Publications

BOOKS

Lincoln H. Blumell and Spencer Kraus, New Testament Minute: The Johannine Epistles (Springville, UT: Scripture Central, 2023). (Download)

EDITED VOLUMES

John W. Welch and Spencer Kraus, eds., The Narrative of Zosimus: Greek and Syriac Versions with Book of Mormon Comparative Notes (Springville, UT: Scripture Central, 2024). (Download)

PUBLISHED PAPERS 

Spencer Kraus, “‘That I May Lift Up My Eyes’: Bartimaeus as a Temple Petitioner before the Veil,” from the proceedings of the 2022 Temple on Mount Zion Conference, 5 November 2022; expected 2024. 

Spencer Kraus, “‘One Drop of Salvation from the House of Majesty’: An Analysis of the Revelation of the Magi and Restoration Scripture,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): accepted and forthcoming.

Lincoln H. Blumell and Spencer Kraus,  “Standing Again through the Resurrection of Christ,” in He Was Seen: Witnessing the Risen Christ, ed. David Calabro and George A. Pierce (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 2024), 59–73.

Spencer Kraus, “‘A Mystery to the World’: A New Proposal for Isaiah 22:20–25,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58 (2023): 37–50. (Download)

(Published anonymously) Book of Mormon Central, “Why Are There Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon? (1 Nephi 12:6–7),” KnoWhy 661 (March 7, 2023).

PRESENTED PAPERS

Spencer Kraus, “‘God Hath Shown Unto Me a Vision’: The Sacred Handclasp and the Resurrection of the Dead,” presented at the 2024 Temple on Mount Zion Conference, 28 September 2024 (proposal accepted; paper and presentation forthcoming).

Lincoln H. Blumell and Spencer Kraus,  “Standing Again through the Resurrection of Christ,” presented at the 2024 BYU Easter Conference, 29 March 2024. Read by Lincoln H. Blumell.

Spencer Kraus, “Visions and Things Unutterable: Paul’s Ascent to the Third Heaven as Proof of His PropheticCommission,” presented at the Religion & Bible Society of the Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Region Meeting, 22 March 2024.

Spencer Kraus, “Analyzing the Book of Mormon as an Early Christian Text:The Revelation of the Magi and Book of Mormon in Dialogue,” presented at the BYU Religious Studies Center Student Symposium, 16 February 2024.

Spencer R. Marsh and Spencer Kraus, “A New Solution for the ‘Read Sea Problem’ in 2 Nephi 19:1,” presented at the 2023 Defending the Book of Mormon Conference, 23 September 2023.

Spencer Kraus, “‘That I May Lift Up My Eyes’: Bartimaeus as a Temple Petitioner before the Veil,” presented at the 2022 Temple on Mount Zion Conference, 5 November 2022.

BOOK RESPONSES

Spencer Kraus, “A Rejoinder to Jonathan Neville’s ‘Response to Recent Reviews’,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 185–198. (Download)

Spencer Kraus, “Jonathan Edwards's Unique Role in an Imagined Church History,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 52 (2022): 65–102. (Download)

Review of Jonathan Neville, Infinite Goodness: Joseph Smith, Jonathan Edwards, and the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Digital Legends Press, 2021. 339 pages. $22.99 (paperback).

Spencer Kraus, “An Unfortunate Approach to Joseph Smith's Translation of Ancient Scripture,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 52 (2022): 1–64. (Download)

Review of Jonathan Neville, A Man That Can Translate: Joseph Smith and the Nephite Interpreters. Salt Lake City: Digital Legends Press, 2020. 385 pages. $22.99 (paperback).

BOOK REVIEWS

Spencer Kraus, “A New Look at the Miracles of the Resurrection and the Book of Mormon,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 59 (2023): 293–298. (Download)

Review of Joshua Gehly, Witnessing Miracles: Historical Evidence for the Resurrection and the Book of Mormon. Monongahela, PA: The Church of Jesus Christ, 2022. 172 pages. $14.95 (paperback).

(Published anonymously) Book of Mormon Central, “Book Review: Freemasonry and the Origins of Latter-day Saint Temple Ordinances,” Book of Mormon Central Blog (blog), Book of Mormon Central, 18 October 2022.

Review of Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Freemasonry and the Origins of Latter-day Saint Temple Ordinances. Orem, UT: Interpreter Foundation, Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2022. 534 pages. $39.99 (paperback).

Spencer Kraus, “Honoring Joseph’s Theophany Two Centuries Later,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 71–78. (Download)

Review of Alexander L. Baugh, Steven C. Harper, Brent M. Rogers, and Benjamin C. Pykles, eds. Joseph Smith and his First Vision: Context, Place, and Meaning (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2021). 289 pages. $27.99 (hardcover).

INTERPRETER RADIO SHOW

Spencer Kraus, Brent J. Schmidt, Hales Swift, and Martin Tanner, Interpreter Radio Show, 7 January 2024. 

Spencer Kraus, Brent J. Schmidt, Hales Swift, and Martin Tanner, Interpreter Radio Show, 5 November 2023.

Spencer Kraus, Brent J. Schmidt, Hales Swift, and Martin Tanner, Interpreter Radio Show, 1 October 2023.

Spencer Kraus, Brent J. Schmidt, Hales Swift, Don Bradley, and Terry Hutchinson, Interpreter Radio Show, 3 September 2023.

Steve Densley, Don Bradley, John Thompson, and Spencer Kraus, Interpreter Radio Show, 27 August 2023.

Spencer Kraus, Brent J. Schmidt, Hales Swift, and Martin Tanner, Interpreter Radio Show, 6 August 2023.

Spencer Kraus, Brent J. Schmidt, Hales Swift, and Martin Tanner, Interpreter Radio Show, 2 July 2023.

Spencer Kraus, Brent J. Schmidt, Hales Swift, and Martin Tanner, Interpreter Radio Show, 4 June 2023.

Terry Hutchinson, Spencer Kraus, Brent J. Schmidt, and Hales Swift, Interpreter Radio Show, 7 May 2023.

Neal Rappleye, Jasmin Rappleye, Hales Swift, and Spencer Kraus, Interpreter Radio Show, 2 April 2023.

Neal Rappleye, Jasmin Rappleye, Hales Swift, and Spencer Kraus, Interpreter Radio Show, 3 July 2022.

Steve Densley, Mark Johnson, Matthew L. Bowen, and Spencer Kraus, Interpreter Radio Show, 26 June 2022.

PODCASTS

Robert Boylan and Spencer Kraus, “Responding to James O'Grady, ‘Mormon Teaching - Tested by the Bible’ (part 2),” Scriptural Mormonism, 22 October 2022.

Robert Boylan and Spencer Kraus, “Episode 21: Spencer Kraus on the Song of Solomon,” Scriptural Mormonism, 27 August 2022.

Robert Boylan and Spencer Kraus, “Episode 15: Spencer Kraus on Jonathan Neville's Use of Sources,” Scriptural Mormonism, 9 July 2022.

Liz Busby, Carl Cranney, and Spencer Kraus, “The Wheel of Time: Taking Fantasy Religion Seriously,” Pop Culture on the Apricot Tree, 2 April 2022.