and Influence of the Son of Man Prophecy in Daniel 7Jared W. LudlowAncient ScriptureBYU
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Time JSB Auditorium 206 MARB 207 MARB 221 MARB
9:00 A.M.
From King Ahaz’s Sign to Christ Jesus: The “Fulfillment” of Isaiah 7:14Jason R. CombsVisiting Professor, Ancient ScriptureBYU
The Stem of Salvation and the Rod of Restoration: Understanding the Exegetical Choices of Latter-day Saints in Relationship to Isaiah 11:1Jared A. JepsonS&I, UtahVisiting Instructor, Ancient ScriptureBYU
The Prophets’ Remnant Theology: A Latter-day Saint PerspectiveJoseph M. SpencerVisiting Professor, Ancient ScriptureBYU
10:00 A.M.
“Precept upon Precept, Line upon Line”: An Approach to Understanding Isaiah 28:7–13Terry B. BallAncient ScriptureBYU
I Have a Key by Which I Understand—Using Context to Unlock the Old Testament LibraryBen SpackmanPhD StudentClaremont Graduate University
Understanding Micah’s Lament for Judah (Micah 1:10–16) through Text, Archaeology, and GeographyGeorge A. PierceAncient ScriptureBYU
For Their Prophet and Learning: Prophecy as a Contextualization of Exile and Restoration in the Old Testament ProphetsJoshua M. MatsonPhD StudentFlorida State University
11:00 A.M.
Obadiah 1:21: Context, Text, Interpretation, and ApplicationDana M. PikeChair, Ancient ScriptureBYU
“O Lord God, Forgive!”: Prophetic Intercession in AmosJoshua M. SearsPhD StudentUniversity of Texas at Austin
Divination vs. Revelation: Divine Communication Under the Mosaic LawKrystal V. L. PierceAdjunct, Ancient ScriptureBYU
Forty-Sixth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium Sponsored by Brigham Young UniversityReligious Education, Division of Continuing Education,
and LDS Seminaries and Institutes of ReligionPr
ophe
ts an
d Pr
ophe
cies
of t
he O
ld T
esta
men
t