Amanda Colleen Brown-Mather

Amanda Colleen Brown holds a MA in Bible and the Ancient Near East from The Hebrew University at Jerusalem and a BA in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from Brigham Young University. She currently spends her time producing university events, running the @comefollowme_women Instagram account, and competing in Scottish Highland Dance competitions.

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Sacred Imaginings: Using AI to Construct Temples

by Amanda Colleen Brown-Mather | undefined 58 | 08-18-2023

Review of Jeffrey Thayne and Nathan Richardson, Temples of the Imagination: AI-Generated Temples, Human-Generated Insights (Provo, UT: The Interpreter Foundation, Verdant Press, and Eborn Books, 2023). 140 pages, $24.99 (softcover). Abstract: We’re commanded to seek out of the best books words of wisdom, but how exactly do we seek? What are the best books? Temples […]

Alma’s Reality: Reading Alma as Sinful, Repentant, Traumatized, Questioning, and Righteous

by Amanda Colleen Brown-Mather | undefined 46 | 08-06-2021

Review of Kylie Nielson Turley, Alma 1–29: A Brief Theological Introduction (Provo, UT: The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2020). 162 pages. $9.95 (paperback). Abstract: Kylie Nielson Turley delves deep into the conversion and ministry of Alma the Younger, reading new life into a well-known narrative. By analyzing Alma’s story with the full weight of his […]

Subtle Hebraic Features in the
Book of Mormon

by Amanda Colleen Brown-Mather | undefined 42 | 01-15-2021

Review of Donald W. Parry, Preserved in Translation: Hebrew and Other Ancient Literary Forms in the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2020). 171 pages. Hardback, $19.99. Abstract: Donald W. Parry combines a lifetime of insights about the Old Testament and Book of Mormon into one volume. Written for a non- academic audience, this book will […]

Never Static, Never Simple:
One Woman’s Conversations Within the Marginalia of
If Truth Were a Child

by Amanda Colleen Brown-Mather | undefined 33 | 09-13-2019

[Page 257]Review of George B. Handley, If Truth Were A Child: Essays, (Provo, Utah: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2019), 253 pp. $19.99 (paperback). Abstract: George B. Handley challenges his readers to reevaluate conventional definitions of truth and the approaches they employ to define their own truths. He argues that the individual quest for […]

Toward a Deeper Understanding: How Onomastic Wordplay Aids Understanding Scripture

by Amanda Colleen Brown-Mather | undefined 29 | 08-03-2018

[Page 247]Abstract: Matthew L. Bowen’s book compels readers to consider both the Book of Mormon’s construction and the significance of names in the text. Bowen and his coauthors invite readers to contemplate not only scripture but its stages of construction to completion, be they first draft, editing, final abridgement, or translation. Bowen’s work reveals how, […]

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