new exegetical article on Jacob 2

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:33:53 -0400

I’m very pleased to share that the latest issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought includes an exegetical essay (available here as webpage, PDF, and audio recording) that I wrote arguing for reading Jacob 2 in the Book of Mormon as an example of reinterpreting scripture and rethinking sexual ethics. I’ve published in Dialogue before, but with my secular social scientist hat on, and it feels like a personal accomplishment to have published something more theological in nature.

This particular idea has been bouncing around my head for a while: In fact, thanks to my recent import of my old Twitter archive, I can say with authority that this essay began its life as a Twitter thread from March 2020. I spent years wanting to expand it into something bigger, and I am thrilled that it found a home at Dialogue.

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new exegetical article on Jacob 2